After Friday night's activities which lasted till very late into the night/morning, I woke up around 10am and headed out for some body cleansing walking around. I found a dry cleaners nearby, dropped off some pants and then headed to Ueno to look for a bicycling messenger bag that would be useful for walking, riding bicycles, or even on a motorcycle. In Tokyo where you don't have your nice big SUV to cart your things around and hold your personal belongs having some sort of bag is very advisable and quite helpful. I only have a computer specific small bag pack and a big travel bag pack for touring, not shopping. Ueno Station has all sorts of goods at affordable prices and incredible selections so I knew I could find something to meet my needs.
I didn't want to get a bag quite as masculine as Benjamin's Lacoste bag:
I ended up finding a Bianchi bike messenger bag that is just big enough to hold my laptop, but definitely big enough for holding small items and any incidental shopping that I do as I walk around the streets of Tokyo. As it gets warmer, I will lose all my jacket pockets, as Benjamin puts it, so some sort of a bag is essential.
One way to rehydrate fast after a night of drinking is eating lots of fruit and at Ueno you can get fresh tasty fruit on a stick. I had two pineapple sticks and felt great. I walked all around Ueno and back to the motorcycle shops to look at bikes. That never gets old, especially when you find bikes the USA never imported.
Later that night I hooked up with friends and new friends over dinner in Shibuya. With so many people in this city it isn't hard to find great company and interesting conversation for dinner.
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