So visited Tokyo fairly recently. Had an extremely lovely time that I will share at length sometime soon.
But this is about the experience I had one night while out. I was with a coworker who was insisting on going “all out”. I had had a quiet trip but it was his last night and he very much wanted to experience the night life.
We go out to a few really lovely bars, drink copious amounts of Japanese whiskey.
The night continues well into the night.
I’m a bit embarasssd to say this but I end up drinking too much. And to my horror I awake suddenly to a police baton gently tapping me and I realize I am laying on an elevated planter in a park.
Again I was mortified this happened nothing like this has ever happened before but suddenly I’m MORE mortified when I realize my bag, that had my laptop (very expensive with important files) and other belongings were gone.
I could not believe this had happened I cab defeated to my hotel, look up the location of my laptop and see it was recently detected to be near a different park. I’m someone relieved but somehow imagine it there but any monent anyone could just come along and take it, or move if they already had it. In my mind Imiaging them hacking into it.
I cab to the location this whole separate other park and look around. It’s just a few parents and kids playing.
That’s it.
I sit there confounded no idea what to do. It’s not anywhere to be seen.
After thinking for a moment I almost give up and walk away.
As I do I see two police officers standing by and go up to them and politely ask if they have seen a bag anywhere. Just then in the bushes I see my sweater sitting there. They laugh and point at the police station directly behind the park.
I run up there and into the station. Go to the counter and ask about my bag, as I do I SEE it sitting on the counter.
I describe its contents and fill out a form.
The police officers laugh when I react to seeing it. In a matter of 10 minutes I get the bag back completle with laptop and all of the contents.
All I can say is how grateful I was and just thought this might be the only place in the world where something like this could have played out this way.
Much gratitude to this city and its orderliness and will try to not lose my head next time when I get an opportunity to go.
by missanthropocenex
