Tokyo, Japan Travel Blogs

Chapter Three: It just keeps getting better...
Mar 17, 2006

... robbery, I tell you. Well, since I last wrote, I have become quite the expert at negotiatiing my way around the Tokyo subway. I have in fact bypassed the Yamanote line altogether, and just get everywhere via the underground. If you havent been squashed ...

Shopping...
Feb 27, 2008 (24 photos)

... at the station, we boarded the bus to Shinjuku in the afternoon for the last leg of this particular trip. Our main objective in Tokyo was to buy souvenirs, so after checking into my home-away-from-home, we went up 'souvenir street' that leads to Senso-ji. ...

Karaoke King...
Mar 14, 2007 (10 photos)

... Metro Station to see if we were ok, probably after noticing us studying one of the maps on display! Strangely, the cinemas in Tokyo seem to close fairly early, and it almost scuppered our plans to watch a movie that evening. In the event, we arrived ...

Vertigo...
Nov 30, 2007 (28 photos)

A couple of weeks before my scheduled return to Japan, I had a weird experience at work which threatened to jeopardise my trip before it had even started. As per usual, I was doing my best to fly under the radar of the various supervisors and managers who ...

Ali...
Feb 16, 2008 (21 photos)

... Asakusa and once again, up to Senso-ji - this was becoming something of a pattern for new arrivals to Japan! I do think that this old part of Tokyo is ideal for an initial wander though, as going straight to somewhere like Shibuya or Shinjuku would be too ...

Tokyo Disney - Happiest Prace on Earf
Jan 15, 2009 (6 photos)

... up so I held our spot while Karla traded our digital tickets for gate passes. I don't know what I was expecting in Tokyo, but there wasn't a single white person in sight. I had thought that Disneyland was truely an American enjoyment, or at least based ...

so where do you want to go now??
Jun 1, 2008 (9 photos)

... even enough time for a good night's sleep.    After an early train to JFK, and some bantering with Japan Airlines, we're off to Tokyo.  The flight is long and the seats are so tight...I don't think they're really made for the width of US ...

Chapter Four: Tokyo Fashion
Mar 18, 2006 (5 photos)

... this ubiquitous Japanese term, shopkeepers say it when you go into a store, to welcome the customers. Well apparently here in Tokyo it is something of a competition to see who can pronounce it the weirdest. Like, yesterday I was looking for some earrings ...

Come in Tokyo!
May 8, 2006 (11 photos)

... from a vending machine on the street but not at 7-11, what is going on in this Country? This beer craziness continued as we hit Tokyo's big bar area called Roppongi. We walked out a while, so the Tokyo Tower all light up and decided to get a beer. As ...

Finally, Vacation with Karla! Yay.
Jan 13, 2009 (36 photos)

... the Hard Rock Cafe to pick up my collectable shot galss, we walked down the hill toward the giant orange glowing tower. The Tokyo Tower, standing 333M high looks like a big orange Eiffel tower at first glance. We went up to the observation deck where ...

Back to the mayhem...
Jun 3, 2007 (25 photos)

... one year since it had opened, so plenty of beer was consumed that evening to celebrate its birthday. My previous visit to Tokyo coincided with the spring vacation, so it was full of groups of English teachers, whereas this time there were more independant ...

Running to the City Lights
Sep 3, 2007 (11 photos)

... change from "mary had a little lamb" that you usually hear on local trains. The difference between Thailand's trains and Japan's is huge! This is certainly illustrated by the fact that the Shinkansen is covering a similar distance as we travelled ...

The Best and Worst of Japan: Overview
Apr 13, 2008

... 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 ...

people eating fish....all types
Jul 14, 2008 (135 photos)

... us that the tuna fishermen are going on strike on July 15 to protest the high fuel costs...no tuna for Japan that day...not a good situation.    Tokyo is an interesting city and I get a good sense of it on the seat of Kyoko's bicycle. The pace ...

