Tokyo Dome Bunkyo

We arrived to Tokyo from Sapporo after a short 1hr 20m flight with the daunting task of finding our way to our hotel. We boarded a train for Shinagawa which was relatively easy, until we had to make a transfer. Whilst hauling our luggage up and down escalators and flights of stairs, a local saw our distress and helped point us in the right …

It'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.

From the airport, we find an ATM, grab a snack and then head down into the subway, …

Today I woke and skyped with Rach, Papa Bear, Dave, Mom and Pops.  It was great. Then I put on my new Tokyo Giants Baseball shirt I just bought and took the metro to get to tokyo dome, where they play. The game was pretty good, the giants are basically like the Patriots over here, they are the team to beat.  They crushed the …

... to the 16-day heatwave we left behind. THE WORST: 1. No accommodation in Kyoto. What else can I say? Bloody tourists. 2. Japan airlines lack of legroom. I'm not even 6 feet tall. And the Japanese aren't that short. Oh well, it's a small thing I ...

... with an American lad, and Bungo, a Japanese guy who worked at K's House and who became a good friend by the time I left Japan. It was decided that whoever lost had to drink a disgusting shot of something or other, and poor Bungo was close to being sick ...

... strength beer I nearly pass out. To be honest I'm not sure my heart can take much more of this. I've only been in Japan a few days and already I've fallen in love 8 or 9 hundred times... Anyway, it just so happens that the Giants hit a ...

... we manage to eat it with chopsticks, even the rice, so are very smug and pleased with ourselves, despite, I'm sure, a 3 year old from Japan probably being able to clear their bowl better than us. We then called into the Sony Tower to test out some of ...

... in Tokyo so make sure you check them out. But here are a few things I, as a first time visitor in Tokyo, noted (I'm updating this having left Japan and these points are valid for the rest of the country as well as Tokyo). 1 Japanese people are so ...

... has entailed moving branches, but fortunately not very far away. I now work in Omote Sando, an area of central Tokyo that serves as the headquarters of Japan's fashion industry. I was somewhat perturbed to find out that this did not mean it would be just ...

... '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. ...

Last day in Japan consisted of going to the aquarium in sunshine city and the planetarium. How they put an aquarium on the roof of a skyscraper is beyond me. Well worth a visit. They have performing sealions and all sort for the primary schools who were ...

... waiting to activate those passes for travel once we left Tokyo city because it doesn't pay to use the pass for inner-Tokyo travel. The Japan Rail Pass is available only to foreigners (you must show your passport upon purchase) and they must be obtained ...

... . So we headed back underground to jump on a different train to get is there. We pulled up directly adjacent to the Tokyo Dome City. It is known as one of the largest under cover sporting arenas in the world. Unfortunately there weren't any baseball ...