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    • Päivä 7

      Shinjuku

      25. syyskuuta 2023, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Taking the bullet train to Tokyo I arrived in Shinjuku where I am staying for the next week. Upon getting off the train I spent half an hour walking around the labyrinth that is Shinjuku station, which is mostly underground with multiple different levels and so densely populated that GPS just gives up. After a while my goal changed from trying to find the correct exit to just trying to find sunlight. Once I finally reached the surface my hotel was only a 5 minute walk away.

      Shinjuku is one of the largest entertainment hubs in Tokyo, the scale of the place is incredible, all through the night the streets are brightly lit up with various advertisements and music videos. I explored the area to find Godzilla street, as well as the 3d cat billboard.

      Although there are huge streets with thousands of people passing through, there are also small densely packed alleyways, a famous area of these being the Golden Gai district, an area full of tiny bars, some being so small they can barely fit 10 people in! This district has a very cosy atmosphere as travellers from all over the world meet
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    • Päivä 3

      Entdeckungsreise durch Tokio

      6. marraskuuta 2023, Japani ⋅ 🌬 23 °C

      Nach viel Schlaf und einer Stärkung zum „Zmorge“ sind wir nun bereit um die Entdeckungstour durch Tokio zu starten.
      Wir machten uns auf den Weg zur Hachiko-Statue dem bekannten japanischen Hund sowie zu der eindrücklichen Shibuya-Kreuzung wo wir ein cooler Aussichtspunkt über die Kreuzung gefunden haben.
      Danach schlenderten wir durch die Strassen von Tokio, wo wir sehr vieles lustiges aber auch übertriebene Sachen gesehen haben. Neben einem 3D-Panda und einer 3D-Katze sind wir auch noch in einem wunderschönen Tempel (Meiji-Shrein) gelandet, bei dem wir unsere Wünsche auf einem Blatt Papier abgeben konnten.
      In der Zwischenzeit haben wir Ramen-Nudeln gegessen, welche sehr gut waren.
      Ebenfalls waren wir in einem Katzenkaffe indem wir Katzen streichelten und fütterten. Danach haben wir uns gemütlich auf eine Biertour gemacht und danach noch ein feines Abendessen gegessen.
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    • Päivä 4

      Tokio-Tower, Skyline und vieles mehr…

      7. marraskuuta 2023, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

      Heute haben wir Tokio nochmals ganz anders entdeckt. Zuerst sind wir zum Tokio Tower, welcher sehr dem Eifelturm ähnelt. Bei wunderschönem Wetter (ca. 26 Grad) wollten wir uns auf den Weg zum Hafen machen. Unterwegs haben wir jedoch den wunderschönen Zōjō-ji Tempel per Zufall entdeckt, der uns alle sehr begeisterte. In Mitte von der riesigen Stadt ein Ort der Stille.
      Danach haben wir noch einige organisatorische Dinge erledigt, wie das Eintauschen von dem defekten JR-Pass von Sile damit auch er wieder entspannt Zug fahren konnte.
      Nachher machten wir und auf den Weg Richtung Shopping-Mall bei der wir ebenfalls eine gigantische Aussicht auf die Skyline von Tokio hatten. Ebenfalls assen wir dort Sushi sowie vergnügten uns an Spielautomaten mit sehr lauter Weihnachtsmusik und viel „BlingBling“.
      Das Abendessen verbringten wir dann in einem super Burgerladen und haben uns danach noch ein Bierli gegönnt. Ebenfalls haben wir ein District gefunden mit viele kleinen Bars, bei denen höchstens 5-10 Personen pro Bar Platz hatten.
      Nun sind wir sehr müde in unserem Hotel und freuen uns au morgen…
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    • Päivä 8

      Nov 23 (Thu) HAPPY THANKSGIVING

      23. marraskuuta 2023, Japani ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F

      Happy Thanksgiving!! I’m grateful for my loving family, my husband’s patience and enthusiasm, my daughter’s sense of humor and easygoing attitude, my extended family at home taking care of my furbabies and for all the wonderful experiences and kind people we’ve met on our trip. It has never been more evident to me how important it is to attempt to speak in a foreign language while in other countries. Every single time any of us even tried to speak, people just lit up.

