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These two visitors from South Korea loved my T-shirt and wanted to get photos with me.
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We visited The Lockup themed restaurant.
On arrival you're hand-cuffed and lead to your cave or cell by these mini-skirted "guards". |
Every hour or so, the monsters / prisoners escape and run around rattling cell doors and terrorising the diners until the guards are able to restore order.
The flash photography doesn't really do justice to the ambience, but you can see a few diners in the cell behind me here.
The caves were designed for shorter people than me...
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We were most impressed by the Japanese toilet-technology.
Push a blue button, and you get squirted with a (surprisingly precise) jet of water.
Push another button and the loo gives you a blow-dry.
Another button can be used to simulate a flushing noise, in case you anticipate any embarassing noises.
There's even a special button for the ladies. |
The Shibuya district of Tokyo has hundreds of "love hotels".
These can be hired by the hour for "a rest", or overnight for "a stay".
But they're not the seedy places you might expect - they're mostly quite smart hotels. Some rooms even have their own private swimming pool.
The rooms were disappointingly normal. |
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We stayed a couple of nights in a traditional Japanese ryokan (inn).
The rooms have almost no furniture. Floors are covered in tatami (straw) mats and futons.
Yukatas (gowns) are provided for wear within the ryokan. |
| Traditionally, people staying in ryokans are quite short. |
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Out in the suburbs.
Inside the ryokans it's all very minimalistic and tidy, but outside it's a clutter of electricity & phone cables, sign posts, etc. |
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