I think the one word to summarize the con good experience is this – WET. Man, it was raining steadily the entire day of the first show! I guess considering it’s Sapporo, it was a good thing that it wasn’t actually snowing, but the rain really dampened the spirits lining up for concert goods, especially so early in the morning! My sister and I had gotten out of the subway station around half an hour before the con goods were…
First impressions of Sapporo was that it felt very much like Toronto. Weather-wise it was slightly chilly, but around the same temperature. The city itself was quite nice. The main Sapporo terminal felt similar to Union Station and it wasn’t as busy as Shinjuku Station. I think there was the right amount of people to give off the ‘big city’ feeling without feeling super crowded and claustrophobic. The shops right by the station were very nice and modern. I think…
With only one full day in Japan this time around, there was quite a lot to pack into the span of 24hrs, but somehow I managed to get everything I wanted to do in and made it through to the end of the day in one piece. Sort of. ***** Anyway, beginning with the morning. After a quick breakfast at the hotel (the food was courtesy of the ultra 便利な AM/PM across the street), we headed off for Shinjuku Station…
There wasn’t much left to do as we approached the last two days of our trip. I think I hit all the tourist spots I had originally planned out, so I was happy to backtrack a little and revisit some of the earlier locations. My sister actually hadn’t seen Harajuku yet, so that was the first spot on the day. Well, I should really say, we had a very specific reason for going to Harajuku early in the day. I…
It was nearing down to the last couple of days in Tokyo and there was still one attraction on my list to see. Aside from being a looming orange and white structure 333m tall, the 11th tallest tower in the world and almost an exact replica of the Eiffel Tower, this was also another must-see location in Japan – Tokyo Tower. Coming off the trains, the tower was already visible in the distance. There were line ups when we got…