I discovered how to meet cute Japanese girls by mistake! Last week, there i was sitting in a sushi restaurant in the Shibuya neighbourhood of Tokyo trying to give my order to a waiter who didn't speak English. Just as our verbal interchange had hit a brick wall a Japanese girl sitting two tables away intervened and saved the day - well at least my lunch. Apparently the waiter was asking me whether i wanted sea weed or mushrooms in my miso soup; turned out it was a good thing he did, as that's how i met Saeko.
From that point we started chatting away and before i knew it Saeko was writing down recommendations about where to find good sushi in Tokyo, once she had caught on to the fact that i was rather keen on the stuff. The next thing i knew she had written down her details and suggested we meet one day; the rest is history my followers.
Yesterday Saeko treated me to a guided tour of a beautiful country town south of Tokyo called Kamakura which houses a number of beautiful buddist temples, one of which, Kencho-Ji, is the oldest Zen Buddist training school in Japan.
In Kamakura I also discovered that, thought Sumo wrestlers are big, they've got nothing on the Buddah. The second largest Buddah image in Japan can be found at Tokotu-in Temple.
Oh, and i just had to confirm that the Buddah had bigger feet than me - European size 567 apparently, US size approximately 2409 - yep his feet are bigger in both continents according to the numbers too - damn!
As the size of the Buddah had given me an inferiority complex, we decided to try and fatten me up with some traditional Japanese cuisine - I didn't know Tofu could taste so good.
Anyway, Thanks Saeko for a great day out!
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