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Start of Journey: Tokyo - the capital and glitz
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This journey was organized by the Mountain View (CA) Buddhist Church that began with our Japan Airline flight from San Francisco to Tokyo …
Tokyo
... his advanced age. There did not appear to be anyone over 30 years old visiting the museum without being accompanied by small children, so I limited my visit to the gift shop, which is full of commemorative items encouraging youth to dream big, work hard, and follow their calling, even if it is a salty cup of noodles.
It rained all day yesterday, and this morning there were strong winds. I heard someone at the hotel, looking out ...
The way to stand out at Shibuya is to stand still
... idlers like myself, it is (ironically) the best spot to get away from the hustle and bustle of the crowds.
The crossing is easily the busiest in Japan and the crowd can get rather intimidating especially on weekends. However, it is a photogenic location, be it rain, shine, day or night. In fact, the entire crossing feels a little like a movie set with video cameras and photographers camped all around the crossing, clicking away ...
"lets get naked in Shibuya!" ..um.
... sweets, choc-ices, chocolates, yakults (good bacteria for our tummies...), cashew nuts, almonds, beef jerkey and beer. Much appreciated!
Today El and I went to Harajuku to look round a temple in another pretty park, and some really posh streets. So there we were, filling our eyeballs with culture, when out springs some happy little Japanese man. He liked our "blonde hair and white skin"- but neither of us have blonde hair, so that was awkward. Then he ended up taking like, ...
Tokyo
... in them. People only smoke in designated smoking areas of the street! How crazy is that.
Food is everywhere, everything between cheap snacks and world famous 200$ sushi rolls or Kobe beef. It's the place for food lovers. The only thing I ever ate in Japan and did not LOVE was the UMI, sea porcupine, gooey and yellow and disgusting, but to them it's a delicacy, go figure.
If I had to live in a big city, Tokyo would definitely be the place.
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