I have not got the chance to pen down my thoughts about our Tokyo trip since I returned last sat. work has been hectic; which I had foreseen coming. I am stealing moments off working hours now to write down some thoughts, before I get all too lazy of doing so.
The trip to japan opened my eyes; widened my horizons. I see a league one par above us. Their culture, their attitude, their lifestyle.
Holidays for us is more than mere having fun. It’s a time to observe how other people work, how their lives are organized and how all of that is different from ours.
We are full of praise about japan and Japanese. The only thing we can perhaps rant about is the barrier of language. Japanese pride themselves of their language, which binds them to their identity.
Despite the language barrier, they still extended their hospitality to non Japanese speaking people like us. Vending machines with photos, which we could just press to order food in food outlets. Strangers who despite not knowing what we meant, still took time to help us locate where we wanted to go.
The marathon was fantastic; best I’ve been to so far. Organization was great. There were crowds of people cheering us on throughout the ENTIRE race. I mean entire race. It was 3.8deg celcius, raining and yet the public cheered us on. It is simply amazing.
The rain got the better of me and I didn’t perform as I have expected. Nevertheless, like dearie said, it was a good experience. And of course, I learnt a valuable lesson on race preparation.
We took long walks around lakekawaguchi. We shopped down ginza, shibuya, Shinjuku and harajuku. We learned to hop from train station to train station without getting too lost. It was one week of holiday I truly enjoyed.
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