Mark, been many times, never on vacation, and this will be the first
business trip with hopefully Saturday off.
Going over to negotiate a contract with Saudi Aramco at my company's factory and expect to be there until
8 Dec.
A Rolex GMT 1675 would be okay for the collection.
Thanks for the other suggestions, will certainly need to do some walking and unwind

: I only really found Rolex vintage in Tokyo, it's what the vast
: majority of the Japanese collectors seem to go after, aside from
: Seiko and the other domestic brands.

: Still, lots of other great things to see there aside from watches,
: it's a fascinating city. Is it your first time Brook?

:

: Akihabara. Aka Electric Town. It probably sums up most people's
: preconceptions of Tokyo in one go (the giant robot destroying
: the city and the giant reptile destroying the city are out of
: shot to left and right respectively); it's loud, it's bright and
: it's really a bit confusing - from personal experience, I can
: say going on your first day in the city with heavy jetlag is not
: a great idea!

:
:

: Meiji-jingu, Harajuku. The foremost Shinto shrine in Tokyo.
: Harajaku is a place of contrast in itself - go right from the
: station (a Toytownish replica of the Japanese idea of a European
: station) and you're on the Omotesando, a busy and bustling
: avenue where all the cool kids hung out and shopped a few years
: back (other parts of Tokyo are now more "in"
: apparently, it gets hard to keep up with fashion nowadays!), a
: place to see and be seen. Go left however, and you're in the
: oasis of calm that is Meiji-jingu, quiet, with a sense of
: dignity, and a great place to get away to when Tokyo's assault
: on the senses all gets a bit too much. In fact, you'll find
: shrines dotted around all over the city, sometimes in the
: unlikeliest spots (there's one in a street in Akihabara above,
: for example).

:
:

: Senso-ji, Asakusa. The largest representative of the other Japanese
: state religion, the Buddhist temple counterpart to the Shinto
: shrine above. If you thought Senso-ji would be anything like
: Meiji-jingu, think again. Bustling, busy, with a row of shops
: inside the temple gates on the way to the temple itself (!), it
: could hardly be more different. And yet it still manages to be
: quintessentially Tokyo.

: It's a fantastic place, and the people are so lovely - I would urge
: anyone who has the chance to go. I only wish it was (a LOT)
: closer to me!