Hotel Sardonyx Ueno Taito
6-6-7 Ueno Taito, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Kanto, 110-0005, Japan
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Tokyo in a day
... multi-level Sega arcades... I even saw a shoe store, but they had electronics on sale too. (Don't ask me how that combo was justified). Oh yeah and - be it a tad seedy - but there's also all the girls spruiking the maid cafes. All in all - this is geek ground zero. An entire suburb given over to geekdom, which has got to be unique in the world. Sadly this is not a place for tech bargains, but it's just a place to experience. Interestingly I saw ...
End of the Road: The Land where Everything Speaks
... sleep in a mission-to-Mars style pod. The capsule hotel, a new experience for both of us, is a real novelty. Although it sounds claustrophobic, the little plastic pods were very comfy - just high enough to sit up in so you don't bang your head in the night. The essential controls are all within touching distance on a nifty control-pad - TV, radio, alarm, light and air-con. Plus they even give you somewhat dated Jetsons style suits to wander around in, making the space age ...
Arigato!
... taka sma kriu - og voknudum um 6 i morgun.
Tegar ad vid attudum okkur a tvi ad vid hofdum sofid i um 15 tima akvadum vid ad drifa okkur a fiskimarkadinn i Tsukiji i Tokyo tar sem ad madur tarf vist ad vera vaknadur fyrir allar aldir til tess ad na honum, og teir sem okkur tekkja vita ad vid erum ekki miklir morgunhanar tannig ad tetta blessadist allt.
Eftir fiskimarkadinn akvadum vid ad skoda meira af Tokyo og skelltum okkur til ...
Sensoji Temple
... of the fenced off shrine. As we make our way through the 20-deep throng of worshippers we can finally catch a glimpse of the ornate shrine.
On both sides of the shrine, you can purchase ...
Tokyo Skyline at night
... br>
Taking the skyline picture was no easy task. We're on the 16th floor of a hotel in the Shibuya district. This view shows the Tokyo Tower in the upper left, and the Tokyo Rainbow suspension bridge which spans Tokyo Bay in the upper right. It's a sweeping view, but the hotel windows only open 10 centimeters. Night shots require tripods, and my Canon camera was way too big to fit out the small crack in the window. So I grabbed my trusty ...



