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Doggies

The cutest most telling thing about people happened on the way to the station yesterday … picture Japanese every 5-6 feet in front and behind you … maybe 7 of them in each direction … on the left hand side of the sidewalk, as we all walk. Along comes a lady with a viscious little dog snarling and barking every few feet as they pass each individual, with the lady having to literally pull it up off the ground by it’s neck chain to keep it away from every single person. The dog stops at me, pulling the lady short, he sits down and wags it’s tail, looking at me. The lady looks at me too, with a shocked expression … they continue on. I hear snarling and barking more and more and more times behind me. 😉 Happy day. Dogs really can tell human nature!

Tokyo Disney

Had a great time at Disneyland yesterday. The rides were as I remembered, sedate. Pooh’s Hunny Hut was a hightlight and the Rumbling Mountain thing approaches a real roller coaster. Luckily we got to do it several times. The night parade was cool and much better than the day one. It was worrisome that it seemed to be starting to rain in the evening and the whole thing closed at 7 rather than the usual time. The buffet at Crystal Palace was decent and so much a rip off as would be expected of a Disney branded thing. Well, a bit of a rip-off, but no more than anywhere else in Tokyo. Got to have some caramel corn, but without the customary plastic bucket. It was only tinkerbell that we came across with it and “soda” popcorn seemed a bit too weird.

The Oldest Profession?

Lola – or Rora – to give her a slightly more Japanese pronunciation – is a beauty and she knows it.

Customers pay by the hour for her company. Usually they just want to stroke her, but as a special treat for favoured clients, she will lie back in a chair, close her eyes and pose for photographs.

Lola is a Persian cat who works at the Ja La La Cafe in Tokyo’s bustling Akihabara district.

BBC