Shinjuku

Tokyo-ites are gearing up for the New Years holidays, and we are about to find out what the city is like at New Year...what is open, what is not, what is crowded, what is empty. We are staying the first two nights at the Hotel Gracery - home of the huge Godzilla statue in Shinjuku - one of Tokyo's liveliest districts.
Travelling days are stressful days - carting luggage around on crowded trains and spending quite a bit of time completely lost ! Early on we coined the new term "Japantrum" and have all had one more or less. Some pics here of the tour we took on our first day into Ningyocho, an older part of Japan with many traditional food and artisan shops. We tried New Year treats - cakes with red bean paste and amazake (sweet drink made from the residue from sake making).Читать далее