On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 04:01:43 GMT, jwb@csse.monash.edu.au wrote:

>I agree, although there was a time when I avoided Tokyo like the plague.
>It wasn't until I lived there and experienced (some of) its wide
>varieties, and explored a few of the urban villages that found I really
>liked it.

I also agree, although I lived in Tokyo because I worked in Tokyo.
But nearly every weekend we jumped in the car, or onto a train, and
took off into the countryside. Skiing, drinking, skating, drinking,
onsening, drinking, pensioning, drinking, hiking, drinking ...

-- 
Craig