Making Plans

 I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but Hannah and I are making plans to go to Tokyo in the summer. The musical Sunset Boulevard will be playing for a couple of weeks, and Hannah really wants to see that.

The tickets went on sale last Saturday. Hannah managed to get two good tickets, very expensive but I think worth it. She also managed to book a hotel and flight at a reasonable price. The only problem is that the hotel is about an hour away from the theatre, changing trains many times to get there. I'm glad I'm going with Hannah as I don't know if I could deal with that by myself!

It should be an interesting visit. I haven't been to Tokyo since I arrived in Japan, 35 years ago.  I guess it's changed a lot. I was never really interested in going, big cities always feel the same: too many people, too much noise, and everything always seems to be a lot more expensive.

In Tokyo, many years ago.

We are making plans for the other days we will be there. I really don't want to see all the real touristy places, just the thought of the crowds and the heat and humidity makes me panic!

One area that I've read about is the Tokyo booktown, Jinbocho. There are over 130 bookstores; some sources say there are 200 stores. Of course, most are Japanese bookstores, but there are also foreign bookstores. Most are 2nd handstores, but there are also new bookstores as well, plus some stores that sell rare books.  One store that I saw on YouTube is a cat bookstore, so of course, we want to visit that.

I don't know what else Hannah wants to do. She said that watching the musical is the most important thing for her. She loves museums about education or the Show period, maybe we can find something like that. Then, of course, there is always shopping, more like window shopping!

I have to start training to deal with all the walking and the heat/humidity. 

Is it crazy to make these plans? Maybe. But I know I always put off doing things because of ....many excuses! Not enough money, well, that isn't going to change overnight, but I am working on it. Haven't lost weight, well, I can try, I have a few months. It's going to be hot and humid; that isn't going to change. It'll be hot and humid here as well.

I'm at the time in my life when I realised that time is important. We aren't guaranteed tomorrow. I need to make the most of the time I have now, doing things that I want to do, things that bring joy to my life. 

One reason I'm thinking like this is, is the news of a lady I knew, who passed away a few days ago. She was just 70 years old and had been battling cancer for 5 years. That's so sad, from about my age, she was dealing with cancer, hospital stays, chemo and radiation therapy, constantly not feeling well and not having energy to do things. 

So I'm going to live in the here and now, make crazy plans, spend time with those that I love. Also, take care of myself so I can make the crazy plans come true.

Does anybody else have crazy plans?