I am now an expert on the places to get good breakfasts in the "town" underneath Tokyo Station! Having spent the last two weeks taking the early bus into Tokyo to do a training course, I would arrive in town an hour and a half earlier than necessary, so I spent the time having breakfast and reading--along with all the millions of Japanese salarymen having a smoke and a coffee. (I found a place with the best bread! Despite looking like the usual thick slab of white Wonder bread, it had texture and and you could actually CHEW it!) ANYWAY, yesterday I was in said restaurant having breakfast when I looked up from my newspaper, and directly in front of me, leaning dangerously back in his chair, was a Japanese salaryman who had finished his "burekufasuto seto" and fallen asleep. I watched for for about two minutes wondering if I should get into a better position to make a dive for him should his chair begin to slip. Fortunately, he woke up with a snort, finished his coffee, paid and left. I went back to reading, amused and sympathetic.
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Just in from the news: A new feature has been designed for the ever evolving multi-purpose multi-functioning cellphone. Now, no matter where you are in Japan, if you hear a song blaring on the street corner, in a coffee shop or on any random intercom system, all you have to do is press the correct function button and hold your phone up to the sound. With in minutes, after calling a special number, the title of the song will register as text on your cellphone screen. This, on top of the recently advertised karaoke song feature which allows you to program in the numbers of your favorite karaoke tunes, so that when you go to karaoke, you can just point your phone at the karaoke machine and, badda bing! badda boom! "Oops! I Did It Again..."
Personally, I am waiting for the cellphone that is equipped with a stealth water pistol device that allows me to put out the cigarettes of Tokyoites who light up mid-stride in the middle of a crowded walkway at 7:30 a.m.
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