On my way up to bed, I stop off on the second floor of the hotel to take a peek at 'Vending Corner'. The variety of produce available from the sizeable array of machines exceeds all my expectations of Japan's vending machine culture. I am not surprised to find beer on offer, but the whiskey machine is quite unexpected. I give the food machines a wide berth, though I admit to being fairly curious about them. I eventually decide on a bottle of ‘deep-seawater', because it comes with the recommendation that it should be drunk before going to bed and that's a principle I agree with heartily.
I wake up early, but refreshed. It could have been the deep-seawater; it certainly did no harm. I head straight to the subway as I want to get out to Ryogoku and see about getting a ticket for the sumo.
For breakfast I visit a 7-eleven and am impressed with the Japanese version of convenience food. I pick some Onigiri that are wrapped in a most ingenious way that keeps the seaweed sheet away from the rice until you remove the wrapper. There's a trick to it, and it's not unlike whipping a table cloth from under a dinner service; just less expensive if things don't go the way they should!
To wash down my Onigiri, I select ‘Pocari Sweat’. I'm not sure what a pocari is, but its sweat is delicious and refreshing. In contrast to the Pocari Sweat's comprehensive English description, I have to rely on pictures when selecting my Onigiri. I can’t really determine much from the pictures, so just guess in the end and it’s a nice surprise when one turns out to be tuna and the other shredded beef. Again, I’ve gotten-by choosing food with little indication as to what I'll be getting until the first bite. I hope it lasts! Next, the Tokyo subway - let’s hope I find that similarly easy going.
I wake up early, but refreshed. It could have been the deep-seawater; it certainly did no harm. I head straight to the subway as I want to get out to Ryogoku and see about getting a ticket for the sumo.
For breakfast I visit a 7-eleven and am impressed with the Japanese version of convenience food. I pick some Onigiri that are wrapped in a most ingenious way that keeps the seaweed sheet away from the rice until you remove the wrapper. There's a trick to it, and it's not unlike whipping a table cloth from under a dinner service; just less expensive if things don't go the way they should!
To wash down my Onigiri, I select ‘Pocari Sweat’. I'm not sure what a pocari is, but its sweat is delicious and refreshing. In contrast to the Pocari Sweat's comprehensive English description, I have to rely on pictures when selecting my Onigiri. I can’t really determine much from the pictures, so just guess in the end and it’s a nice surprise when one turns out to be tuna and the other shredded beef. Again, I’ve gotten-by choosing food with little indication as to what I'll be getting until the first bite. I hope it lasts! Next, the Tokyo subway - let’s hope I find that similarly easy going.
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