Tokyo to London!!

So here i am back in London. 13 hours in a bucket seat is no fun, even for someone not very tall like me. I can only imagine the hell that exists for the people who are over 6ft tall.
So travelling by plane has changed a bit in the last week. After all the madness we were seeing on CNN, Fox and Sky News, i was quite pleasantly surprised that the Japanese hadnt gone to the extremes of banning Hand Luggage although the liquid ban was in full effect. While the line was a little longer than usual for check-in it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. Ive seen worse.(Dublin airport every bloody day!!) The only good thing that came out of all the confusion over baggage allowances was that they seemed to do away with all excess baggage charges, so i managed to get my extra bag of free globe stuff (19 KG) that i accumulated all the way home for free, in addition to my regular suitcase.

So after the show in Osaka we left for Tokyo via the Bullet train. Supposedly the fastest train line in the world. It reaches speeds of over 300km/h


I bought a funky new camera too. It lets you take 3 photos and then stitches them together to form a wide panoramic pic like this one of of Tokyo and the one at the top of the page.

This picture kinda sums up Tokyo for me.
Will we have a river or a freeway?? River or Freeway??
Lets do both!!

So onto the gigs. First one in Osaka is a little weird as its a typical Japanese crowd. After a song ends they cheer and clap really loudly but then stop pretty quickly so they dont miss anything that is said on stage. This can lead to some uncomfortably long silences, especially when Jamies guitar rig decided to stop working and its also Kind of redundant since they cant understand whats being said anyway. (Although there has been plenty of crowds in English speaking countries that couldnt understand Alex because of his accent)



Second day in Tokyo was much more like a regular crowd.
It still makes me laugh to see Japanese kids singing along at the top of theyre lungs to songs thay dont understand.
Double gig for me today as our good friends in We Are Scientists were also there.


As well as Arctic Monkeys of course


And here is another strange sign i saw!!
This was on the hairdryer in my room in Tokyo. I often wonder what someone has done to make a company put stickers like "Electrical Device-Do Not Use In The Shower" on theyre products. This one seems quite particular. Makes you wonder what "The" other purpose is doesnt it!!