To be honest, Taipei was not very high on the list of places I wanted to visit. If not for the concert, I don’t think I would have ever gone to Taipei on my own. Nevertheless, it’s a place I can now check off my list! We managed to fit in quite a lot during our week in Taipei, although I am surpised that we found so many things to do. (Not to say there’s nothing to do in Taipei,…
Let’s begin by saying that it was by far one of the best concerts I’ve been to! The atmosphere was amazing and their performance was utterly stunning. Arashi really knew how to get the crowds worked up and everyone was standing and cheering throughout the show. I’ve never seen fans so excited before, so I’m glad I had the chance to experience it firsthand. On the first day of the concert, we decided to head to the arena early and…
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…