Sunday 20th July: Woke up really early with French guys coming back from drinking at 6am. Got up and had breakfast and just chilled for a few hours in hostel on internet etc. Got Metro to Shinjuku and just had another look around before walking back to Shibuya then onto Yoyoki Park to see performer again. Back to hostel late afternoon and just had a couple of beers in hostel and some noodles from Supermarket for dinner. Met a band that are here to play at Fu...

Saturday 19th July - Went on a day trip to Mount Fuji today. Was picked up by bus at 8.10am and had 3 hour drive. Got there and couldn't even see much of the mountain because of the cloud. Bit dissapointing but the mountain scenery was really nice. After seeing the mountain we went to have lunch at Hakone Lake Hotel and then onto Hakone where we went on the sky gondola. This is where you can see volcanic mountains. Then onto Owakudani valley where you ca...

Friday 18th July - Went to bed at 4am last night after chatting to a couple of drunk Aussies for ages. They were pretty funny - Guy was threatening to throw them out of hostel for being too drunk and noisy. Got up this mornin at 10am - Got the usual breakfast (3x toast and jam and 2 x Cups of Earl Grey). Went to Ueno with Yoshi (Japanese guy) and Aero (Finnish Guy). Had a look around the shops/market stalls. Ueno has a big shopping area/arcade called Ameya...

Wed 16th July (Continued) Had a quiet afternoon in hostel. Just chatted with other guests staying here. Evening - Back to Yasukuni Shrine for last night of the week's celebrations. Ate squid, grilled fish, and rice balls. Back to Hostel for a beer (which turned into many). Stumbled to bed at 2am. Thursday 17th July - Up at 10am and quite hunover - Went for a walk back to Akihabara to get hard disk drive for laptop as full. Came back late afternoon to meet peop...

Hello Again, Tuesday 15th now. Didn't manage much last night as I was very tired from getting up for fish market so early. Just chilled in hostel last night and watched some tv etc. This morning I went to Tokyo Dome which is the Major Baseball stadium in Tokyo. It also has a small shopping mall and a theme park The rollercoaster looks awesome as it goes through holes in skyscraper etc but it is closed for maintenance. Def going to go back when hopefully it will...