Bed at 3 then out to brave the Tokyo subway system at 9, fun fun! But it was worth it as I popped in to see the British Council, mainly to chat about the exchange projects. We were going to have a chat the other week, but things got a bit too busy. Today though it seems like there’s a million and one things we can help each other out with, so that could be really good.

Then afterwards I was feeling the effects of not having done any exercise for a week, so decided to walk back to my hotel via the Imperial Palace. Tokyo doesn’t really have any “must see” attractions, but it was quite nice to get out of the smog and traffic and into the moats and woodlands. I popped over to see the Budokan ( well, if I’m talking about doing a gig there, I should check it out!), and also walked up to see Yasukuni Jinjya to see what all the fuss is about. ( It’s the shrine where the war dead, including the war criminals are enshrined, and the Prime Minister still, unbelievably, visits on a regular basis).

Then a bit more work on the oyako eigo series ( there’s a demo online – it’s not finished nor checked though so don’t tell anyone about it just yet!).