Japan so far… Yet so near

Shibuya on a wet day… Remind you of London?

I’m 5950.877 miles from home… That’s the furthest I’ve ever travelled, according to freemaptools.com‘s calculations!

I’ve been in Tokyo for a little over a week (excluding a quick trip to Seoul which I’ll blog about in the next post), and lets just say its an ‘interesting’ experience. Yes interesting because unlike Marmite, I can’t work out if I love or hate this city. It doesn’t help that it’s been raining on stop since I got here, while back home in London summer is making it’s debut appearance before schedule…

However for a £300 return ticket (with Alitalia transit via Rome) – I’m here to make the most of my time – even if it’s a wet and damp one!

My plans to document “Black culture” – in Japan/Tokyo haven’t gone smoothly to plan, however with a little over a week to go, I’m sure I’ll get something up on the blog before long…

Here’s a little taster of my Japan journey… So far.

Arriving in Tokyo to be met by “Why did you come to Japan?” TV crew at the airport…