October 29, 2012: Tokyo Day #2! Roppongi! Faro! Yasai-ya Me!

Akemi is so adorable.  She's apparently been in Canada so long that she's forgotten what it's like to live in Tokyo. "Tell me when you see a garbage can,"she said, waving the empty can she was holding. A garbage can?  On the streets of Ginza?  You're more likely to come across Godzilla. The plan was…

February 2, 2012: Tokyo Day #6! Samurai Joe, Nodaiwa, Faro!

We started the day by checking out the surroundings - and it don't get any closer than the Imperial Hotel itself.  We strolled through the shops on the basement level where we happened across a place called Shokendo, a shop that sells and displays antique Japanese swords.  Mrs. Aota struck up a conversation with the…

November 29, 2009: Tokyo Travel Day #5 – Faro, Kadowaki, and the Sights of Ginza!

I honestly don't know how I did it on previous trips here.  Between all the eating and the drinking and the strolling and the not-much-sleeping, when the hell did I ever have time to blog? Anyway, another full day yesterday.  I spent the morning uploading a whack of pics and videos, then headed out.  Lunch…