" Louise Bremner" <dame_zumari@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> ...in not showing visiting gaigin around Tokyo? Or are all the visitors
> that have stayed with us unusual in that they don't expect us to show
> them around, or even offer suggestions on what to see?

I think it depends on the person visiting. Some people want to hang out,
others want to see the sights. Some people like adventure, others need their
hand held to get on the train. Some people are hello-kitty loving
manga-reading geeks, others baseball freaks, other hard-core alcoholics and
panderers.

>(Just had a phone
> call from someone who has taken upon herself the task of showing around
> some visitors, and who seemed surprised that I couldn't suggest anything
> without knowing the interests of the people concerned.)

Just curious, is this "someone" a Japanese "someone?"

> So I suppose the next question is: what would you suggest gaigin go and
> see on their one free day in Tokyo?

Is it one day in Tokyo, or one "free" day? If you've only got a day for
Tokyo, I would say go for a bus tour. That way you've seen all the stuff you
are "supposed" to see, and can be excused from any further need to set foot
in that concreted shithole.

-- 
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom