*from
www.duranduran.com Things I remember about Japan several weeks later:
Narita airport is too far from Tokyo
The cars have white curtains
Telephone ring tones that sound so much better than ours
A road sign in blue and white of a face sleeping with stars above
A sea of umbrellas in Shibuya
The colours of the walls in Hysteric Glamour
Kikuji Kawada's book The Map
Racing to catch the last bullet train from Osaka to Tokyo
Stephanie's face when she entered Kiddyland
A girl in a pencil skirt walking two small dogs
A meeting with the developers of Roland Synthesizers
Sophisticated satellite navigation systems
Tokyo tower outside my window
Visiting Murakami's Mr Pointy
Norico in traditional dress
The beautiful Prada store
The hotel bar (Lost In Translation was so well observed)
Electronic total black out blinds in my bedroom
The white sky, the heat and the Godzilla landscape
Saying ''Sailor Moon stole my identity'' on stage during The Reflex
Being the last people to leave Nobu
Strange Japanese game shows on TV
Excitement and exhaustion
Book shopping at midnight with Gavin
Lunch in Harajuku
Doing an interview for MTV
Snoopy who has always been there
Bento boxes
Killed By Roses
Going on stage at 7.30pm
Constant bowing
A never ending festival of neon
Plastic models of food for sale
A soft toy of a radish
Vending machines filled with curious items
Taking photographs
A large plastic reptile in a window overhead
Our translator
Backstage
Learning new words
The Japanese audiences
Traffic
A man with no shirt and a grey beard sitting on a bench
Signing my name
Playing three shows
The bridge leaving Tokyo
*pictures on
www.duranduran.com/news/index.asp?newsID=5641*