Hotel Ikoi Chiba
2-19-13 Chuoku Matsunami Chiba, Chiba, Kanto, 260-0044, Japan
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Popular districts Harajuku and Shinjuku (Tokyo)
11th December 2010
On Saturday we went to Harajuku, which is the fashion and shopping area of Tokyo and very famous for its Harajuku girls. Their costumes are very outstanding, you can't miss them. We really enjoyed watching them, as each of them are their own artwork. The area itself is also very nice, there are lots of great young designer shops, but unfortunately totally overpriced. Everything is so expensive in Tokyo, doesn't matter if you ...
Contrasts: Leaving Israel, arriving in Japan.
... and drinking beer and whiskey, it was fun. We hit up a bar for a bit, then went back to the hotel and watched some IT Crowd before crashing out. I had to get up crackers to get the train to the plane for Japan. I met Toby Woolley (friend from Tassie) at the check in, he was checking in and I was next in line and I was like, ''Toby!'', he was like, ''Jaden! What the **** is with the beard?''. Oh yeah I hadn't shaved for over 3 weeks. So the plane ride was actually ...
Glamorous Ginza
... Ginza obviously is a shopper's paradise, not just for those that are interested in futuristic cars but especially designer clothes... In response to a question I got overnight: Haven't bought anything yet and anyway won't be buying French or Italian designer ware here (would seem totally silly) but have already seen plenty of cool Japanese stuff that is hard to resist (and why should I ;-) Ginza also seems to be the centre of Tokyo cake production and consumption - ...
Tokyo, You Seriously LOCO!
... in going to the stylist, going clothes shopping and getting manicures.
* The city is totally hygiene obsessed. Many people where face masks and gloves and the toilets are beyond insane; lets talk about them for a bit. So just about every toilet that we went to came with a high tech control panel. These varied in complexity however at the high end, below is a list of functions that we encountered:
- Rear end cleansing spray
- Front ...
Tsukiji Fish Market
... I went to a grimey wee local place, which is more to my suiting than a restaurant of any sort. It wasn't sushi I got, though something similar - a larger more untidy version of it. Pieces of salmon, tuna, eel and a lower quality version of caviar was served on top of rice in a bowl. A side portion of wasabi was served in the bowl and still being drunk, I mixed it I'm with the fish, trying not to disturb the bed of rice at the ...


