I ♥️ owls……
17 lutego, Japonia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
…..so we had to visit The Owl Cafe 🦉🦉🦉
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It’s a bit out of the way, in a couple of small rooms, but then you enter and there are REAL OWLS. Lots of them, perched Czytaj więcej
…..so we had to visit The Owl Cafe 🦉🦉🦉
https://akiba2960.com/
It’s a bit out of the way, in a couple of small rooms, but then you enter and there are REAL OWLS. Lots of them, perched Czytaj więcej
Most restaurants have windows full of plastic food, replicating their dishes. I couldn’t resist a few pics, but unable to verify if the real deal looked as ‘delicious’ as the plastic versions…..
Another full on day……
•Pachinko machines
•Sensō-Ji Buddhist Temple
• Another 🍣 🍱 lunch
•Owl Cafe
•Akihabara to buy a lost cable
•Tokyo Skytree
I was a bit smug in a previous Czytaj więcej
For night views, we headed to floors 350 & 450.
The place was mobbed, hoards of visitors corralled into groups for queuing, ticket printing, up lifts, down lifts, the glass floor terror, getting a Czytaj więcej
Having watched Jane McDonald (one of my cultural references for Tokyo!) on her televised trip to Japan, we were keen to visit Pepper Parlour, a cafe where robots interact with you at your table. I Czytaj więcej
I can't understand why it's taken me so long to get to Tokyo. It has shot way up on my list of favourite cities. Big, but not brash, a mystic narnia of techno niknaks one moment and shinto shrine to Czytaj więcej
Loved looking at the shop displays…..
We enjoyed the Animate shop, all things Anime, including banks of vending machines full of trinkets in plastic capsules. We both used up some small change to Czytaj więcej
Luckily I’d done a bit of repacking last night, because after my wakeful night, I then overslept. After a smartish brekkie and ‘jamming things in our bags’ sesh, we had a few hours to wonder Czytaj więcej
Hello Melbourne, clocks forward another 2 hours 🥱
We had to make the transition from international arrivals to domestic departures, which was quite a painful process as it turned out.
Got thru Czytaj więcej
The last few days have been full on with flights, jet lag and seeing as much as we could squeeze in, in Tokyo. I really enjoyed the vibe, we did a lot in our limited time, but I was ready to leave Czytaj więcej
Podróżnik Colin and this owl have a similar look - just need to add glasses !
Podróżnik Hilarious! But you’re not wrong, both are (allegedly) very wise…..
Podróżnik Pistachio looks very intense - !
Podróżnik Just posing for his photoshoot I think!