Rolling Japan: Matt does Tokyo...

OK, so as per my Jap@n thread, I am in Tokyo for six days, and currently sitting on the furry green rug at ratboy's house that will be my bed tonight.

Got in at 7.30 this morning, mild heart attack on plane when I thought my passport had been stolen...but turned up in a different pocket. Phew. Patdown by the unfailingly polite man at customs, a train, and Shinjuku Station.

The unexpectedly tall ratboy arrived a few minutes behid me, and we wandered the streets of Shinjuku for few hours. A couple of random cant-believe-they-tought of it shops, and my fill of McDonalds (i know i know, but they don't have it in vn, so i crave) Headed back to his place from there, just showered and chilling now.

Going to some some all you can et, all you can drink party tonight from some 20 yr old's birthday. At 33, imma be the creepy old guy, but so be it....i live for that shit.

Update tomorrow....

ratboy has just produced the Sapporo Royce Chocolat Brewery chocolate flavored beer. This is odd....

ok, awake.... last night Ratboy an I went to Shibuya, he then proceeded to walk my tired as hell, frezing ass all over the city. Harajuku, and about nine other places that I will let him fill in the names on. A zillion and three shops and some seriously sore feet later, we ended up at some bar called Pink Cow for a beer, and then on to meet his friends for some cute girl's birthday. It was 3000 yen for all we could drink for about 2 hours, and some cold bar snacks. A couple of cute girls, but I was borderline comatose by the time we left though - other than some plane dozing, I had been awake for about 40 hours by this point. One of the few times in my life where I actually felt ooooold...everyone else was a student...circa 20-23, So i had like 13 years on most of the room, who were all jokng about their professors and so on, but still....I threw whiskey down my throat, and hope my tired ass didnt say anything too stupid. Some fat Chinese girl took quite a shine to Ratboy later in the evening, and that seemed like as good an excuse as any to not be there. A bunch of trains later, we were back here, and I was unconscious within minutes of the couch folding out. Ratboy just stumbled across some sumo event on today and is looking at how I get there - this may be my Thursday...otherwise, some temple is in my future. Red - my number is 08035735408. Give me a call and maybe can hang later in the afternoon. Thinking I'll either crash in a manga cafe or a capsule tonight, then at yours tomorrow...that cool? Alter - I mailed your package off yesterday too...

oh, and we are Forum-convening at Roppongi tmr night, right? Red, you want to pick a bar? For fuck's sake Eric, get ur ass on a train up here and hang....