Tokyo, Japan

Last day in Tokyo. We filmed a temple, an interview with the main singer of the opera and then some shots from a boat and more nighttime shots of the city. It has been very easy to film here as no one has bothered me and people are usually happy to be filmed. You also see a lot of people out with their cameras as well as other crews. I remember there was a book written judging countries on their openness, their level of democracy by how free the press can work. It must be very high here, because I have had no problems either coming into the country or working in it.

Tonight we had dinner at a sushi shop where the small plates go around on a small belt and you just grab what you want. If you've never been to a place like that, the waitress comes around when you are done and counts the number and colors of plates you have left to calculate your bill. Green tea comes from a spicket along the counter and is free.


I feel bad leaving Japan so quickly and would love to discover much more. But maybe that will be for another day.