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*** More like a restaurant over a shop, and it was on the main temple approach road

* Eat ice-cream and cake in the awesome station again.

** Most too tired for dinner, but John, Lmm, and Emma go to a ramen noodle cafe. Emma gets the most vegetarian option -- a pork soup which "only tastes of meat a little".

* Wed 21st:

** Breakfast at Mielparque again.

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* Thu 22nd:

** Train to Fujikyu Highlands almost in time for opening. Some consternation over dropping off bags.

** ~~Rather large lunch~~ at Fujikyu. The Q in its name turns out to be appropriate & not much gets done in the afternoon.

** Diverse lunches at Fujikyu. The Q in its name turns out to be appropriate & not much gets done in the afternoon.

** Leave just in time for the train to Tokyo.

** Restaurant with the buzzers as recommended by the hostel keeper. John discovers the pit beneath the table the hard way.

* Fri 23rd:

** Get up unsure of what to do. Decide to see kabuki.

** Route march through the government building district to Tokyo Tower. Glimpse it as we rush past to the National Theatre.

** Route march through the government building district to Tokyo Tower.

** Breakfast at a trendy cafe with plastic-wrapped cake.

** Glimpse tower as we rush past to the National Theatre.

** See [http://www.kabuki21.com/kumagai.php]. Lunch during the first interval. Dan had croquette sandwiches. Kabuki continues forever and ever.

** Wander around Shinjuku in the evening. Take forever to find the worst of most worlds in a fondue place for dinner.

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** Lmm sees the awesome Pretty Cure stage show. Everyone else discovers the maritime museum to be closed.

** Science museum. Asimo walks a bit. Send messages with a working model of Internet. Varied physicist simulations.

** Pay museum prices for a buffet lunch, which we are determined to get our money's worth of.

** Take in a disappointing anime in the museum's planetarium.

** Pay museum prices for a buffet lunch, which we are determined to get our money's worth of.

** Evening trip to Akihabara. Much consternation as we keep getting split up.

** Dinner at a Chinese place.

** Dinner at a Chinese place, with greater-than-usual lingusitic hurdles and multiple erroneous drinks orders.

* Sun 25th:

** John is ill and stays in bed.

** Laundry in the morning ~~gives~~ John ~~enough time to feel~~ a bit better.

** Laundry in the morning.

** John breakfasts alone at Mister Donut again and feels a bit better.

** Wander around the temple in Asakusa. Lmm buys a suitcase.

** Head out to the suburbs for Mike's ''cafe''. It turns out to require advance tickets.

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** Dan sees a costume show in the Evangelion shop.

** Lmm and Mike head back to Akihabara. Mike insists Lmm direct him where to buy his porn. Lmm runs away as soon as possible, and finds a ''cafe''.

** John goes back to bed.

** John goes back to bed, braving a vending machine noodle bar with apparent success.

** Other people try to see Shinjuku Gyoen, but it is already closed, so we instead see everything from the top of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building tower.

** In the evening we meet a girl from Chicago. She and Lmm arrange to go to the fish market.

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** Discover we have 18 beds between the six of us at the Smile Hotel.

* Tue 27th:

** Breakfast at the Smile Hotel.

** Early plane to Yakushima.

** Discover no-one can drive.

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** Dan nearly buys a watch.

** Everyone else watches a japanese schoolgirl acquire a few dozen bars of chocolate for at least ¥6000.

** Dinner at our third okonomiyaki place where the hotplate sees extensive use and melon soda is discovered to be better than reports suggested.

** Dinner at our third okonomiyaki place where the hotplate sees extensive use and melon soda is discovered to be better than reports suggested (not hard).

** Back to the hotel as the shops shut.

* Fri 30th:

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** Lmm runs off to catch the pretty cure all stars movie.

