Asia - Japan - Tokyo - Deafened by the Roar of Pachinko ... or how to embarrass lesbians without really trying

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I was always under what was probably a poorly uninformed impression that Japan was a quiet, understated country. In my few (wasted) years in high school Japanese class I learnt about the culture of a quiet people, who respected tradition and weren’t amenable to the loud, disrespectful ways of us Westerners (hence the trainee Japanese teacher who came on exchange to Maclean High School for a few months and after one period of our Year Nine elective Japanese class she was so shaken by our loud and outrageous behaviour she took off the remainder of the week and steeled herself against any further aural assaults by refusing to come to any more of our classes).

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	Colourful Harajuku
	Robots in Tokyo
	Shibuya
	The filling is piped so it looks like spaghetti. I asked the lady if it was spaghetti (dumb tourist mode in full swing) - "NO!" she replied. I guess she must get that a lot. Bemused pastry chef in mask looks on.
	Shibuya station - the dead master dead dog entrance There is a sad story about a dog, its master and the dog sitting outside the station waiting for its master years after the master's death. The dog got the station enetrance named after it and the statue. The master got nada ... gold!!!
	Okinomiyaki
	Prelude to my disrespect
	Comando Vending Ubiquitous in Japan but rarely "hidden" like this...
	mini okinomiyaki In this amazing food hall that Yvette sent me to. That place had EVERYTHING!
	excuse me what? Pachinko in Tokyo
	Edamame, Asahi, Tempura and Ramen can life get better than this?
	shopping on speed They dress their shops up well too.
	Gaudi in Tokyo Felt like I was in Barcelona, but again just The Ghibli.
	Karaoke Tower
	Lights of Shinjuku
	Golden Sperm works better!
	Stalls in front of Asakusa temple
	Prayer notes
	Astroboy Tunes!
	Japanese cemetry

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