Kanda Tokyo

... this this will be more coherent than the garbled post I had attempted to make (and deleted by accident) last night, lol.  Japan is VERY busy. There are sooooooo many people, everywhere, all at once. Lots of people out walking (sometimes in the ...

... frantic rushing around and dragging of luggage we've been doing since we got here. I had my first good night of sleep since arriving in Japan (thanks to the fact that we're in separate rooms now that we're back in Kanda). I kept waking to the sound of my ...

... maid costumes pushed their way through pulsing crowds to hand out flyers.  In the same area, Tina and I searched for the Kanda Yabusoba restaurant for dinner and finally found it tucked away behind a wooden gate and set back in a courtyard of ...

... ) and walked a total of 13,641 steps. That's right, I counted. We went to a few different downtown districts of Tokyo, including Akihabara, Roppongi, and Azabu Juban. Basically, they were all different places to shop. We saw stores of all kinds but ...

... these industries grew post WWII due to a vast oversupply of radio equipment that were dismantled, sold and rebuilt. Akihabara, Tokyo's electronic district, is still famous for its street markets selling nuts, bolts, cables and every other electronic part ...

... and biggest in Tokyo, but no-one that spoke English (even in the ticket office). So it was a matter of pointing to the Tokyo Round Tour Ticket pass that I thought had been recommended on the plane. (later note - this was probably a very expensive way of ...

... the ticket exchange. After a short walk (with dreamlike musical accompaniment of course) we discovered the hard truth about Tokyo Disneyland's repeat visitors and their organisation. Not only do they bring their own souvenirs, they get going early. The ...

... Japanese LOVE to shop and it is very apparent throughout the city.  A note on fashion in Japan: It felt like everywhere we went, people throughout Tokyo looked like they were all wearing new clothes. Everyone was dressed well. Most Japanese women ...

... for the train, and when we got on and stowed our bags we enjoyed the respite from multiple suitcase dragging and watched Japan go by. It was beautiful. Fields of rice paddies and trees, enormous apartment complexes, weird modern houses and traditional ...

... bands) and those in the Gothic Lolita subculture/fashion. Akihabara , also known as Akihabara Electric Town, is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan. It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo Station. Its name is frequently shortened to ...