Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Japan

Tokyo, Japan



There are a few countries in Asia that I would really like to visit while I'm on this side of the world.  Japan was definitely on that list. Thankfully, Tokyo is only a 2 hour flight from Seoul so it worked out well 

A few highlights:
It's a pricey city. I knew this from the beginning but I'm used to Seoul's inexpensive food and transportation system that it was still a bit of a shocker. We found a lot of free/inexpensive things to do though.
The subway system was confusing. There are so many lines (of course, it's a HUGE city) but then there are also separate tickets for separate lines.  I guess I should've done my research more!
We couldn't find free Wi-Fi anywhere but then we found the Apple Store. :)
The only sushi we had was on the flight there (we did eat a lot other good things, too!)

A few pictures:


Tokyo Tower!


Japanese Yen. Cha-ching!
 Imperial Gardens



 I was able to scratch "Take a picture in the center of Tokyo" from my Bucket List:)


 After walking around in Ginza, we went to a little coffee place where I got Japanese Green Tea. Note: it was the most expensive cup of tea I have ever had;)

Shibuya: the world's busiest crosswalk (or something like that) 

1 comment:

  1. We just watched inception last weekend and it shows the Tokyo Tower:)

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