Nihon

A mad raven. One chased me along the road, away from a temple. I obviously have the appearance of a gaijin evil spirit.

Ginza. Everybody knows this part of Tokyo. It's in all the films.

The Shoebill. Look at it - you can tell that something's going on behind those wee, beady eyes.

A model of Edo.

A stone in the Palace Gardens.

My hotel, The Park, Shiodome. The hotel doesn't start until Floor 25 and I'm on 31.

Ooh, a few days in Tokyo for R&R. Weather was beautiful when I arrived, but there's a typhoon somewhere to the south of us and the past two days have been dull (Wednesday) and raining (Thursday). So far I have been to a museum, a park, another park, a garden, a zoo, and Ginza, that place you always see with the zebra crossings all over the road. I specially crossed the road there :-) - I'm such a tourist. Above some photos of Tokyo so far.

Got chased by a raven in Ueno Park (it was flippin' enormous), and upset a Shoebill in the zoo (it was bigger than the raven). It was flapping all over the place. It's the baboon all over again. Had a surreal moment in a restaurant today. I did my best to speak Japanese and was doing quite well, until I was leaving and had to pay the bill and the waiter started speaking Spanish, so there we were, Japanese and Scottish speaking Spanish in a Tapas bar. :-)