Back to India - Japanese blues

The trip is over and i am back at india now.. I was looking forward to coming back to india, but the last day was quite nostalgic. Not that, i would have loved to stay there, but given a chance again i would love to go back for a short term again (which can happen anytime ;))

The overall picture i got was - folks out there work hard, party hard. I was at tokyo and at one of the major tourists spots, so maybe the western influence would have added its share, yet defnt'ly better than what we do at india. "Partying" in india is a different issue altogether btw.

I managed to squeeze some time during the weekend to go around tokyo. It is, indeed, a city of sky scrappers. The building where my office is located has a total of 52 floors and yet it is the second tallest building in Tokyo. Hope you can imagine the picture. The city scales vertically - BIG TIME.U can see my album in orkut for the building. Also the traditional Vs modern blend was not that prominent here as it was in London. In london you could see glazed buildings on either ends and have a 1000 year old building in between them. There was this mystic effect when you see them, in tokyo however that is missing as there are lot more skyscrappers than the old temples/houses. Speaking of temples, i managed to see the Asakusa Kannon and the Shinto shrine temples. Former being a buddhist latter shinto based. They are the most prominent religions in japan. I will upload the pics in my album soon, but you can google the names and see a lot more actually.
Japanese take pride in being japanese and speaking japanese which becomes a little hard if you are a non japanese. Yes, i had a tuff time in doing some local shopping as everything was written in japanese, but then if you intend to stay at japan it is expected that you have to learn their ways. I could only think of so much now as i dont want to do a write up for NGC or Travel & living :), but will keep updating with any interesting stuffs that comes to my mind on this topic.

Speaking of trivia:
The difference between shintoism and buddhism is, the former doesn't believe in reincarnation while the latter does. Hope you all know what hinduism supports.