Jeremy Braithwaite

Day 46. We spent a couple of days in Osaka, touring the markets and the Jo (Castle) We were also able to find a English style pub to watch the rugby. This is not as easy as it sounds. Finding stuff here is quite hard, you have to think in three dimensions, a bar or restaurant or ATM may be on the 20th floor of what looks like an apartment building. We spent 40 minutes looking for a specific Irish pub but could not find it but were lucky enough to stumble on the Pig & Whistle, by the way.... WELL DONE ENGLAND  :)

We then spent a day in Tokyo, enjoying the thrill of the fantastic Shinkansen (Bullet Trains). It makes our trains look utter rubbish. The Tokyo trip was an unscheduled sojourn to meet up with DS Elliott Of The Yard, who was in Tokyo on business. We had lots to drink and went to the "Lost In Translation" bar in the Park Hyatt (not the Grand Hyatt Ash!!!!!) .  We also had a late night Karaoke session, what fun :)

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