The Amazing Travels of an Intrepid Explorer

Monday I slept in as the prospect of getting up to an alarm was horid. No matter that it was the last day of my JR pass and I should utilise  getting me up before I was ready was not going to happen. I had half planed to got to Nikko for a day trip but that would require being up at 6am and the wether look bad. Instead I slept in took a seris of trains out to Kamakura about one hour from Tokyo. I visited Daibutsu - the great Buddha statue and sat down in the gardens to try and get his portrait. I was going to go along the hiking trail but it looked like rain and the sky was getting dark early because of the clouds. Instead I went for a walk along the beach. It was quite a strange expernece as the sand was gray and black and insted of sea gulls there were crows. That and the ominous rain clouds let to a rather spooky beach walk. 

I spent the evening posting photos and blogposts before Keri and I sat down with a bottle of wine to watch lost in translation. Now that I have spent time in Tokyo I was surprised at how the characters managed to drive passed the rainbow bridge and Tokyo tower in the same taxi ride, it must have cost them a fortune! But the pass and centerment of the film was great, the  seance of isolation that both characters feel and how it is heightened  by the cultural and language barriers is wonderful. I realy enjoyed the film. 

Today (Tuseday) I had a rather chilled out da  as the weather has been very rainy. I spent the morning in the Tokyo film museum going through the history of Japanese film, and waatching lots of small segments og Japanese film. Then spent the afternoon in Shinjuku which was great. After the rain in the morning the afternoon brought a think mist and all the towers of Shinjuku desolved into the mist. The neon sighs on the buildings seamed to loom up out at you as walked down the street. It was a very pleasent afternoon. This evening I headed back to Keri's in order to catch up with friends and family from home and make dinner. Once it got late in Australia I went out to a cafe in Azubujuban which is were I have spent the last hour or so writing up the last couple of days and eating cake and drinking hot caramel milk with rum ( a taste sensation one which I may not repeat). Now it is time for a book and bed. To prepare for tomorrows adventure. 

I hope life is treating you all well and as I head back to Melbourne in one week I will see the vast majority of you soon. I hope you all have a lovely day.

Acushla .