Always interesting(!) when you run into hordes of riot cops in Tokyo on the way to the post office. I wonder what that rally/demonstration-type shindig next to Ueno station was all about?

So, I get a good seat on a short haul on the Yamanote, and I'm tempted to sit there past my station a while. I wonder what that means? I guess it probably means I'm the sort of person who likes to sit on the Yamanote as it goes around for a couple loops. At any rate, I got off at my station, as I'd already done (slept through?) a full continuous loop earlier that day.

Off to Shin-Osaka today. Maybe Kyoto if the weather cooperates, which doesn't seem likely... All weekend. Oh, well, it'll still be there next time, and not that hard to get to.