Last weekend was amazing. After the fish marketing, we spent a rtelaxing evening in a park on the outskirts of Tokyo, listening to a trumpet player practicing his scales, while I messed around on the guitar. A lazy afternoon was in order after our early rise and the coming celebrations. These were to mark the birthday af a guy who became affectionately known as the 'pink lion.' We went to an 'all you can drink' bar until midnight, and an 'all you can drink' club until 5am. I fell asleep at some point. It was great fun.

Another weekend, another city. I just got back from Kyoto (big city, lots of temples and shrines. Historical type place.) It was (once again) fantastic fun spent in the best of company, including a friend visiting from Newcastle for a couple of weeks.

We took in some of the famous temples including my second visit to Kinkaku　 http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/golden_pavilion.html) and Sanjusangendo (http://japan.chez.tiscali.fr/Kyoto/Japan/Sanjusangendo.htm) which I had seen way back in 2001. They were well worth he 2nd trip, and we also went to a few knew sights, before eating copious amounts of meet at a yakiniku (cook meet at your own table) restaurant and singing the night away at a karaoke bar (by far the best value bar in town!).