Bye bye! No more phone.

After the boat ride was a meandering path (read: slept past my train stop) to Meguro Gajoken. This is a mega swank hotel on the outskirts of Tokyo that has six special rooms that house some rare forms of arcitectural art, like pearl inlaid designs on walls. The hotel is apparently the inspiration for the bathhouse in the movie "Spirited Away." I can totally see it. What I didn't see was the special rooms, as they weren't open to the public. Whoops.

Last supper in Japan. I had Indian curry, of course. :)

After the fish market, I wandered over to Hama-rikyu Gardens. Lovely area, with a seawater pond, and nicely arranged gardens and bridges. There was a water taxi departing just as I got to the attached docks, so I hopped on for the bridge tour north along the river. Was cloudy, but still pretty. At least for a bridge nut like me. :)

Hooray logic. My plane leaves at 6:20, so surely a delivery time to the airport of 3-6 will be okay!

I certainly hope my bike arrives at the airport -before- I have to go through customs. >:( It was ready to ship yesterday. Why would it take 2 days to send it 15 kms out of town？!

Yay. Messed over by a delivery company once more. I've no luck with them. I'm sure The company in Kumamoto will find a way to break my bow, just to round things out.

Isn't the internet a lovely thing？ I can share so much with you! :3

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Hey hey. One day left in Japan, which is enough time for the experience all foreigners dread. Squat toilets and diarhea is not a happy combination. Apparently having a bunch of Frisk after 3 years of no strong minty things makes for a great laxative.

For those that get the joke, I've been to Sanzenin Temple, cycled beside the Azusa River, visited the Imperial Garden.. do I cap it off with a visit to Nerima？ :) (I am so only kidding...)

Monday AM is interesting time to go Tsukuji fish market. Busy busy. Had silly desire to go to one of the nearby sushi shops and eat nothing but egg sushi. Fish is definately off the menu permanently.

Was hyped to visit the museum of contemporary arT today, until I remembered that museums are closed on Mondays. May try hitting it before heading to the airport tomorrow. It's still not really sunk in yet. Almost over, man.

If one plans on a walking tour of Tokyo, a map _might_ be of some use. Did wander about some nice areas before giving in to subway usage. Went through a nice big wooded park. Quite peaceful aside from the heavy metal band performing at the open stadium. Odd sight, seeing a bunch of 30something mothers with their kids there. Cute in a twisted way to see wee little ones imitating the "devil's horn" symbol. Singer had zero charisma, and the usual nonsence bad sound.

Awesome. Looks like they close off about 2/3 of the road that circles around the palace, and make it bicycle only every Sunday. Wish I'd held on to my bike a little longer!

But then, my bike wouldn't have been packed in time to be sent to the plane... :)

Today is pretty cloudy and cool, so attempting to stay above ground today. Currently in the imperial palace gardens, pondering checking out the consumer frenzy that is Shibuya. Its where all the 'beautiful young things' hang out and shop. Definately going to Shinjuku, to see the Tokyo Gov't building, maybe take the free ride to the top floor observatory.