Clean As

For a big city, Tokyo is remarkably clean. The air is clean, the streets are clean, there are no cigarettes lining the streets. They have designated smoking areas and apart from them it is frowned upon if you smoke elsewhere. There are no bins on the street cause its considered bad form to walk and eat (except for ice cream!). The recycling system is so complicated that people mostly take home any rubbish so they do the right thing and recycle appropriately.
The inner city has way less cars, than even Melbourne I reckon. Everyone uses the metro cause its so good, and/or rides bikes. There is no industry anywhere near the inner city, and will minimal amounts of cars, the air stays clean. The culture is just so responsible. Go figure. How can a city of 35 million get it right, and Melbourne struggles with the most simple of things.


As you walk into a shopping centre, or museum or some indoor area they even have complimentary umbrella bags so you don't drip water on the floor!


Today; wandered round Roppongi, then a couple of smallish museums/art galleries. It was raining most of the day, so a good one to spend inside. Did a tad of shopping in Ginza, ate some delicious tempura and sushi, and also did a load of washing!
Fairly relaxed day all round.

We head to Hakuba tomorrow at around 6pm, so tomorrow morning is the last time we have in Tokyo, until I come back after this next lot of skiing! Not sure what to do in the morning - too many options not enough time!