We need to know who chose to put it on. They’re clearly a fucking genius

She was described by my Japanese mate as “the Japanese Marine Le Pen, not the Japanese Thatcher”, which didn’t sound good

Love stuff like this!

I haven’t seen much wildlife myself, but it is indeed a literal breath of fresh air right on my office doorstep

A braw wee corner of the city!

Amazing!

Bizarrely, I listened to this thousands of times as a teenager to the point where my mum and dad were sick to the back teeth of it. And now, entirely unprompted, my own 13yo son has gravitated towards it all by himself. It’s a bizarrely uncomfortable feeling hearing it all again, like you say.

Ah, understood. No worries, I’ll be back in “sunny” Scotland in 2 weeks, but any recommendations will be filed away for next time out 👌
Sounds like you’ve got a full mission list on, but remember what they say: it’s better to be busy than twiddling your thumbs! 😁

I’ll definitely be back to check it out more thoroughly. Any particularly cool/interesting parts you reckon would be worth checking out? A local’s bluesky tips while I’m here would be pretty cool 😁

Yeah, I’ve kind of steered clear of Shinjuku previously because of reputation and being rammed, but this is the first time I’ve properly *looked* and I dig it very much. The weather also made it very atmospheric, and being Scottish I do not mind the rain at all, so: 👍👍👍

Even on a dreary drizzly day like today, this place still manages to look tremendously interesting though

Now there’s a guy who really should be under fairly serious clinical supervision rather than being treated as a towering god-genius

It definitely has its moments 👍