** Evening karaoke.

** ~~Have~~ snacks in the karaoke place followed by cakes from the exciting cake shop.

** Dinner is snacks in the karaoke place followed by cakes from the exciting cake shop nearby.

** Fail to find a mahjong club for 3.

** A little drinking at a bar. Ben orders much plum wine. John is almost tempted into alcoholism.

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 *** More like a restaurant over a shop, and it was on the main temple approach road
 * Eat ice-cream and cake in the awesome station again.
+** Most too tired for dinner, but John, Lmm, and Emma go to a ramen noodle cafe.  Emma gets the most vegetarian option -- a pork soup which "only tastes of meat a little".
 * Wed 21st:
 ** Breakfast at Mielparque again.
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 * Thu 22nd:
 ** Train to Fujikyu Highlands almost in time for opening. Some consternation over dropping off bags.
-** Rather large lunch at Fujikyu. The Q in its name turns out to be appropriate & not much gets done in the afternoon.
+** Diverse lunches at Fujikyu. The Q in its name turns out to be appropriate & not much gets done in the afternoon.
 ** Leave just in time for the train to Tokyo.
 ** Restaurant with the buzzers as recommended by the hostel keeper.  John discovers the pit beneath the table the hard way.
 * Fri 23rd:
 ** Get up unsure of what to do. Decide to see kabuki.
-** Route march through the government building district to Tokyo Tower. Glimpse it as we rush past to the National Theatre.
+** Route march through the government building district to Tokyo Tower.
+** Breakfast at a trendy cafe with plastic-wrapped cake.
+** Glimpse tower as we rush past to the National Theatre.
 ** See [http://www.kabuki21.com/kumagai.php]. Lunch during the first interval. Dan had croquette sandwiches. Kabuki continues forever and ever.
 ** Wander around Shinjuku in the evening. Take forever to find the worst of most worlds in a fondue place for dinner.
@@ Line 53: / Line 56: @@
 ** Lmm sees the awesome Pretty Cure stage show. Everyone else discovers the maritime museum to be closed.
 ** Science museum. Asimo walks a bit. Send messages with a working model of Internet. Varied physicist simulations.
+** Pay museum prices for a buffet lunch, which we are determined to get our money's worth of.
 ** Take in a disappointing anime in the museum's planetarium.
-** Pay museum prices for a buffet lunch, which we are determined to get our money's worth of.
 ** Evening trip to Akihabara. Much consternation as we keep getting split up.
-** Dinner at a Chinese place.
+** Dinner at a Chinese place, with greater-than-usual lingusitic hurdles and multiple erroneous drinks orders.
 * Sun 25th:
 ** John is ill and stays in bed.
-** Laundry in the morning gives John enough time to feel a bit better.
+** Laundry in the morning.
+** John breakfasts alone at Mister Donut again and feels a bit better.
 ** Wander around the temple in Asakusa. Lmm buys a suitcase.
 ** Head out to the suburbs for Mike's ''cafe''. It turns out to require advance tickets.
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 ** Dan sees a costume show in the Evangelion shop.
 ** Lmm and Mike head back to Akihabara. Mike insists Lmm direct him where to buy his porn. Lmm runs away as soon as possible, and finds a ''cafe''.
-** John goes back to bed.
+** John goes back to bed, braving a vending machine noodle bar with apparent success.
 ** Other people try to see Shinjuku Gyoen, but it is already closed, so we instead see everything from the top of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building tower.
 ** In the evening we meet a girl from Chicago. She and Lmm arrange to go to the fish market.
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 ** Discover we have 18 beds between the six of us at the Smile Hotel.
 * Tue 27th:
+** Breakfast at the Smile Hotel.
 ** Early plane to Yakushima.
 ** Discover no-one can drive.
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 ** Dan nearly buys a watch.
 ** Everyone else watches a japanese schoolgirl acquire a few dozen bars of chocolate for at least ¥6000.
-** Dinner at our third okonomiyaki place where the hotplate sees extensive use and melon soda is discovered to be better than reports suggested.
+** Dinner at our third okonomiyaki place where the hotplate sees extensive use and melon soda is discovered to be better than reports suggested (not hard).
 ** Back to the hotel as the shops shut.
 * Fri 30th:
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 ** Lmm runs off to catch the pretty cure all stars movie.
 ** Evening karaoke.
-** Have snacks in the karaoke place followed by cakes from the exciting cake shop.
+** Dinner is snacks in the karaoke place followed by cakes from the exciting cake shop nearby.
 ** Fail to find a mahjong club for 3.
 ** A little drinking at a bar. Ben orders much plum wine. John is almost tempted into alcoholism.