I got up and ran with Patrick at 7. We wandered over towards the park with
the Meiji shrine in it and then headed over to the National stadium and back
to the hotel. It was about 40 minutes. It was amazing the difference at
night and in the early morning. I think the Japanese business day starts
around 9, which would explain why at 7am we got some extremely funny looks
and the streets were empty. We only saw one other runner and he was a
foreigner too.
After a "western breakfast" we all jumped on a bus and headed to Nissan's UD
(Ultimate Dependability trucks) factory. To go 30 km it takes 1.5 hours.
Traffic is that bad h ere. But then when you think about the fact that there
are 1.2 billion people living on a land mass the size of Japan, which is
mostly mountains and unlivable it begins to make sense. I think that our
guide said there were 12 million people living in Tokyu.
It was interesting to be able to compare the Nissan plant to the
Freightliner plant in Portland. Some similarities and some differences. More
on that later.
We returned to the hotel around 5 and then went out for dinner which was an
all you can drink place. Almost everybody went from sober to drunk in a
matter of minutes. The food was good and so was the Sake and Sochu. Later
once everyone was drunk (and much laughing) we went out for Karoke. Vera
agreed that we would get our horrible singing out of the way and agreed to
sing together. I have some priceless video of Corey rockin�� out while
extremely drunk. Vera and I sang Lady Marmalade��horribly but very proudly.
After several hours (and becoming horse). Several of us decided to head
back to the hotel (around 2am). I can now say that I have done Karoke��in
Japan.
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