# Making friends in Tokyo

Source: https://jonleverrier.com/notes/making-friends-in-tokyo
Published: 2010-02-04
Topics: Travel

Well, it's been a good 21 days since I left the warm depths of South East Asia for Japan.

Every day in the city so far has brought a smile to my face, be it visual inspiration, food delights, cultural differences or just plain random occurrences.

The highlight of my time in Tokyo so far was an 8 minute appearance on [Mezamashi TV](http://www.fujitv.co.jp/meza/index.html), who sent me to Akita in the north of Japan to test out a new iPhone application. [Jibbigo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jibbigo) is a voice translation application. Hold a button down on your iPhone whilst speaking English and Japanese comes out the other side.

In true Japanese TV style, they created a story of me using the application in Tokyo and then trying to find my way to Akita, to see the legendary "[snow house](https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3690.html)".

It was great to see some remote parts of Japan, ride a bullet train, try some lovely local delicacies and look silly on TV - all from one random occurrence in the street.

I won't be winning any acting awards and will defiantly stick to designing [websites](http://jonleverrier.com/).