Today we left sleepy Hakone for the bright lights of Tokyo. We have all been commenting on the lack of traffic up until now – this morning we saw it at its worst. We went to Meiju University today for our morning training session. Artificial field again – George still talking up their merits. The staff took on the 14s in a game of touch. Staff 3 – 14s 1. 14s suffering much embarrassment – staff suffering two twinged hamstrings, two dodgy knees, one sore lower back and one bad hip.
We then went to Yokogama Rugby Club. It is right in the middle of Tokyo and the field (artificial – give it a rest George) probably takes up the equivalent footprint of two high rise buildings – must be worth an absolute packet. They will host our game and our post-match function on Sunday. Scheduled touch game between Firsts and Staff called off on physiotherapist's orders – luckily for the Firsts!
Shopping tomorrow – going to Akihabra (Electric Town) and Odaiba. Boys are pestering us to exchange some more cash – must be planning to bring everybody home some lovely presents. Tour dinner tomorrow night, and then the game on Sunday. May not get to the blog again until Sunday morning.
The boys are all weary and some have colds., but are all in good spirits and enjoying Tokyo and each other's company. We've delayed our shopping excursion by a couple of hours tomorrow and have them in bed early tonight (hence no student bloggers) so they can catch up on some sleep and be well rested for the last couple of days.
James Z still has his wallet and Josh still has the mascot - amazing!!!
TW
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