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Seems like every­body wants to say they’ve been to Tokyo.  Sort of like every­body wants to see Rock City or get run over by a speed­ing bus.  It just so hap­pens that Tokyo–which wants to be NYC so much, its become LA–is a mix of both.  The crew took the Shinkansen up the coast to the cap­i­tal city and took a boat excur­sion up the Sum­ida River, where we saw some lovely bridge and the world’s largest golden cheeto.  After an a hour of fight­ing the crowds at a nearby shop­ping dis­trict, it was back on the sub­way and retrac­ing our steps to Osaka.

This Odaiba. The river is real. The island is man-made.

A sus­pen­sion bridge. I’ll tell you what it’s name is later.

Cheesy.  Seri­ously.

Lunch.

So easy to ride, even a cave­man can do it.

The infa­mous Japan­ese toi­let, techno flush.