Tokyo
Travel Blogs from Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo by Night
... signs telling you a thousand different things. While at it's core it is overwhelmingly visually stunning, a walk through Tokyo's streets at night is a multi-sensory experience. Pachinko bells and music echo through the narrow walkways, the chatter of ...
Where did half of Wednesday go!
... the Keisei Limited Express train which took a little over an hour. My first challenge was to navigate my way on the Tokyo subway system to Tawaramachi station which was some what disappointingly easy and was soon making my way a few streets to Toukaisou ...
Tokyo travels
... 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 the ...
It's go, go, go!
... 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 ...
Tonight Matthew I am....totally useless at singing
... wore eye pacthes so some reason and there were fruit cakes dressed up like nursey rhymn characters. Before heading back I checked out the big square at Shibuya for the flashing lights of Tokyo.....then crashed battered still from a weekend of ...
Building an appetite for a feast
... didn`t prove anything that`s for sure. Walking through some more of the malls I got the overwhelming feeling that everything in Tokyo seems to have a really polished finish to it. No half measures, and everything just works! Jumping back on the train ...
Kieran does Karaoke
... of Shiho and Yoshi were leaving Tokyo to go back to their home in the north, so we met up with them at a restaurant below Tokyo Station for an early lunch. After that we headed to the electronics hub Akihabara for a look at the latest gadgets. It was 7 ...
Karaoke King...
... one 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 ...
Window Shopping
Headed to Akihabara in the morning, Tokyo's electronic shopping district, with no intention of buying anything but being attracted to most things techy felt I should make the pilgrimage. Certainly tempting once there though not to part with Yen on a ...
A long way down
... fill for the day. In the evening I scooted off to Shinjuku again to see a site I had planned on seeing before arriving in Japan, Tokyo's skyline at night. At the Tokyo Metropolitan building you can go up to the top floor of either tower where there are ...
Hello from tokyo everyone we are at the ...
... the flight in was surprisingly sparsely built on. There was a lot of agricultural land (rice fields I presume) and the roads around Tokyo were not crowded as I expected. The airport is very clean. calm and quite even though there are a lot of people ...
Completely Lost In Translation
... An hour train journey over to the main bus station and a ticket over night to Hiroshima. So not long so far in Japan, but first impressions...... The people are soooo friendly. Theres not many westerners here, even in the main bus station, so when ...
Hard lessons in Tokyo
... down at a table and accepting "free" snacks ask if there is a charge, don't panic, just smile and wave. Tokyo day 2: After a good nights rest and some lessons learnt we were ready once again to tackle the city. This time we bought a 1 day ...
Tokyo!!
... that in a city, where people are normally colder and indifferent is an incredible surprise. We LOVE Japan! Canaussie rating: Shopping in Tokyo (ok, window shopping for us): 5 Shibuya crossing: 5! Coupon restaurants and vending machines: ...
Back to Tokyo
... wear and spent a few hours trying to wake up. Grabbed the free brekkie again before heading off to Kyoto station for the return to Tokyo. Our train passes ran out today so we would have to spend 2 more nights there. We had booked a place at the Guess ...
Tokyo
... out rupees and baht). The sushi in Japan by the way, can be divine! Anything we would have to say about Tokyo would equally apply to Japan, so I would first invite everyone who hasn't done so to read our entry on Kyoto where we discussed our impressions ...
Back to the mayhem...
... 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 ...
Climbing a ladder
... Tokyo metro area, simply because the space couldn't be spared. The Meiji period was a pretty damn important one for Japan and largely responsible for their top economic position enjoyed today. It took them from feudalistic to more democratic government, ...
Tokyo, round 1
... fortunate I did buy it though because when I got to San Francisco my old camera stopped working. Everyone says that Japan, and specifically Tokyo is ridiculously expensive but after visiting I'm at a bit of a loss as to why that rumour exists. ...
Back to Tokyo - well worn out...
... yet. So thi sis our last oversea's stop before heading back to Sydney, Australia and then our home, Adelaide. Sleeping in Tokyo airport is completely tiring as no matter what I did, I couldnt get a comfortable position in this plastic chair i was ...
Not lost in translation
... main reason we came here was to sample a bit of the Tokyo nightlife so on Friday might we took ourselves of to Roppongi, Tokyo`s center of nightlife. Roppongi is full of bright lights, with tourist, strip joints and bars a plenty. After a few drinks Liz ...
Tokyo time!
... for the flight would have to be the Japanese hostess. Even though it was a Korean airline, because it was heading into Japan they had a token Japanese lass on board to translate all the inflight messages. The captain would give it in Korean and English, ...
Suuuuuummmmmmoooooooo....
... 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 ...
