Today we saw Japanese umbrella culture come into its own. All went well until I forgot the code number to release my brolly from its station. Up steps a helpful guard.
The other thing which is great is the sensory ridges in all the pavements. They are also a different colour more easily recognised by people whose sight is failing.
An indoor day apart from the swim to the Edo-Tokyo Museum. Edo pre 1868, Tokyo post. Same place, new rulers. And Western influences allowed in for good or ill. It was good at bringing out the complex hierarchies within the Shogun times, how normal people lived in both eras. And how Tokyo has developed through large scale disasters to emerge as the mega-city it is today.
Then to Sumoland to have fun learning some of the history of this very old ritual, now sport.
Tomorrow a transfer to our next cycling start.
Travelling reflections 