I can't remember exactly, but I think this is our 6th tour to our favourite country on the planet, and my 7th time here. It's been a brilliant tour so far - we've been doing some fun radio and TV promo and all the shows have rocked plus we've really enjoyed meeting all our fans and seeing old friends. Our Japanese fans are always so warm and welcoming towards us - we love all the gifts we receive, especially the food ones! We've been given the most amazing biscuits and sweets and they always get eaten by the band on the shinkansen. The most amazing gift, however, was two boxes of chocolates with our pictures on them. Too kind.

We also had our friend Gotch from Asian Kung Fu Generation get up and play guitar on "The One That Got Away" in Yokohama. That was really special for us and we loved that he came to the show. The best surprise was that Ken and Takahiro from the band also came to see the gig and hung out with us afterwards. It was brilliant of them to come along and although we tried to hook up in Hakata, we were both playing at the same time! Oh well, next time we come to Japan...

As always, we've been eating incredible food - even Jez and I, who are both vegetarian. We are always so well looked after. I had the best miso ramen and fried tofu last night while I watched our manager decimate a crab. We'd seen it alive on the way in. Ick. Anyways... It's really hot and lovely here in Japan - we've had some days at 35 degrees, which is right up my street, so it's felt as if we've not missed the summer completely this year. The boys are complaining, but I love it! I've not had a chance to do much shopping yet as we've been so busy since we arrived, but we have a little time at the end of the tour in Tokyo, and after I have a few hours at a mountain onsen, I can't wait to hit the shops - it's the one place where I'm pretty much guaranteed that everything is my size. 

I'm going to try to get some sleep. So ridiculously tired. Sayonara.