Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa
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Creepy Tokyo
In the mornings our hotel hallways play a soundtrack of birds chirping and other pleasant nature sounds, its a bit surreal since your in a long stale hallway with no windows, but its Japan. What can you do? This country has its advantages, for example: there is a magical oval in the middle of your bathroom mirror that never fogs up from the shower …
Tokyo
... the city to Omote-Sando Station. Transferred to the Chiyoda Line and rode one station (two minutes) to Meiji-jingamae Station, arriving at 4:59.
Walked a few minutes to Meiji-Jingu, Tokyo’s grandest shrine, dedicated to the Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Meiji reigned from 1868 to 1912 during a period when Japan ended its isolation and opened up to the world. The shrine was built in 1920, destroyed during World War II, and rebuilt in 1958. It was a long walk ...
A march to Harujuku... in new shoes
The train ride went better than expected. I got all the way to Shinjuku before I had to ask for help. I was looking for the Odakyuu line (which was underground, and that's why it was so hard to find) and had to ask a japanese guy maybe two years older than me where it was. He didn't have any idé but followed me and helped me all the way anyway. I tried to thank him like a hundred times but he still followed me, a really nice and pleasant person even if I had a ...
Land of the Rising Yen
... for the high suicide rate might be loneliness and not pride. There are exceptions though, as I was to find out later.
The first sighting of what was to become many landmarks, was the National Diet Building, the Emperors Palace, it's a shame I'll miss a rare public appearance, on his birthday, a few days after I leave.
Day 2 - Fish food
Time for a trip to the famous Tsukiji fish market, unfortunately the tuna auction was closed to the ...
Taking in the City
... area. They had a ton of expensive fashion stores: LV, D&G, Prada right next to Tiffany's, Armani, etc. etc. I had fogotten how fashionable people are in the city compared to where I am now. I liked seeing all the different outfits.
Next, we trained back over to Ginza, which is another posh district of Tokyo, but this one is known for for sightings of some hollywood stars. We did not see any. Again, more fashionable and pricey ...
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