So I return to Japan in late October, my first time in several years, and the anticipation is giving me fits of insomnia. The capital, Tokyo, is one of my favorite and most indelible cities, part of a troika that includes Paris and Istanbul. I was skipping through some photos from past trips — people and places inside and outside of that teeming, gleaming metropolis: pagodas and Harajuku Girls; whale meat and cherry blossoms; lakes and a big, cool silver orb that, in its own odd way, sums up the reliable surreality of Tokyo.
GNASHING. 
WOW!
I love Japan. But it’s a bit weird, no?
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Eccentric and exotic, sometimes, but never weird! It’s cool and inviting!
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Nice photos mate. Not a place I’ve visited….as yet. It’s on the list.
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Our favorite country to visit in Asia! But we’ve never tried whale meat. 😲 How was it?
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Whale meat, I admit with great guilt, is delicious. But I won’t eat it again for purely ethical reasons. I just had to try it. This big whale restaurant in Shibuya kept staring at me daily, and I finally caved. When in Rome …
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Wow. Thanks for the info. Maybe it’s a good thing we didn’t see that restaurant in Shibuya. Hope they can figure out a way to make it sustainable. 😊
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