Japan

On Saturday I found my seat for the rest of the weekend, on the entry to the 3rd corner, entering the S section of the track. I also realized this was the Red Bull fan grandstand, although I soon found that the biggest cheers were for Perez as there was a large Mexican attendance.

From my seat I could see the start lights (and just about the top of the cars down the main straight), turn 1/2 and the run up the hill into the S. It was staggering watching the cars fly through the these corners on their hot laps, they change direction so quickly it barely seems real.

After qualifying I decided to wait at the track for a while instead of queueing for the bus, there was a track walk however the queue was already busy 2 hours before it opened so I decided to give it a miss. Instead I watched the driver interviews, amazingly everyone sat on the ground to ensure that others could get a good view. A surprise appearance from Sebastian Vettel was also great!Weiterlesen

Taking the bullet train to Tokyo I arrived in Shinjuku where I am staying for the next week. Upon getting off the train I spent half an hour walking around the labyrinth that is Shinjuku station, which is mostly underground with multiple different levels and so densely populated that GPS just gives up. After a while my goal changed from trying to find the correct exit to just trying to find sunlight. Once I finally reached the surface my hotel was only a 5 minute walk away.

Shinjuku is one of the largest entertainment hubs in Tokyo, the scale of the place is incredible, all through the night the streets are brightly lit up with various advertisements and music videos. I explored the area to find Godzilla street, as well as the 3d cat billboard.

Although there are huge streets with thousands of people passing through, there are also small densely packed alleyways, a famous area of these being the Golden Gai district, an area full of tiny bars, some being so small they can barely fit 10 people in! This district has a very cosy atmosphere as travellers from all over the world meetWeiterlesen