Dear fucking diary,
Today was a 'men's day' and so this day will be written by a man as well.
We had a great breakfast outside the hostel, just like yesterday. Today we went to Denny's, which you 'of course' also have in The US, but I never ate there. I'm telling you, it's a definite MUST DO. I had tasty pancakes with Cappuccino and a cold salad. A great combination if I do say so myself.
Today's program included The Motor Show, looking at cars for a few hours and do a bit of daydreaming. I've been to a few car shows, in Switzerland, Paris and Germany, so since I'm a world car show visitor I am really curious as to see what the Japanese edition is like. The Japanese car show is held for the 44th time at the edge of Tokyo in the Bay Side area. It was a sunny day and I was ready to go.
On the way from Denny's to the Bay Side, I noticed an authentic Barbershop. This seemed like the perfect moment to go in and get taken care of my 32 week old beard. There was no doubt about it that I had to look my absolute best to pick up my new Bentley Continental GT V12 612pk car and show it off on the streets of Japan.
I went in.....in to Heaven! Two old grandfather like types, who really could have been my grandfathers, were sitting there enjoyably on a chair listening to good old music from the 60s in which trumpets were key. Nice blues. Frank Sinatra kind of music. You know what I'm talking about. One of the nice grandfather like guys called me and I got to sit in an old fashioned barber chair. It took about 15 minutes for him to shave my face. The grandfather guy really turned my face into a baby face. He put shaving creme on me at least 10 times to make sure my skin was super sooth. I can tell you, whatever he did, worked haha.
After that we went to the Car show by boat. It was a nice trip over in between the tall buildings of Tokyo.
I walked in to the Car Show with high expectations! It was super busy. There were many one way routes to pass the cars just to lead people in the right direction. The Japanese people followed these routes nicely and kept within the markings of where you were allowed to walk. Made me laugh. In The Netherlands we would disregard these kind of rules, no doubt about it, and go our own way with a 'fuck everybody'-attitude.
Anyway, there were many magnificent cars one would only see in Asia. Like the entire Toyoto line on display, you wouldn't see any of those in The Netherlands. Nissan cars have a different name here, even though it's the same model. Such as a Nissan Micra, called a Nissan March in Japan (this model was not in the car show btw). An interesting fact to know as a car enthusiastic.
All in all, the car show did not meet my high expectations. There were a lot of models that they did not display in the car show, like Peugot and Citroën, even though they do exist here as I've seen them driving by. And a C-brand like Renault was on display. Renault Megane is also one of the models that has a different name here, but I can't remember what it was. That's how weird it was haha. It usually takes me 3-4 hours to get through a show, but it only took us 2 hours and 15 minutes to finish today! Talitha had the time of her life and ran pass all the cars hahaha, just kidding.
Anyway, this show is not worth it if you've seen some of the other shows in Europe. I was expecting more shows and more..everything! The cars weren't great, no V12 cars or sportcars. Luckily for me, I was looking forward to something better: picking up the Bentley. LOL. That was beyond any expectations I could have ever imagined!
Since we left the show sooner than expected, we decided to head to Tokyo Beach to watch the sun set. A definite MUST DO! It's pretty to see how the colors of the sun change behind the buildings. Shiny!
To end today, we hung around at the hostel. And I compared the German language to the Dutch one with a Canadian guy. Dutch really does sound better. If you are reading this Michael, sorry but it's true. TRUE!
See you again Car Show....NOT (here).
Bye Bitches,
Dennis.
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