Hello Tokyo!

Tokyo gave us a warm welcome - 34 to 36 degree celsius daily for the last 3 weeks! It's hard to avoid the sun here. Such a drastic difference from Hamburg. Luckily, we had a one week in Singapore to "acclimatize".

City is vibrant and well connected. Didn't seem to have changed much from the last time we had visited eight years ago. But people seemed to have. There were less thick make up (maybe the look is now "nude") and weird dressings.

Brothers sleep the same way in cab to apartment; apartment interiors; food grilled with "fish griller"; parks, shrines, areas of interest around apartment.

Foods here are expensive but extremely tasty. Corn is sweet like sugar cane, grapes taste like jelly with bubble gum grape flavour......list goes on!

We were informed that our location is highly desirable (Azabu Juban). Heard that it's sought after by celebrities (tv station nearby?) due to accessibility, green, foods, etc....Nothing to complain about the location and apartment though - it's serviced, comfortable and safe. Think there are also many Singaporeans here since the embassy is across the road.

Fireworks are a regular weekly affair. Here is Samba Festival at Asakusa (the famous temple) area and the annual Azabu Juban Summer Festival. It was extremely crowded outside the apartment.