Tokyo in August is hot. Wet-t-shirt-by-9am hot. But there's something about the city that makes it worth enduring.
Konbini culture
A real 7-Eleven onigiri is a minor miracle. Cold coffee from a vending machine on a sidewalk. The best egg sandwich in the world costs three dollars at Lawson.
Night walks
Tokyo is best walked at night in summer. Everything cools down maybe five degrees but the neon does all the work. Start in Shimokitazawa, drift east, end up somewhere you didn't plan to be.
