A few days ago, I was in Tokyo, hoping to get to Kyoto and catch up with a school chum who is teaching English there, and, from his email, dressing as Santa Claus. We’d agreed to do all of the things that Japan had to offer – get cutesy photo stickers, play video games, croon […]
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Cosmopolitan Diet of the Decade: First of all, scrap exercise – aerobic and anaerobic. Best achieved by confinement in small spaces, e.g. train cabins, planes, Tokyo capsule hotels. Second, scrap protein, or meat at least. Aim for a high ratio of carbs to fats, but don`t say no if offered lumps of pig fat. Constant
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Top Tip: Never agree to meet new friends at the Beijing Hotel Lobby. They are sure to take your absence as a snub and think the worst. There are at least three Beijing Hotels, each with a lobby, each filled with forlorn looking people who have been stood up. Best sword fight of the day:
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