Tokyo in the FAST Lane

Unfortunately, its been far too long since my last post-and since I have promised a minimum of weekly posts, I will set out on a new, more deliberately focused blog as of now. FYI to all followers out there, as you respond to any of my posts with questions/comments/absurd ideas, I will respond in kind as soon as I can log-in to my nearest mobile device. Which here in Tokyo translates into a fairly constant attachment to some type of media-whether it be the iPhone, Mac Book or a wireless cafe around the corner. But I digress.

This week in Tokyo the weather has been a shade of gloomy, mixed with the official end of the Cherry blossom season. (Though the season really ended about 10 days ago, most Japanese politicians have been to busy kicking out legal immigrants via bribe (http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106964/Japan-Pays-Foreign-Workers-to-Go-Home) to notice we've moved on from Cherry blossom season, but oh well.

Last year for cherry blossom season I went to the Kansai region (Kyoto Osaka, Kobe). This was a wonderful period before I began my work in modern day indentured servitude via the Japanese Corporate system. Though I now understand completely why Japan has the world's #2 GDP (that's a different blog entirely). This years festivities in Tokyo were great as well. Of special note were Ueno Park in full bloom (good date locale) and even a week later (good late season hanami locale). Inokashira and Shinjuku Park's were top-ship as well, while Yoyogi's late night shenanigans were none too shabby in their own right. For the uninitiated, the hanami party is a party under blooming Cherry trees with friends, coworkers, acquaintances and complete strangers. You really have to experience it to understand it, but trust me, its good fun.

Well, that's all I have for tonight, work begins early tomorrow for the Japanese salaryman, of which I am now a team player. I look forward to your comments and will post more on the happenings of Tokyo in the near future.

Until then, enjoy your portion of the globe.

-David