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…
I can’t remember the last time I willingly got out of bed at 3:30 in the morning. However, seeing as the recommended time to go to the Tsukiji Fish Market was between 4:30-5:30am, I had no choice but to forgo my sleep in order to catch some of the action! Tsukiji is apparently one of the largest markets in the world. I read that on average they get 3,000 tons of fish each morning, selling 2.8 billion yen worth by…
Chiba was something I was secretly looking forward to since I got to Tokyo. I got everything prepared beforehand, including my card, the envelope and my gift for Aiba-kun. After taking a nap at hotel, we went back out and headed for Chiba. It wasn’t extremely complicated to get to Chiba. We took the yellow Sobu Line which took a little less than an hour before arriving at Makuharihongo Station. Coming out of the station, it was almost exactly as…