Tag: Tokyo
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Tokyo Part II
Taking the train back to Tokyo on a Friday afternoon was a great feeling; while it was certainly pleasant to spend some time in the countryside, there’s nothing quite like traveling to a major cultural city (especially Tokyo) for the weekend. Being Golden Week in Japan, cheaper lodging in the city’s more popular areas was difficult to come by, so we had to suck it up and splurge a little bit for our last weekend. As we cleaned ourselves up and enjoyed some 7-11 happy hour beers in the room before heading out for the night, we absolutely soaked up…
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Tokyo Part I
Armed with a bit more boots-on-the-ground knowledge of Japan, Tokyo got off to a much smoother start than Kyoto. After exiting from the shinkansen, we switched to one of the local rail systems (there are several in Tokyo) and rode to Shinjuku station, the world’s busiest train station; I can attest that it is overwhelming and quasi-chaotic. After checking into our hotel, we walked around Shinjuku – a central ward of Tokyo and essentially a microcosm of the city at large – for a few hours to get the lay of the land. After an adequate (but unfortunately not California-level)…
