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Tokyo, Japan – October 1999

You know what I really hate?
I am not talking about the mild contempt I hold for Amsterdam’s Schipol airport (has anyone ever met anymore who took a flight from there which left on time?), or the growing dislike I am nurturing for people who wear socks with sandals, but an all consuming passionate [...]

Tokyo, Japan – September 1999

Praise be !!! There is, after all, a god. Let joyful shouts ring round the Yamamote line, let thankful foreigners prostrate themselves at the powers that be – Diet Coke is now available in Japan.
Of course, Diet Coke has always been available in Japan, just not
in descent size cans. Some stores [...]

Tokyo, Japan – August 1999

It’s hot, damn hot. So hot in fact that it seems most of Tokyo has come to a standstill. I know it is now definitely summer as all the vending machines have been switched to cold. No longer can I get my morning can of steaming coffee from a vending machine and have [...]