Back in February I headed to Japan for ten days or so. I had my nose to the
grind stone most of the time, but I got to see a little bit of the place.

I’m not sure I’m a big fan of greater Tokyo, it’s certainly amazing, but there’s not really enough swathes of bushland for my liking. There’s just buildings everywhere, it’s insane!

The overarching feeling I had while there was that I was foreign. Not because people were nasty to me or anything, but just because I didn’t get it, I didn’t fit in on every level. That’s not a bad way to feel every now and then, it certainly cuts you down to size a bit.

The folks at work who looked after me were wonderful, really hospitable and friendly. We had great lunches everyday at the work cafeteria, with me generally saying “what’s that?” a lot. It was all pretty good though.

We headed to a proper fancy restaurant one night, for Sushi and Sashmi, which was really awesome. There was really cold excellent beer all round and the food was all beautifully fresh. And it was great to sit around a joke with everyone, a really friendly atmosphere.

On my last night we went to a BBQ place, where you have a little grill in your table and you just cook the meat there and then. It was incredible, probably some of the tastiest meat I’ve ever eaten without a doubt. I must see if there’s such a place in Sydney sometime.

I had a pretty decent view of Fuji-san from the office on a good day, sure would like to climb it one day.