Tokyo, Japan Travel Blogs

... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by becky_boo
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... 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. ...

A travel blog entry by rich
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... 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 ...

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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 ...

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... 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 ...

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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by tbassplayer
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by rawhideone
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by becky_boo
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by scott_and_amy
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by tbassplayer
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... 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 ...

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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by chrisuk07
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by benleah
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... 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 ...

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A travel blog entry by elsewhere
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by chrisuk07
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...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, ...

A travel blog entry by tracystravels
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by becky_boo
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by cristinaw
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... . 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 ...

A travel blog entry by ramdux
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by madman96
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by ramdux
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... , 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 ...

A travel blog entry by benleah
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by elsewhere
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by becky_boo
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by bagman
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... 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  ...

A travel blog entry by chrisuk07
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A travel blog entry by mikeysoft
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... 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. ...

A travel blog entry by tbassplayer
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... '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 ...

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