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Tokyo, Japan

Une aventure courte mais sympa de MicBy En savoir plus
  • Début du voyage
    26 novembre 2009

    Tokyo, Japan

    26 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    TOKYO! Our definitive "first time" trip that started it all. First time planning an itinerary, first time in a foreign country (besides the motherland), first time riding the subway, etc . We compared all our trips to this one. We were wide-eyed and nervous. We came into Tokyo at night and were scared to try anything that was not in English…meaning pretty much everything. So after getting tired of starving and wandering around Ginza we ended up eating at our hotel's restaurant and overpaid for dinner (like all our first meals after that).En savoir plus

  • Ginza, Tokyo

    26 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Ginza is like Tokyo's Beverly Hills. That building with the clock was Mic's Big Ben. There are high end shops everywhere which basically didn't interest us but since it was near December all the Christmas decorations were up. The already beautiful city looked even better.En savoir plus

  • Ginza Station

    27 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    We had the day planned to visit the Imperial Palace in Marunouchi and Akihabara, the otaku capital of the world. It was our first time using the subway! Thankfully it wasn't too difficult but man rush hour in Tokyo was crazy! We had step to the side during the rush because it was so overwhelming. What was also cool was that the subway map system was in English. The subway was very organized and clean. It was interesting to see all of Mic's opponents on their nintendo DS in the subway.En savoir plus

  • Marunouchi, Tokyo

    27 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    On the way to the Imperial Palace we saw some amazing foliage. Living in Vegas means its extremely rare to see anything this beautiful. We get two seasons: summer and winter. We were also on the hunt to find Marunouchi Cafe which had this machine who made your coffee for you…kind of like a futuristic vending machine that's way better than the machines that's been out. It was pretty good for a machine at that time. Unfortunately I ordered an iced drink so I couldn't complain to the machine.En savoir plus

  • Imperial Palace

    27 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    While on our trek to the Imperial Palace we saw the statue of Kusunoki Masashige in the East Garden of the Imperial Palace. We remember listening to random tourists who spoke english--which made us a little bit at ease and tempted us to follow them. The Imperial Palace looked amazing with its bridges and high walls. Its a great reminder of Tokyo's history and their respect in preserving it.En savoir plus

  • Akihabara, Tokyo

    27 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Otaku town!!! This was definitely on top of my to-do list! Akihabara is every geek's dream--electronic stores, video games, arcades, and lots of French maid themed restaurants. I'm not so much into the French maid stuff but I am a manga/anime fan so we were on the hunt to find the Tokyo Anime Center. It took us forever to find it since there wasn't any signs and we had to ask some people who were nice enough to try to help us in broken english. We truly appreciate the Japanese people for their kindness. But when we finally found the Anime Center I was pretty disappointed. I was expecting to be amazing with wall to wall all things anime because it was in Otaku land but it just felt like a tourist trap. Oh well.En savoir plus

  • Ikebukuro, Tokyo

    27 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    After Otaku city we ended our first full day in Tokyo at Sunshine City. Sunshine City was basically a mall with themed levels of random things with exhibits and vendors all about that theme. There was this one level that seemed like a spooky/halloween level that Mic was too scared to go in. Another one level was all about ice cream. They had rows of exhibits of all kinds of flavors and its different types of packaging. One area was all about gyoza with different vendors. The one we chose a great and delicious!En savoir plus

  • Asakusa, Tokyo

    28 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Being a music lover and an amateur musician I was excited to visit the Drum Museum (Taikokan). It was great because we were allowed to play most of the different types of drums they had on display. They also had exhibits of their ancient drum collection as well. After we went to Kitchen Town (Kappabashi) to buy some souvenirs and shopped. You can tell you were there because of a giant chef head and tea cups. Real cool spot obviously find kitchenware at discounted prices. What we loved was seeing everyday Tokyo life as we wandered through the streets to each destination. Tokyo is beautiful.En savoir plus

  • Tokyo Tower

    28 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Mic had a field day taking pictures of Tokyo Tower. Every few minutes she was taking shots of the tower--which I didn't blame her nor minded at all. It was cool walking towards it as it brightly stood over everything. We didn't go up the tower since the line was super long but under it was decked out with Christmas decor and photo op spots that had lines too.En savoir plus

  • Roppongi Hills

    28 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    After hours of wandering with tired feet we didn't care for standing during dinner for a meal that hit the spot at this modern izakaya. Some of the things we loved was this chicken soup (pictured) which was great since it was chilly outside and grilled rice ball.En savoir plus

  • Harajuku, Tokyo

    29 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    In the heart of this street was this super delicious tonkatsu joint that was quiet and not terribly busy. It was a such a contrast to was happening outside. After walking around and window shopping we stopped by this bridge were some cosplayers were hanging out. Did I mention they were fearless?En savoir plus

  • Shibuya, Tokyo

    29 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    The famous street crossing in Shibuya! It is the most populated street crossing in the entire world. We got some drinks from Starbucks and watched from a couple of stories up. It's crazy to see that many people cross. Mic wanted to see it during the day and plus we can visit the Hachi statue that honors the obedient dog which became a frequently used meeting place. While walking around Shibuya we visited Madarake--a cool underground manga joint. Shibuya felt a little older and a little gritty than the other places we visited in Tokyo but we still loved it. We ended up coming here twice!En savoir plus

  • Tsukiji Fish Market

    30 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    On our last full day in Tokyo we chose to take on the Tsukiji Fish Market, Ghibli Museum, Shinjuku and then Shibuya.

    We had to wake up extra early for Tsukiji but it was worth it! Its crazy how huge tuna are and how huge the fish market was. We were like in a whole different world. Never-ending aisles and aisles of fresh seafood. And while we were there we had sushi for breakfast...the best sushi we've ever ate. If I were to pick my last meal it would sushi from this restaurant we ate at. The funny thing was we randomly chose Daiwa Sushi yet it was actually the place Mic wanted to try in the first place. I've never tasted sushi so fresh--even the uni didn't have a hint of fishiness to it!En savoir plus

  • Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, Japan

    30 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

    As an anime fan and also a Studio Ghibli fan coming here made me extremely happy. The funny thing was getting a ticket at Lawsons (their 7-11) was pretty difficult because the ticket machine was in kanji. But the cashier was helpful and kind enough to show us how. The Ghibli Museum was the farthest we ventured out of Tokyo. We really enjoyed the ride and a glimpse of life in another city in Japan. I wasn't expecting the size of Disneyland or anything but their attention to detail was right up there Disney. Their exhibits of their art and the huge statute from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Sun was amazing to see.En savoir plus

  • Shinjuku, Tokyo

    30 novembre 2009, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

    Mic finally got her tempura fix! Their way for ordering food was genius by using a machine and pictures. Its funny because our first night we felt too shy and overwhelmed to actually try this but after a couple days we were confident and plus it was pretty easy. And the food was so good!En savoir plus