Japan 2006 - Madonna Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka

24th September 2006

Hi all,

Well I did it in 2004 and now again in 2006! Arranging a holiday all around Madonna! This time in Tokyo. What a mad 5 days we have had in Japan!

Seeing Madonna on September 20 & 21 has been AMAZING! Her show absoluetly rocked! The visuals were amazing as well as the dance moves. What a blast being in the middle of 50,000 crazy Japanese folk going off to Madge! We did the whole experience in Tokyo with the "Official After Party" at a club called "Flower". Very funny night. They started out by playing hip-hop and we thought we had been duped....that was until we inisted on some Madonna and then we turned the club into a Japense version of "Palms" and basically we took over! The photos tell the story on that one....we even met one of Madonna's dancers there!

On Friday we headed to Osaka on the bullet train and spent the weekend between Osaka and Kyoto checking out the crazy Japanese folk in Osaka with their mad hair as well as the many temples and sights of Kyoto. That was a great contrast to the madness in Tokyo but certainly made the holiday worthwhile.

Have to say that overall Japan was a great 5 days and a great introduction to Asian travels for me. Haven't done much travelling in Asia so will have to explore it some more.

Thanks to Jen, Kerry-Anne, Kath, Jake, Campbell, David & Grant for making it loads of fun. And special thanks to our new best friends Rennie, Chris & Dan from Qld and Chris from the UK who we met over there and had a ball with as well.

Till next time everyone, say-o-nara!

Enjoy the photos!

Dave