Neil Hopcroft

Todays excitement was a trek out to the suburbs, I picked the line leading outward from Meguro (where my office is) and went to the end of that. My original intention was to find somewhere I wouldnt mind living, but I suspect that it doesnt really matter where I live, as long as its not […]

I seem to have survived the subway system. Its not as complicated as it was made out to be – theres enough romaji around for my poor little brain to deal with navigation without having to interpret too many squiggles. The system seems quite efficient, the ticket barriers are a little disconcerting, they appear open […]

Maybe thinking the jetlag was over was a little ambitious, I:ve just woken up after falling asleep at 3pm. I went for a wander around this morning, it seems this district is something like our very own Docklands, with a similar set of over grandised office/coffee shop atria. I:ve found a couple of MacDonalds within […]

Woah, so much to write about…

I`ve arrived in Tokyo, largely without incident (bar the usual packing crises). The hotel has a Yahoo! webcafe, where I`m now sitting looking out over the tokyo skyline and drinking bad coffee. Still, its better than no access at all. More details later once I`ve found my barings and had some food.