I woke up about 6.00. The curtains were still open, so the light must’ve gotten me started. I got back to work – last minute testing and finalising of things (installing Windows updates takes a *long* time). At 8.00 Brett and I went for breakfast at their usual meeting place – a coffee shop in the train station across the road from the hotel. After a Panini and some OJ I was ready to get the day going. We decided we would do a bit more at the hotel before going to the stadium – this would allow us to just put things in place, rather than have to do last minute configuring there. And given we were not going to have access to their network, I didn’t need to do the last minute jobs locally. So Ange came up to the “Code Cave” and helped with some interpretation, as I finished things off. The room was still a complete mess with boxes everywhere, so I put the “Do Not Disturb” sign on the door to save the cleaner coming in.

Our original plan was to catch a train to Nishifunabashi, but when we looked at how much equipment we had, and thought about carrying it up and down stairs, and through people at the stations, we opted for the $90 taxi fare instead. So we got to the stadium, unpacked boxes, and Brett got to work on the TV’s while I did the computers. Without too much trouble, we were set up and ready to start testing the system live. The people at the stadium were very impressed, particularly when they saw the animations (they loved the Red Card one). Of course we always know they will, but it still excites us to see their reaction every time!

Ange, Brett and I went out for a celebratory drink round the corner of the stadium, while we waited for Mark and Mikiko, along with the Konami contingent, to arrive (around 6.30). Once back at the stadium we showed Datascore off to the staff who were lingering around. We then did a more complete demo once everybody was there, and discussed how to proceed. We still had problems getting our hands on the SKMember database file to get it on to the new laptop we had bought them. Their old laptop was locked down so it is not possible to write to a USB memory stick. So we came up with a plan for me to go out there on Friday afternoon while the Sportainment guys were at their presentation (there was no need for me to be at that).

We caught the train back to the hotel to get changed. By coincidence Kaoru called me (in the room) in that 5 minute window! So we made plans to meet the next morning and then I had to run. We caught a taxi to Gonpachi restaurant, in the Roppongi area. This is the restaurant from a scene in “Kill Bill” (which I now need to see). There are photos up on the wall of Johnny Depp, Lady Gaga, and other such celebrities. The first course was the most beautiful meat I think I’ve had! It just melted in my mouth. The next course was a bit spicy for my liking. We were there for about an hour and were very satisfied with what we ate. And then we caught a taxi back to the hotel.

Back in the “Code Cave”, I caught up on a few emails and got some more work done. By about 2.00 I was spent, and managed to clear enough room on the bed to get some sleep.