noxilot: "OMG, we're in a park in Japan and there are cats. CATS!"
noxilot: "You can use the laptop, if you like." "But HOW?"
noxilot: apple juice is seriously a hundred times better in Japan - it actually tastes like an apple!
noxilot: as we walked around Tokyo, there was this omnipresent swishing sound as Bryan's head brushed every banner ad...
noxilot: bryaneko-chan
noxilot: bunka design show - auxiliary backup placenta
noxilot: bunka design show - bunny entrails are cuter in wool
noxilot: bunka design show - skeletal fingers reach around your neck...
noxilot: don't be That Guy. Everyone hates That Guy
noxilot: each visitor to the cat cafe receives a tiny bag of treats. This guy clearly had a few too many and had to sleep it off
noxilot: every train arrived and left exactly when the sign said it would. It was like a little miracle every time
noxilot: flavoured caloric blocks, manufactured by a pharmaceutical company. I saw these all over the place, so I guess someone is eating them
noxilot: fun fact: Japanese days are 45 minutes longer than Canadian ones
noxilot: holy crap - that 13-hour flight actually did take us somewhere!
noxilot: I did not convince Bryan to go to the maid cafe, but man, that panda pancake looks good...
noxilot: I just assume this is a public service announcement about how cats are cute
noxilot: i thought they were exaggerating, but no: everything in Japan really is adorable
noxilot: i'm still not sure what to do with my cans
noxilot: Ikebukuro arcade claw machine: aim for the obvious targets
noxilot: ikebukuro
noxilot: japanese arcades have invented several types of fun that we've never heard of
noxilot: jetlagged Sarah finds a teddy bear to nap on outside of the first of ever-so-many giant arcades
noxilot: Konnichiwa, Neko-chan! I am giant-gaijin-san!
noxilot: Land of Ten Million Vending Machines (now with more vending machines!)
noxilot: late afternoon in Ikebukuro
noxilot: meow?
noxilot: Mr. Wild welcomes you to New Brunswick
noxilot: Ikebukuro station: nearby people thought it was hilarious that I was taking this photo, but come on: this is the Japanese equivalent of the bathroom at Yonge station, and it is pristine!
noxilot: now featuring racing, racing, racing, and... car soccer!
noxilot: sega has a whole other life we know nothing about. They seem to make every gambling machine in Japan