One the most wonderful things about Japan is the 24 hour convenience store. As already said they are open 24hours per day 7 days a week and have basically everything you need (well not everything, but all the basics). I’ve visited them in the middle of the night and what always surprises me is that at 2 am in the morning there are people there reading the magazines or just shopping! This city never really sleeps, it just has the trains stop which slows things down a little.

Did I mention that I live equi distance between at least two of them, and then there is another just across the road from the AM/PM store, so that’s really 3 within a 5 minute walk. You really do just have to love this city.