Kyoto to Tokyo 🚄 - Day 6

We took an early train from Kyoto to Tokyo, our last stop in our Japan portion of the trip! We arrived a lot earlier than our hotel check-in at 3pm. We left our luggages at the train station’s luggage storage for a small fee, and left to explore this row of shops called Character street. It’s essentially a bunch of character themed merch shops located all in one hallway. It was so busy but everything was so cute! Like the Kirby themed store and the Mofusand cat store! 🐱
For lunch, we ended up walking to a well known tempura spot, which was delicious! 🍤
It was pouring rain outside so we had to find our way around the city with our umbrellas ☔️
Finally it was 3pm so we went to our hotel to check in, which was quite nice (definitely better than our Kyoto Airbnb lol) 😂
Later in the evening we ended up skipping our original plan of going to Shibuya and just went straight to Shinjuku to explore the night life. It was so pretty and as bright as all the pictures make it out to be! Definitely a lot of people were there for the same reasons as us! We saw the famous Godzilla on the buildings in the heart of Kabukicho district in Shinjuku!
We decided to enter the Kabukicho building and it was so cool and bright inside! It was almost like an indoor night market, but it was so packed! All the neon lights made it look so cool! 🌈
In the evening, we decided to check out the cool spots nearby. 3 of my friends decided to go to this street called Omoide Yokocho, which is a few small walkways with tons of bbq skewer shops lining the whole way. You pick a spot and sit at the counter to order food and they cook it in front of you. I was with Maya and we we’re going to join, but it was a little too busy. We ended up walking further and found ourselves lining up for Ichiran Ramen. This spot is very well known for their solo booths, perfect for people who don’t want human interaction 😄 You enter and order food on a machine, then you take your number and wait to be seated at a solo booth. They take your order once you sit down through the window and once they give you your ramen, they close the curtain so you get more privacy when eating. I saw Mike Chen (from Strictly Dumpling) come here a few times and I was so excited to try it! Since I came with Maya, they sat us at booths beside each other! The ramen was amazing! I loved the perfectly cooked noodles mixed with the soup and all the toppings! I would definitely come here again if I could! 🍜 It was a perfect way to end the day!Read more