Yesterday I alluded to writing something more substantial soon. Well…I am pretty pooped today so I don’t know if you’ll get much out of me but considering that I went to a Tokyo Bloggers meetup, I feel I should write something about Tokyo…or at least Japan.

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Actually, that was the other day. Now it is today and I am more pooped. Could not fall asleep last night with the rhythm of sirens, cars driving by, motorcycles roaring by, doors opening, slamming shut, and parking lot conversations, all occasional but enough to make very nonoccasional, constant noise. There is a lot to hear here except for when you are in designated no sound areas like the train. In the morning I hear chimes at some odd hour like 8:20am and then there is a recorded voice on the bus, announcing stops as well as attractions (I think…) in the area. The bus driver as a microphone so that he can be heard by people in the back of the bus but the people in the back of the bus also get to hear his low utterances and grumbles when he is talking to someone up front. My work elevator says good morning and good night (I think…) and if you are still here at 8:00pm, you hear the first 20 seconds of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, I. Then there are the tunes at intersections and in the train stations. I really need to get a portable tape recorder and document these sounds because I will forever tie them to my experience here.
So this is not about Tokyo or the blogging meetup which was around Shinjuku:


But there is a picture for you. Now to finish up work and then I am off to a work party. I think I have a lot to tell about actually…just need to find time so when I do…