Shinjuku Ni-choume

I've been out of the country on vacation. Not that you'd notice by my lack of posting, which remains chronically bad. Sorry, sorry! I didn't look for myself on the recent HP love meme because I somehow convinced myself that I'd turned in to one of those names that everyone sees and thinks, "Oh, yeah, whatever happened to…" So I was surprised when I found that there was actually a comment there addressed to me, and touched that the person said that even though I didn't write fic any more that they'd still like to read posts from me now and again. So for you, whoever you are, I'm trying to do better. This post's for you.

So where was I vacationing? Japan! It was one of my great trips of a lifetime. Mr Geoviki and I are the kind of travelers who try to cram in as much into one day as we can, so we did and saw a million things. I'll post about some of it (hopefully) in small bites.

I'll start with one small area of western Tokyo: Shinjuku Ni-choume, better known (at least to those of you who read yaoi) as Tokyo's gay district.

( We spent a lot of time here but not for the reason you're thinking… )