HUB Shibuya

... the roof again! We boarded the Ginza subway line and took it to the end of the line, Shibuya. Shibuya is a major work/entertainment centre in Tokyo and as a result it is always busy. There is a triangular shaped crossroads outside the station that ...

... firing up some karaoke - we had an hour to kill before going to watch a baseball game. I reluctantly went along, figuring if I was in Japan it would be remiss of me not to have a crack. It cost roughly $1 each per hour (during the day), and not only was ...

... Park Our hotel really was in an excellent location. The entertainment area of Ikebukuro is a well-linked transport hub and once laid claim to having Japan's largest shopping mall - Sunshine city. We spent a fair amount of our time wandering around this ...

... of the first few days travel in the faraway land of the Rising Sun... By the time we reached our first destination in Japan - Tokyo - we were knackered. We had undertaken an epic overnight journey from Hong Kong, notable (if that's the right word) for ...

... awake, and since neither of us was going to be falling asleep again, I was happy to see that we were finally over Japan and landing was eminent. Airports are airports. They can spend millions of dollars designing them, but in the end, every damn ...

... is clear.  A bit tricky to find was the Advertising Museum (ADMT).  It contained the history of advertising in Japan and I found it fascinating... also the building itself had hundreds of designer chairs to sit in. =)   ...

... 's early August and we’re crossing the Asian continent from one giant city to another: Our flight from Beijing, China to Tokyo, Japan lasts just under four hours and is uneventful. Japan is the last country on our around-the-world trip itinerary. ...

... 11 and the hot tea vending machine again !! I'm just putting my feet up with some green tea, enjoying the sunset over Tokyo from the hotel window, Paul's just reading the Lonely Planet to see where we should go for beers and Karaoke tonight ...

... games – all in Japanese of course. Meanwhile, Michael spent most of the day wandering around Tokyo by himself – revisiting the electronics hub of Akihabara, doing some boy retail therapy and generally enjoying the freedom of being 18 and ...

... , today, and tomorrow." The lecturer was Mr. Koji Yagino and he is fantastic. Yagino sensei is an older gentleman who came back to Japan and Tokyo after the air raids of WWII transformed the city. He saw Tokyo as a pile of rubble and therefore has a very ...