Hyatt Regency Tokyo Shinjuku

... came across some interesting theme restaurants in Tokyo and this one jumped out: http://alcatraz.hy-system.com/ It is labelled the Shibuya Medical Prison and, as you can gather from the photos, it was pretty intense! It wasn't ***********vince my new friends to come with me.
Located among the bright lights of Shibuya, with almost no English signs, this place was like finding a needle in a haystack. When we finally found the building (thanks to the help of ...

... ge, we were fin*lly on *ppro*ch to Ni*g*r*. The spr*y from the c*sc*de re*ched high into the sky, throwing r*inbows into the *ir th*t could be seen from * consider*ble w*y off. Helicopters buzzed high over the spr*y, *nd tour busses clogged the streets *round the f*lls. Ni*g*r* *s * town w*s kind of like * mini Veg*s, with w*x museums, f*st food pl*ces, t*cky gift shops *nd other tourist tr*ps of every size *nd sh*pe. In short, the ...

... off the beaten path so it looked quite genuine. Andrea didn't like the idea of the place at first but warmed up to it. She was looking for a sushi bar but this location served what seemed to be Sushi bowls. It was rice on the bottom and then different types of raw fish on top with ginger and wasabi as toppings. I took pictures of our dish it was excellent!!! It also had some goop that by itself was horrible but mixed in with sushi it was great. I think what ...

So I've been back in Tokyo for a while, just trying to absorb as much of this crazy city as possible. There's alot that's unique about this city just because of its size and the number of people trying to live together. Just some things I've noticed: - There are guards (not police) everywhere, watching over construction sites, in front of stores, on the subway platforms... and they wear a funny cartoon type uniform. - Every ...

Fish Market Lonely Planet listed this as the number one thing to do in Tokyo and beyond Sumo and maybe baseball they are on the mark. We got up early (5:30 AM) to jump on the Subway to make it down to the Tsukiji Fish Market. It was raining outside which added to the feel of the trip (I guess the only Fish Market I know is the Seattle one from watching Real World Seattle on MTV...sad I know!) The trains were pretty empty ...

... parties - really young kids with outline prints of the A Bomb Dome that they were colouring in. It was good to see that Hiroshima's history formed an active part of the kids education, because if the city wants people to learn one thing from the war, it's that the destruction of battle is all encompassing and pointless. In the Rough Guide book, it mentions that one of the great aspects of Hiroshima is just how vibrant and happening the rebuilt city has ...