ten things in tokyo
Here’s my 10 Things:- Stay with a real Japanese Family if at all possible. It will open your eyes to parts of Japanese culture you’d never otherwise see.
- Stay in a Capsul Hotel.
- Life is too short to take the Futsu trains. Take the Shinkanzen
- Find the tiny Taco shop in the Harajuku — trying to find it is a great time
- Nara is sort of magical
- Go to a good hot spring, preferably one with monkeys
- Buy a bunch of crazy Japanese stuff for your friends back home
- If you’re into it stay out all night at the clubs in Toyko
- If you’re a skater hang with some Japanese skaters. If you’re an artist hang out with some japanese artists. etc. (I didn’t do this, but I think I should have)
- Get yourself on Japanese TV (hehe, sorry, had to throw that in there).
tlvx:
my friend patrick ewing is visiting tokyo right now + i promised him a list of ten things i wouldn’t miss. it’s not in order, and is amazingly incomplete. i figured i would share it.
- stay in a capsule hotel + ryokan
- walk takeshta-dori in harajuku
- see everything in shibuya
- take the shinkansen or whatever’s faster
- eat fugu, sashimi, street crepes, tonkatsu, shabu-shabu, golden curry
- buy hot and cold beverages (and whatever else) from vending machines
- play pachinko
- visit several temples
- explore the electronics shops in akihabara
- best tokyo view: bar at roppongi hills
- stay in a capsule hotel + ryokan