So this weekend I went to the wonderful city of TOKYO. I was excited, I mean I'm in Japan, I have to go to tokyo. All the other cities I have been to have been great experiences, but this is the one place I've wanted to go to. so let me take you through my journey.
So the 8 hour train ride. I don't think I explained these trains that well in my Hiroshima post, but Japan's public transportation system is simply bomb. I mean think of traveling from Detroit to DC by multiple trains in only 8 hours for about $75. Not that bad. And For you megabus lovers, these trains are consistant, you can leave at numerous times in the day, and Japan trains are on time. It's like taking a the Metra in Illinois, but across the country. But back to my story.
Here are some pics of the cities I changed trains in
This is Hanamatsu i believe
An Ice cream sandwich I bought, that's a cone
the inside,
During my ride, I tried to stay on the Look out for Mount Fuji, and what do you know I found it
Mt. Fuji in the distance. It's actually 2.3 miles above sea level, so it looks small from the distance I'm at
again
Honestly this was the highlight of the ride, How many people can say they've seen Mt. Fuji
I finally made it to Tokyo
the night sky
Me taking pics on the way to my hostel
There were these cool boats, people were eating on them, they looked like big covered Gondolas, sorry about the picture quality
my bed on the bottom buck at the hostel
another blurry pic, i forgot to take another before I left.
There were 8 total beds, and 6 other people inside with me. It seemed like everyone was a different nationality. It was an interesting experience. I don't see my self as a backpacking type. But a cheap way to rest your head on an excursion. I'm happy I took the risk and tried something new. But the whole sharing your space with people you don't know is not my thing. They provided lockers for private storage, but if you had something bigger than a small book bag, you had to keep it in the open. It was like living in a dorm. But less bathrooms and showers.
went to the dollar store and saw these. $1 v-necks. I bought one as a pajama top. A little thin but served it's purpose.
The little street the hostel was on. That red sign on the left was my hostel.
The water.
So my hostel was located in Asakusa, Tokyo, which is known for it's shrine. It was near the places I wanted to visit, but I'm happy I got to see a traditional place.
Kaminari Gate, entrance to the temple area
What is under that big lantern
the guards of the gate
another guard
Tokyo is another type of crowded man.
Sakura- cherry blossoms. it's sakura season in Japan, and its a big deal
Another gate
another guard
cool pagoda
Sensoji temple
octopus
The busy streets of Asakusa
A mural in the Asakusa subway station
My next stop was Shibuya, a popular shopping area.
the streets of Shibuya
Where I ate lunch, this place called Bikini Tapas, yes it's a spanish restaurant
My tapas, from left to right, this hummus tasting thing, that didn't taste so bad once I bit into the raisen, next was some type of meat, then salmon, cream cheese and avocado, I don't know the next one, and finally a crab salad with shrimp
The is the meat the cut my tapa froms
My main dish, some rice, oysters, crawfish, shrimp, and fish I believe. Delicious.
And for dessert, creme brule
Walking outside of the mall area in which I ate
So I stopped in a pet store and saw the cutest dogs.
he was just rolling around
Here's another cutie, but lowkey, his eyes kinda scare me
the cutie
Oh how I want my own little dog, I mean like my own that lives with me, cause I do have a great dog at home. But with dogs come a lot of responsibility. We shall see. But anyway
busy streets
I love H&M
And this one was 4 stories so I had to go inside
Shibuya was cool, a lot of popular stores. I feel like Japan's loves it labels because once again, and in every litte borough i visited i saw lots of designer stores. But my next stop was Harajuku.
I was like look at this cool store, those butterfly pics are made up of shoes, and it turned out to be nike
I don't know why the pic didn't turn, but cool entrance for a new store coming soon
city view
below are just some things I spotted at the store
These cool glasses I bought, For some reason I bought them thinking they were sunglasses, the fact that they weren't tinted just slipped my mind. I'm going to try and turn them into sunglasses, cause I already have to wear contacts to put these on.
side view
These are dog clothes, so cute, they even had a doggy kimono
Free Hugs
It's so crowded here
cute dogs advertising for a new ben & Jerry's they are opening
Busy streets again.
I went to the one store called Oriental bazaar and cleaned up. They had nice traditional gifts at decent prices. I was happy, I'm done souvenir shopping. I think I've done enough.
My next stop and it was going on 5:30 now and I was up around walking since 9 something, I was getting tired. But I made my way to Shinjuku. My last stop. I kinda chilled here. I had done my shopping, and was happy with my sights in tokyo. Shijinku is supposed to be like the government area. I just took pics of the buildings.
It won't turn, but this is a karakoke place
me with the cherry blossoms
Sakura
They have this in Japan too
So I ate dinner in the same place where my bus back home was. It was this nice restaurant ont he 52nd floor of this government building.
my appetizer
The seats appeared to be on the floor of the restaurant, but if you look closely, your legs just go underground
I ordered this fried chicken which was good and then this rice porridge
it had rice, shrimp and mushrooms. It was cool
A view from the resturant
this is a very big city, Look how far the tall building stretch out
It was a great day in Tokyo. Happy I had the chance to go. I'm closing down on my days in Japan, and I can officially say I'm ready, I've seen all that I've wanted to see. Coming closer to the end.
Until Next time,
