Tokyo, night 1.

[unbibium]

As I stepped out of the train station onto the streets of Tokyo for the first time, I saw lots of tall buildings with neon and billboards and kana and thought "wow".

Hajime said "This is nothing."

The hotel staff here are excellent. They had some trouble giving directions to Hajime in Japanese, but this one clerk's English is spectacular. I told her that I needed a curtain for my room so the sun wouldn't come in, and asked if they could nail an extra sheet up there or something. She said she'd use some big towels, because a sheet would be "too shear". I don't think I ever bothered to learn the word "shear" in any other language, or for that matter anything related to an object's light transmission properties.

I am beat from the flight and all the airport stuff I had to go through today, so I'm going to crash. I'll probably be awake early tomorrow, and if so, I'll be off to the fish market. If I don't get lost.

Comments

[jecook]

Ah. I forgot when you were leaving.

Have a grand time, and take pictures of more then just cranes. ::snicker::

[miwasatoshi.livejournal.com]

Or take pictures of cranes ... just not the mechanical ones. ^_^

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

Screw you! I'll win her back, and I'll use these pictures to do it! You'll see! I'll show you all!

[w-b-yeats.livejournal.com]

Good luck Nick have fun.

Si-an-nara.

[miwasatoshi.livejournal.com]

sheer2 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (shîr)
adj. sheer·er, sheer·est
Thin, fine, and transparent: sheer curtains; sheer chiffon.

inagawayuu uses this term all the time in regards to fabric - your clerk may have some experience in regards to fashion as far as that's concerned.