Filling in the blanks (part 1)

Ok so I said I wouldn't update this thing as often as perhaps I should have, but its been over a week since I last put anything on, so what happened? Quite simply Tokyo happened. Instead of spending 5 days days exploring around Japan, I focussed just on Tokyo, but still found more than enough to keep me entertained for my time there (while still missing out quite a few things too). Highlights of the trip have to include;
Seeing the first of the cherry blossoms, which I thought that I was going to miss out on seeing entirely
Visiting the Tsujiki Fish Market, may not sound like much, but probably the most impressive thing I saw. They work their way through 20,000 tonnes of fish every year there, mostly whole tuna (for those of you who don't know, tuna don't in fact come in cans, instead they're huge fish, over a metre long, shaped like a very fat cigar. They cut them up with band saws, similar to the ones used in workshops!) Aside from tuna, theres almost every other type of fish, and seafood under the sun, and so many people working on it, the energy coming off it is amazing. I then had some sushi from next door...unsurprisingly very fresh!
The pedestrian crossing at Shibuya; this is one of the classic things people think of when they think of Tokyo, millions of people crossing the road all at once, covering the entire road. Its just as crazy and manic as its made out on films and the like!
The many Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples (best of these that I saw were the Meiji Shrine, and the complex around Asakusa). They're so peaceful and elegant, quite a feat where metres away, the rest of Tokyo rages around them.
Seeing the Roppongi district by night; this is one of the main party neighbourhoods, where things regularly go on until it gets light, though I was boring, and went back on the last train of the day.
Thats main stuff dealt with I think, there are one or two pictures...somewhere in excess of 400 on my camera, which will be uploaded whenever I get the chance. Now I'm in Melbourne in sunny Australia, ready to begin next leg of my travels, so when will the next update be? Who can say!