Tokyo Inn

... too interested in sight-seeing, since I had spent 2 years in Northern Japan 33 years earlier. I just wanted to immerse myself in that traditional town and see how the Japanese lived. I especially wished to stay in a traditional Japanese inn- the ryokan.

... would a trip to Japan be without a stop at a pearl dealer? Our bus took us to Tasaki Shinju, a top cultured pearl manufacture in Tokyo. A short demonstration showed us how a tiny bead is place into an oyster, and 2-3 years later is a luminous pearl. The 5 ...

... ), Government Offices (awesome view), expensive evening cocktails in the Park Hyatt (Lost in Translation styles), Senso-ji (Temple) and Tokyo Tower (wannabe Eifel Tower). On top of that we managed half-day trips out to Kamakura (Great Buddah, Temples and ...

... age toilets -Very safe Weaknesses: -Very large city and so some of the sights are spread out -Hot and humid in August -Not being able to see the Imperial Palace -Hard to understand Japanese menus -Tiny rooms of the Chisun Inn -Traffic jams of central ...

... then you go inside and pick the room you want to stay in from a picture menu. Would it catch on back in England? Overall, Tokyo was a fat paced culture shock, we both had a brilliant time here - Japan is a very modern country, full of new technologies ...

... staying, Capsule Inn - Akihabara. Awesome place and i recommend it for something different and cheap while you're staying in Tokyo! First day went wondering around Tokyo, and it is massive, nothing in Australia compares. Found a Pachinko parlor by ...

... Palace. Nice Victorian building not like this modern architecture. During the 2WW the Americans bombed very accurately reducing all of Tokyo to ashes except the British Embassy and the Imperial Palace. (nowadays they bomb their allies instead). He is ...

   Vi har gledet oss som små unger fremfor juletreet til denne delen av turen. Vår neste destinasjon var Tokyo; byen over alle byer. Det sies at New York er byen som aldri sover. Om det er tilfellet så er Tokyo byen som aldri tar en ...

... small Subaru showroom then went up to the 53rd floor of the ? skyscaper which gave good views especially of of the Tokyo Government skyscraper. Then went on to the Pentax gallery. (The exhibition was pictures of salt in stages of manufacture and ...

... for adults with limited taste.) MACHIDA Machida is at the southwestern edge of the area within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Tokyo government.  The only maps of Tokyo that give this area the same attention as central Tokyo are the ones issued ...

... Asakusa this time in Tokyo, so we changed at Ueno, taking the subway to Taramachi.So much warmer in Tokyo! After finding and checking into another Toyoko Inn, we headed out again for Shinjuku.   We were aiming to do a walking tour, but before ...

... which I threw a few coins in, then descended back to Kawaguchiko. It was 13:00 and I had a few hours until the coach back to Tokyo, so I went over to Tourist Info who gave me details of the Wind Cave and Ice Cave and told me to board the 'Retro' tour ...

... door" button to save everybody else half a second.  Last night, at the La La City Mall in Shin-Misato (a northern Tokyo suburb that doesn't get a lot of American tourists), the salesclerks at Muji and Uniqlo worked very hard to find items ...

... of stars. The illuminations are turned on on November 15. These two views were taken from the 65th floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Center Building, governmental building in central Tokyo, the tallest building in the Ginza area. Admission is free. We ...

... you ever go to Tokyo, you must try to go to a sumo tournament - they are 15 days long, and are held 6 times a year, 3 in Tokyo and 3 in other locations. Leaving Japan, we think that Japan is an amazing place to sit down and enjoy the views as it is a ...