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Over the last few days I’ve revisited a few districts, Shibuya and Akihabara, and had a great time catching up with my sister. Being in Tokyo for a week has been an amazing experience. Here are a few of my favorite things about Tokyo: Akihabara was much more fun the second time around. My brother-in-law [...]

I love seeing a familiar face that looks like mine! :) I sat for about an hour at the Asahi Beer Tower (a very visible tower on the Tokyo skyline, as the “froth” on top of the building is nicknamed the golden turd) before my sister came up the escalator. She and her husband arrived [...]

We left on the 6:21 train to Tokyo this morning, which put us in Tokyo by 7:30 am. After dropping our bags at the hotel, we walked around the outside of the Imperial Palace (a small scale Himeji Castle), before heading to Akihabara, techy shopping center of Tokyo. Nerd central! We wandered through shops and [...]

If I could skip one town from my trip so far it would be Hakone. It’s too touristy. I guess I would be more positive if Mt Fuji would have been visible today. Oh well, I took pictures of postcards instead. ;) Although the modes of transportation available with the Hakone pass are pretty cool: [...]

I woke up at 6am this morning. I love getting up early and walking around a new city. It’s so fun watching the city wake up; seeing people on their way to work, and shops opening. Not speaking the language also makes it more peaceful because words don’t register, so everything is just background noise. [...]