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In Tokyo I
woke up to yet another terrific breakfast made by Keigo. We played a couple of
rounds of shogi with his nephew as spectator and then went to his sister’s cake
shop. We needed a birthday cake for Izumi.
We were going to celebrate in a park with some of Keigo’s friends. Turns
out one of them had birthday as well. It was a great evening and we spent it
eating cake, snacks and drinking beer.
The next
day, the last day in Tokyo with nice weather, I spent inside making origami. I
had loads of fun and impressed myself with some of the results which you can
all admire in my pictures. The next day
would be my last and hectic day in Tokyo. Keigo and I got up early. On our two
hour trip to Chiba we picked up Izumi so that we could play shogi on her lap in
the subway. In Chiba we went to a theme park with stuff from the late Edo
period. The buildings and everything was cool, but I was there solely for one
reason; to dress as a samurai. Izumi got her Kimono and Keigo and I got our
armor. We played around for an hour or so, having shit loads of fun. We had a last supper together at my favorite
place, Family Mart. They watched me hitchhike off onwards to Fukuroi.
After some
interesting rides with an old couple, a Bolivian and (maybe) an old school
Yakuza guy (he missed his pinky) I arrived in Fukuroi at my hostess Emi Suzuki.
Her father does not make cars. His daughter, however, makes good food and that
was exactly what was waiting for me when I got inside. Nothing says “Håkon will
be your friend forever” like having a warm meal with a cold beer waiting for
him. I repaid her by beating her 6-1 in connect-four.
The next
day Emi was ready to hitchhike. She made a nice sign and we hit the road. We
easily got two rides which was all we needed to get to the barbecue. It was a brilliant day and we enjoyed good
food and company under a glowing sun.
Emi got a wonderful red tan. Back
home again, she got to play Super Mario on my computer while I was making a
photo album. Somehow Mario gets girls more excited than I’m able to. This is
kind of sad, since I’ve been spending a major part of my life playing computer
games. I should have gotten some tricks from the Italian stallion.
In the
morning I left for Osaka, hitchhiking the last stretch. My last ride turned out
to be a kyukushin fighter and was going to Poland to compete. He ended up
driving me all the way to Tennoji Osaka although he was going to Nara. What a
guy! In Osaka I met up with Aska again. The last two days in Japan I spent with
her at the elementary school she went to, playing with kids. It was fun and
they got to carry my bag and receive some stickers. Aska and her mother made some more delicious
food for me and I made an origami penguin to show Chris off. Before I left
Japan, Yuichiro from the party bus met me and Aska at the station. I gave him
the photo album and a bottle of Sake before I parted with the two.
Japan was
awesome and a remarkable country to visit! I had so much fun and met so many
nice people! Germans are generally not like Mengele anymore and in the same way
the Japanese are far away from unit 731. Thanks to everybody who hosted me and
everybody that picked me up all around Japan! I hope you will get your reward
in whichever heaven you believe in. If not, come to Norway and I’ll give you a
beer! Domo arigato gozeimas!
Katachikanei!
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