... is to be completely invisible (Gaijin, too old, too ugly - choose any two) in the city with the world`s highest concentration of beautiful women (by at least two orders of magnitude over any other place I`ve been to), Tokyo.
The fashion police here have dictated that all women under (some age, probably 30-35) must wear heels, from the sensible to the ludicrous (and downright dangerous), remember those 6-8 inch wooden wedgies from 1974? They`re baaaaaccck and alive and well and living in Shinjuku. Craziest sight: the most beautiful ones with fake tanning bed tans and frosted hair (blonded) and frosted makeup, teetering on said heels. It`s crazy here. Shinjuku is truly an amazing place (think: Neon Overload). In Akihabara you can find anything electronics-wise, I bought a Nikon CoolPix 990 today (Not yet available in the States, for some weird reason). Others (Sony, Canon, etc.) have already matched its 3.4 megapixels. Wish I could add a Techno report, but when I went to the Liquid Room (as in the mix CD `Jeff Mills Live At The ...`) there was no Techno happening. I missed a rave out at Mount Fuji by a day :-( Sigh. I continue to look for a Tokyo Techno clubbing fix. Must run now, it is 11:30 PM and strangely, the trains/subways stop at midnight. Your Techno Playboy tourist, - Greg P.S. Hope everyone reading this on 313 is having fun at DEMF!!! Bastards! hehehehe :-)