TOGETHER AGAIN.

Now, what does this button do?

PINEAPPLE HEAD.

A birthday call to Mike takes a surreal turn.

CLOUD COVERAGE.

Some curiously low vapour passes through town.

FOOTBALL FOCUS.

The Japanese employ the same punishing surface as the English.

ANSWERS ON A POSTCARD.

I'm still unsure if this is a map or an installation by a budding artist.

TELEPHONE ORDER.

Requesting food in a Japanese restaurant.

SUMO COMMUTER.

A wrestler sleeps on his way home from a training session.

INTERVIEW VIEW.

It's still moderately boiling here, as illustrated from a 16th floor.

CLEAR SKIES.

The elaborate cabling outside our flat, which follows every street in every town.

HEADSPIN.

These chaps make use of a polished floor.

CORPORATE IDENTITY.

View from the HQ of my new employer.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

Many things in this city.

ROOM WITH A VIEW.

A windowless complex of bars and the like in Shibuya.

SCI-FI 2.

Another 70s fantasy art vision of the city.

TOPSHOP OPENS.

A dejected dj ends her set as a Libertine prepares to take the stage.

FALL.

The heat has abated since this sky emptied.

SCI-FI 1.

Not an airborne taxi in sight.

ESSENTIAL ITEMS.

Nakamura shopping for basics in her hometown of Kichijoji, Tokyo.

SATURDAY NIGHT.

Take a seat.

SCENE OF A MASSACRE.

Location for bloodbath in Kill Bill. Thanks to Mr T Burberry for the meal.

NOT IN KANSAS.

Tourist shot No. 372(b).

FUJIYOSHI BROTHERS.

Canvas-swapping performance painting from the Brothers Fujiyoshi.

TRANS IN LOSTATION.

Shinjuku. In terms of scale, Tokyo is a large city - the largest.

POSTAL ADDRESS.

Matsubara Haimu 201

1-10-8

Matsubara

Setagaya-ku

Tokyo

Japan

156-0043

LEARNING JAPANESE.

I think I'm learning Japanese, I really think so.

HEAT WAVE / HEAT TSUNAMI.

Evidence of the searing temperatures from Mai's brother's flat.

MOUNT TAKAO.

Preparing to descend from the summit, following an all you can (eat &) drink buffet.

WEEK ONE.

A train passes in our neighbouring town of Shimokitazawa.

I have been in Tokyo for a week, here are the facts:

My name is now Uiriamu, or Uiru for short (ウイル).

The date reads 22/09/02 according to the Imperial Calendar.

It is the hottest summer in over a century.

SUMO.

Elements of a wrestler's pre-fight meal.　 おいしい！