Your intrepid reporter Hadyn has been traveling the globe for the last week or two. When I say "globe" I mainly mean Japan, though today is my first day in London. If I had to pit the cities against each other, in some sort of metropolis prize fight, I would have Tokyo wiping the floor with London.

Language barriers: Tokyo is in Japan and hence they speak Japanese, but helpfully they attempt to speak English. This is not the case in London, where they think that they are speaking English when in fact they are speaking some strange dialect of mumbles and grunts that always ends in "yeah?" Tokyo 1-London 0

Transport: Both London and Tokyo have a brilliant transport system. Both are fairly well signposted (in Japan all of the signs were in English as well as Japanese). Both are fairly fast. Both have a good circular service for the central city. The downsides are that Tokyo's service for all trains ends at midnight. London's downfall is the unreliability of its trains. A fire alarm at oxford circus this morning had a station full of people waiting at Paddington Station waiting at one platform. When a train arrived it was incorrectly announced which caused most people to have to quickly jump off again. The announcement for the correct train came over: "Sorry about that, platform one travelers. Your train is delayed at Edgware Rd, I don't know why, it's just sitting there". Tokyo 2 – London 0

Rubbish bins: The only bins in Tokyo are beside vending machines. Admittedly vending machines are almost everywhere in Tokyo but it is still annoying when you need to get rid of gum. Also, they separate their rubbish or at least that's how it looks. They may have different slots but it all goes into the same bin. London has bins everywhere. Tokyo 2 - London 1

Weather: Tokyo was HOT, like 32 degree highs and 29 degree lows. Here in London I am wearing my jacket I'd wear in Wellington (during our famous summers). Tokyo's heat was quite uncomfortable but it was HEAT and I like heat. London is clear at the moment but the forecast for the next few days is rain. Rain. Tokyo 3 – London 1

Wifi: This may just have been a language thing but I have found quite a few free hotspots in London. There were hardly any in Tokyo (that I could find). Tokyo 3 – London 2

Coffee: Wellington wins this one. Sorry big cities but the harbor capital knows its dirty black caffeine shots better than you do.

So the official final score is Tokyo beating London by 1 point. In reality the judges (me) have scored it 100-35 in favour of Tokyo. Sorry Anglophiles.
I'll be back with more reports in the future.