Whirlwind tour of Tokyo
Trip Start
Jul 06, 2007
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Trip End
Aug 06, 2007
Tokyo,
Japan
Sunday, August 5, 2007
First stop was the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace. You can't get into the actual palace except on certian days of the year but the beautiful gardens surrounding the stone walls and moat are free to all. We had a nice wander through and got lost and came out the wrong side, not thte side near Ginza so we missed the chance to go there. We had to get to the Shibuya/Harijuku area of town to see the trendy young people of Tokyo parading around in outrageous costumes in Harijuku and see the Meji Shrine in Yoyogi park
01 Welcome to Narita airport, Tokyo
. The book says there is a bird sanctuary in Yoyogi park, but the entrance was locked up as we walked past. We did have great luck in Meiji Shrine when we stumbled onto a wedding with everyone in kimonos or fancy evening gowns. Nect stop was tghe Tokyo Metropolitan Gov't towers where you ride to the 45th floor to see the whole city. On a clear day, you can see Mt Fuji, but it wasn't very clear. After a quick teriyaki burger at Macca's, last stop was Asakusa to see the Sensi-jo shrine. This is the oldest temple in Tokyo and there were quite a few people in kimonos there. There is a nice market too. We got a bit lost finding the Keisei train station at Ueno to get back but finally found it and arrived back at the airport in plenty of time. The checkins were pretty clear and we got better seats than we had booked. The plane was older, just had one movie screen for the cabin and the movie was Spiderman 3. JAL is an OK ariline but I liked Finnair better!
