well now the ocean speaks and spits

I feel trapped in London, and I don't think I ever realise quite how much until I go away. Arrived in Tokyo today and headed straight to Mugi's place (a couch surfer who was letting me stay at his apartment for a couple of nights). I had to walk through Ueno park to get to his place, which was pretty awesome. What a better introduction to Japan this time of year than to walk through one of the best places for hanami (cherry blossom viewing)?
He left to go to work pretty much straight after showing me his flat with a set of house keys. (I bloody love couch surfing!) So, here I was, in Tokyo at 3pm while my body thought it was 9am and with the whole afternoon to explore. Went back to Ueno park and hung out by the massive lake taking pictures of the sakura (cherry blossom), eating yakitori and just being really, really glad to be where I was.