Tokyo Overload, Pt. 3...Walking through the streets looking for a place to sleep, I began to appreciate how well a city is designed to deprive people of just that. Everywhere there was a ledge, it would be entirely covered with plants. Everything is either too public or not public enough. When might the people who live or work here return and find me?
Finally, around an office building complex, I found a place that seemed reasonable. Along a brick walkway above the street there was a ledge perhaps 10 inches wide, with a hedge adjacent but not overhanging. Sleeping on the street was strange, but probably not as strange as it could have been. A policeman walked by, but appeared not to notice me. There was someone who jogged back and forth a few times, making a quick hissing sound as they breathed which I was able to hear from afar before I heard their footsteps, and that was a bit creepy. I fully awoke at about 3:30am with an unpleasant chill, and realized I had to get going if I was to make it ...
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