Tokyo Pin
Nov 3, 2007

Tokyo Pin

There's something fishy about this place...
Sep 5, 2007 (18 photos)

... flavour and in my humble opinion it's far nicer...so I reccomend that! I dare say I will have a few more Blacks before I leave Japan! Eastern beer is very good indeed. I had a quick look around the photography museum while I was there, but that was pretty ...

& the winner is...in case you'd been wondering...
May 13, 2008

...for the best toilet experience in the world (at least as much as I have seen of it)...is Japan!  Never before has my bum been so well cared for as here...I'm talking about the hotels primarily.  Imagine...if you will...sitting down and voila, ...

Chapter One: I wouldn't have believed it either
Mar 12, 2006 (5 photos)

... and tried to warn me will know this...thanks Katie) in the neverending stairs which are a part of every subway station in Tokyo. Sometimes they have escalators. Sometimes, no escalatorio. So, here I am with bags, purse, and continent sized suitcase, I am ...

Minutes to Midnight - Linkin Park Tour
Nov 23, 2007

Linkin Park, you made my day!!!!!!  :'] I started to love their music since 2004, the year in which they released the Tour Edition album of Meteora. For me, Numb, Crawling, Lying From You, From The Inside and Breaking The Habit are the coolest ...

An unwelcoming breakfast
Feb 6, 2008

... . Rail fares are notoriously expensive in Japan. The rail pass is a great way to save money but it has to be purchased outside Japan through a tourist outlet. The best place I found to buy the rail pass in the UK was at the Japan Centre, London or through ...

The Tokyo Fish Markets!
May 15, 2008 (18 photos)

... the famous Akihabara electronics district to fix it and my struggling blackberry... why were all my electronics failing me in Tokyo of all places???  This area was insane with small store entrances opening up into 9 floor mega stores selling every ...

Useful tips for you if you visit Japan
Feb 17, 2008

... 10th edition) which was published in October 2007. Its good enough to give you an overview of most of Japan. I would however recommend buying the Lonely Planet Tokyo book or the Lonely Planet Kyoto book if you are intending on spending more than 4 days in ...

Tokyo: The Big Japple.
Apr 11, 2008 (36 photos)

... , but it's still pretty huge just for a train station. (Please read about the sheer wonderment of the Japan rail system in Tokyo part two). We walk around the central part of Tokyo, which stretches for several blocks either way and is dominated by an ...

Tokyo
Nov 3, 2007

... during the last 10 minute taxi down the runway to the gate. At least we were in Japan. ==================== Thanks for reading this stuff once again. Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Himeji and Nara are (hopefully) coming up soon, as written by Eb ...

Chapter Two: Shinjuku and my new host family...
Mar 13, 2006 (4 photos)

... I am now staying with his landlords family. (Agh Im going crazy I cant find the apostrophe on this thing!!) He just lives in West Tokyo but this is no small place...anyways theyre great. Im going to put pictures on here as soon as I can. Last night I ate ...

The Shanghai Office
Feb 25, 2006 (1 photos)

... was an abstraction. I have had no direct contact with the bureauacracy. My work visa was all done by mail. On the Tokyo - Shanghai leg of the journey, the flight attendants passed out the Customs and Immigration forms - they paint a more down to earth ...

Museum on a Monday? Think Again!
Sep 4, 2007 (24 photos)

... walk a long, long way. So far in fact that there are airport style walk ways right along the concourses. The JR (Japan Rail) lines in Tokyo were confusing until I eventually realised (just a few hours ago!) that every station shows the whole JR Tokyo  ...

Change again in Tokyo
Apr 24, 2007

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Yokohama to Shinagawa
Jan 9, 2009 (23 photos)

... train and a couple of taxi's would take it so I managed to get around. Keith, Wayne, took the train around Tokyo that afternoon. Two areas we ended up in were Akihabara and Ochanomisu. Both large districts full of electronics and musical instuments. ...

DisneyLand Tokyo
Feb 5, 2008 (32 photos)

... 's also visited every Disneyland in the world except Tokyo Disneyland and the next 2 days were going to complete his ambition. Tokyo actually has 2 Disneylands, one is Tokyo Disneysea, and the other Disneyland. I have no idea of the different but they ...