Tokyo Travel Blogs

A few things I've noticed during my first day in Japan, that I find interesting:Taxi drivers all wear suits, and Taxi doors automatically open for you.People are exceedingly friendly and customer service is better than any other place I've seen, yet people are not tipped.There is an obsession with …

Sadly, my time in Japan had almost come to an end. Today was my last 24 hours in what has become my favourite country on the planet. I felt gutted already, even though it was over a day until my flight departing the land of the rising sun. Therefore, I awoke early, in attempt to make the most of my…

.. to spend two days and one night in the city with my backpack and no plans of sleeping at all.  To have enough energy, I knew I had to have lots of sleep before I venture off but I was extremely excited that I just couldn't shut off my brain about my trip so I ended up having…

Today we are leaving Kyoto for Tokyo on the Nozomi bullet train. Kevin is flying home while I continue to Taiwan!Since our hotel in Kyoto is right above the train station, it was a short walk to the platform. We took the fast Nozomi bullet train from Kyoto to Tokyo, with very few stops. In the bull…

In the last few days of my stay in Tokyo, I decided to chill out and not do much.  Monday I got up late, just in time for lunch and I spent the afternoon walking around Ueno, a district not to far from my hostel.  On my way back I walked through the familiar streets of Asakusa, where I no…

Yesterday I went to sleep at Midnight but at 1.30AM still without sleeping and I made pics with the pijama they give me :p Tsujiki 5.30AM Wake up and let's go to Tsujiki, to have a breakfast on the world's main fish market! WTF the subway entry was closed lol but when I was looking for an other e…

This morning was the saddest morning during my visit to Japan. Yeah it was because I had to leave Japan. We went to Narita International Airport by bus with Ibu Miyo. On the bus, Ibu Miyo gave each of us a souvenir. I chose lipstick from France, yeah... In the airport, before we entered for checki…

More to come... - Ginza - Kabuki-za - Coffee shop scene - Upscale shopping - Trip to Saty with Yasu. - I lost my bag in the store for two hours and amazingly no one stole it!

I've read a few things (and even been asked once or twice since arriving) that compare Tokyo to New York.  I suppose if you're unfamiliar or a visitor to either you'd come to this conclusion.  Sure, they're both ginormous metropolitan cities with a myriad things to recommend them.  T…

*rough draft - unedited* Japan is the country of my birth, and the place that I spent most of my formative childhood years growing up.  As a child, running around in wooden shoes for fun and giving offerings of incense or food at the temple were just everyday occurances for me.  While me…

We had our hotel concierge call to reserve us tickets fot a Yakult Swallows baseball game tonight.    Doug and Dave are big Yankee fans, while Lee and I are Red Sox fans...so there was lots of good natured ribbing between us throughout the trip.  Since both teams feature Japanes…

Yes, now back again to the big city. My friend had to go back to his work now so I decided to move and try an hotel in Asakusa. The hotels name was Kaminarimon and my room was in japanese-style. It was not very expensive and it was good located. The area Asakusa is very traditional. Outside my hote…

Shinjuku is an urban centre around the Shinjuku station in west Tokyo. It consists of an eastern part focused mostly on entertainment and shopping and a western part with a skyscraper district with some very impressive architecture. We are herein the eastern part of Shinjuku which is full of entert…

impressions from Yokohama. It is located right next to Tokyo, only couple of stops by train. Dont miss the clockwheel and skyline at night ... will be updated once I have more time or find somehone writing all the stories, i am more the photographer *g*

We all left early the next day around 9ish. Sean had to work, Megan had plans in Yokohama, Niji wanted to do some shopping for her Halloween costume before going back to Chiba, and my flight was at 330pm that afternoon. I said my goodbyes and thanks and returned to the hostel to shower an…