A False Start

Saturday 17th January 1998

Hi there everyone;

if you're reading this it's because you're a friend of mine back in the UK (or elsewhere) who I think might be interested to hear what I've got to say about life in Tokyo. Ordinarily I'd be mailing all of you individually, or in batches, but basically that's too much typing, especially when you start paying for internet access by the hour (that's right, everyone still at university, in the real world not everything is free. Except maybe insecurity - but don't let that put you off; it's a nice place to be, really. Honest.)

So what I'm going to be doing is huge big-bastard circulars like this every now and then, hopefully filled with things you might find interesting. If you want to be removed from the list, just say so (better still, e-mail me and tell me - might prove more effective).

This is the first, and it's probably not very interesting so far, so let me spice things up by saying that you can buy underwear from vending machines here. New or used, it's up to you; in Japan the customer is indeed king.

More to follow;

Chris

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