      This morning we went to Hanazono Shrine to the Tori-no-Ichi Festival. People sell decorated rakes to bring good fortune to whoever buys them. The ads small signs and stickers as “service freebies” to increase where the luck is directed. The first stall Kyrie and Greg went to ignored them. I was taking pictures so I wasn’t with them at the beginning, but after a bit it was obvious. So we left. We found something at one stall then saw a super cute rake with a blue kitty on it. We asked prices but the particular owner of the stall wasn’t there but as soon as we apologized in Japanese the two neighboring stalls sprang into action. From then on it was a group effort. The stall owner happened to have studied English in New York when he was in high school. They gave us a big discount and kept adding and adding things to our rake for family harmony, safety and success, traveling mercies, and even fire safety. Then the neighbor stalls pitched in too! They even did the wood claps and chants for us that are usually reserved for big spenders. It was such a great experience…and a great thing does Kyrie to experience. We will treasure our rake forever.

      We went fairly early in the morning to the shrine so it wasn’t super busy. We dropped Kyrie back at the hotel then headed into Ueno to find some last day souvenirs.

      For early Thanksgiving dinner we had KFC, hahahaha. Turkey isn’t really a thing here. We wandered a bit more and then back to PACK. Kyrie and I procured late dinner from Lawson on our side of the street and the other side of the street so we could find Greg proper sustenance of chicken Katsu with curry noodles.

      We got everything (mostly) to fit!! Sadly that means we have to go home tomorrow….
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    • Päivä 13

      Crazy Tokyo

      5. joulukuuta 2018, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Tijd om terug te keren naar Tokyo! Deze keer zaten we in een uitgaansbuurt van de stad. In onze wijk waren en veel private clubs waar je een "sexy" heer of dame kon huren. Wat in Japan als sexy wordt beschouwd is echter helemaal anders dan bij ons: de vrouwen lijken uit anime tot leven gekomen personages met een grote bos haar, grote ogen met kleurlenzen en een veel te schattig egaal gezicht. De mannen zagen er als 12 jarigen uit: allemaal hadden ze een babyface waar buiten op hun hoofd geen enkel mannelijk haar te bespeuren viel. Ze gedroegen zich enorm vrouwelijk en hadden ook van die enge kleurlenzen in. Overdag liep er al veel volk rond laar 's avonds kwam de wijk pas echt tot leven. Duizenden neonlichten verlichtten de vele restaurants, bars, speelhallen en privé clubs.Lue lisää

    • Päivä 31

      Kabukicho

      1. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ 🌙 26 °C

      קאבוצ'יקו נקרא על שם תאטרון קאבוקי שהיה אמור להפתח שם, אבל לא נפתח מעולם. השם נשאר.
      זה רחוב החלונות האדומים, אפשר להגיד, רק בלי זונות (או לכאורה בלי זונות).
      נחשב איזור אולי קצת מפוקפק, הגעתי אליו בטעות מבלי לדעת שזה זה, וחיש מהר שחום עור ניגש אלי ושאל אותי מה אני עושה הערב והאם בא לי לבלות במועדון החשפנות שלו.
      זה היה קצת מטריד. אבל אני מניח שאם אתה מגיע למקום כזה מוכן, זה לא כזה נורא.
      That being said, לא הייתי נותן לחברה שלי להסתובב כאן לבד.
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    • Päivä 5

      Shinjuku, Tokyo

      30. marraskuuta 2009, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 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!Lue lisää

    • Päivä 3

      Robot Restaurant

      18. maaliskuuta 2018, Japani ⋅ 🌙 14 °C

      Soon after my arrival, we made our way to Robot Restaurant in nearby Kabukicho. I went to Robot Restaurant in September last year. Jeff was mildly upset that I had gone without him, so I atoned for this transgression by taking him there.

      Our evening started in the lounge area, which we entered just as the lounge singer, who was accompanied by a guitarist wearing a robot suit, completed her act. I told Jeff to check out the bathroom, which was all gold. After a few minutes of waiting, the guests were herded downstairs through an extremely gaudy stairway and seated for the floor show.

      Three of the four parts of the floor show weren’t the same as what I saw in September. The show started with an opening act featuring a parade of robots, dancers, and drummers, followed by a bizarre act of animal robots versus an invading alien race, followed by the third act known as King Robota (which was the only act that was repeated from last September), and finally a closing act once again featuring a parade of robots and dancers played to Uptown Funk and their signature “Roboto” ditty.

      Jeff’s reaction to all this? He said the whole act seemed as if it had been created by sexually repressed, ADHD-afflicted teenagers who had been given a big budget to create a cabaret. That’s why we love Tokyo. I don’t understand what is going on around me most of the time, but I am bewildered in the best possible way.

      https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kabukicho-r…

      https://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Tokyo/blo…
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    • Päivä 4

      Tokyo - Robot Restaurant

      14. heinäkuuta 2018, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

      Went up to Tokyo and were glad to meet up with Chris and Alex, not-so-fresh off the plane.

      I have no words for the Robot Restaurant. Except...not really a restaurant.

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