I cannot sleep in this city that never sleeps. I have tried. My body is in some other time clock and my mind is thinking, going over everything that I have seen. I went to bed at 10pm, woke at 11,12 then 1am and again – finally at 2am. even breathing exercises didn’t make me go back to sleep.
I wasn’t sure of the roof top Onsen closing times. I thought it was 3 am so, by the time I decided to go and check at 3:15, it was closed. I returned to my room and made tea – placing the Elegant claypot on the window sill beside its matching cup on a tiny tray and looked out at this magnificent unbelievable world that I can see from my long low Horizontal window the length of the bed.
I wonder at this world of so many people Living so close together in high rises, each with their own different lives. It is good to travel and travel alone so that each experience is fully taken in to the level of the knowledge with which you can try to understand it. Because I have never seen anything like the wondrous site that is in front of my eyes right now.
Shinjuku, Tokyo
tracey doxey 
Fascinating to read, Tracey….wonderous and a bit frightening at the same time. Don’t know if you have ever read Murakami’s ‘ Hard Boiled Universe And The End Of The World ‘….gives the reader a flavour of how massive and mysterious the place is. Looking forward to reading more about your trip.
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I would miss the green, the trees, the water – and the dark. But then- I have chosen to live in County Kerry!
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I can’t be away from the greenery of Sheffield and the woods and the trees and the peak District I came to experience this metropolis
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