Perhaps the greatest amplitude of impressions, I ever have experienced is related with Tokyo. Numerous satellite cities, having grown around the historic centre, form an inconceivable urban jungle, driving insane its inhabitants, losing their traditional Japanese culture and turning into contemporary mankurts. Nowhere else I have ever seen so many nut-cases, talking aloud to themselves... or people swarming in groups of 30 or so, running from one metro station to another, most of them with a bag in one hand and a mobile phone, pressed to their ear in another. And no place else I have seen so many teens, in freaky, gaudy makeup and outfits, trying attract a bit of attention in this huge mass of 35 millions. Specialized shops sell black Gothic style clothing or another extreme - everything for those who adore peachy and pink. The city architecture seems to have its clownish moments, too, with Asahi exhibition hall / bar by Philippe Starck standing out in this context. And, indeed, it's a definitely a worth to see icon of post modernistic architecture.