Well, the wall finally hit me and knocked me out. I was awoken at 8.45 by Brett on the phone! This was the first night I had (remembered to) close my curtains, and it obviously helps me sleep! I had a good 6 hours sleep, and my body needed it. So I had a quick shower and then we had breakfast. After Ange came down to help with some last minute setup stuff, we caught a taxi to the Ginza stadium. We could have gotten there by train (Katchitoke station), but it was a bit of a walk from the station, and with all we were carrying (and it’s not *too* far away) we thought we’d go taxi.

The setup here was a bit more complicated than it should have been. The problems were around configuring the wireless router (in Japanese). Eventually I got it, and Brett was able to drill through the 8mm steel girders we had decided to mount the tv to. We missed out on lunch as we felt behind with things, so after demonstrating the system to the people who were there, we caught a taxi at about 4.00, for our 4.00 meeting back at the hotel. We got there at 4.30, and Mark still wasn’t down at it, so we weren’t overly concerned. The meeting with was Ishihara, who Brett described as “The Godfather of indoor sport in Japan”. And he carried the look well!

The meeting wasn’t overly relevant to me – it was more Sportainment, and Datascore would benefit from it, but my knowledge wasn’t required for the conceptual level it was at. So I went back to the room, and investigated a couple of Mount Fuji trips. Then it was finally dinner time!

We ate at a restaurant in the hotel next door. The guys from Ginza were there, as well as a couple of others. Finally the food started coming. Jack, Brett and I were very disappointed by our second serving of Salad, and still no meat! All we were able to do was pick the bacon bits out of the Caesar!!! Finally some “non-rabbit food” came, which was all great. Again, the alcohol was flowing, and the food was going down well. After dinner it was back to the hotel room for a couple of hours of work, in preparation for the next day. Going to bed around 2.00 in the morning, and waking up early, was starting to take its toll, but I was going on adrenaline, so managing things. Although felt like I was missing a lot.