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July 2010

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I can’t shop here!

Ginza, Ginza, Ginza… The ‘Rodeo Drive’ of Tokyo is at my proverbial back door and I can’t afford a thing… Well, that’s not exactly true… I did do a sweep of the Apple store and snagged the digital camera connector…

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Back to Tsukiji!

Saturday – July 17, 4am Yep – I went back. Back to Tsukiji Fish Market, aka the Central Tokyo Wholesale Fish Market… the largest in the world. This is where they have the famous Tuna Auctions and barter over a…

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Terrific Toilets

Thursday – July 15, 5pm I know this is a delicate subject…. but WOW! They think of everything in Tokyo. Everything!! I heard birds chirping this morning as I exited my hotel room… they pipe the sounds of chirping birds…

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Shinkansen first… then Gompachi

Wednesday – July 14, 10pm Landed safely in Tokyo. Melvin and I rode the Shinkansen (bullet train) from Narita to Tokyo Station. Much fun! Such luxury… in the Green Car. We then met up with one of my colleagues from…

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‘Eat Your Fear’

Tuesday – July 13, 10pmI went out with my Dalian team tonight for dinner. The team wanted Japanese for dinner (great…. I’m heading into Japan and need a head-start on the shashimi!) and there must have been 40 dishes served…

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Things are beginning to look up…

Sunday – July 11, evening I got back to the airport early and collected my luggage that had arrived from LAX early this morning. It is just SUCH a relief when they confirm it has arrived. And before anyone lectures…

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Shopping and the Counterfeit Handbag Mafia

Sunday – July 11, noonI had a different tour guide today (live and learn – she was a nice lady, but her English was very strained… and frankly, I would have had a better time shopping with Jason from the…

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Forbidden City

Sunday – July 11, noon The weather was much better today than yesterday… it was still very overcast (so not great for photography), but stayed dry through my re-walk of the Forbidden City. I’ve been here before and you can…

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Early Sunday Morning

Sunday – July 11, 8amNo makeup. No hairbrush. No problem. I’m ready this morning after a good night’s sleep… It’s still raining here, and 70 degrees. Good Lord, I’m going to freeze. I have plans to go to Tiananmen Square…

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Shopping and a Foot Massage

Saturday – July 10, 3pm After getting waterlogged at Mutianyu, I welcomed some ‘inside activity’… Jason was perfectly willing to deviate from the tour and so we skipped the Cloisonné Factory and Tea Ceremony (which I had done before) and…

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