I went back to Tokyo for summer vacation (again). After I finished this year's summer camp I left for about a week in Tokyo. I figured a week would be plenty of time to redeem Tokyo from the disaster it was last year plus there were several friends I could catch up with. I also expected to [...]
My trip to Tokyo was very last minute and like most last minute trips crammed to the brim with stuff. Even despite the misadventures of getting lost after the Obon festival and coming back to the hotel room at 1 am to find the door propped open and that mystery never being solved, I had [...]
On my first night in Tokyo as we were wandering around Shibuya we passed a place near our hotel called Sunday Coffee with an interesting list of drinks posted outside. Since it looked like it was also a restaurant we were pretty determined to stop by but had trouble getting back before it closed, until my [...]
While I was in Tokyo one of the things I wanted to see was the lantern festival taking place near Asakusa for Obon. First we got there early enough to explore Asakusa, or what we thought was early enough. We started off at Kaminarimon gate (thunder gate) and went down the Nakamise shopping street to the [...]
When we'd visited the Tokyo Tower the evening before we passed a One Piece themed shop and cafe and I really wanted to go back and see them when they were open. So after trying on Yukata's in Harujuku we headed back to the Tokyo Tower to have lunch. We grabbed a menu and waited in [...]
We left our hotel a lot later than planned since we spent the morning dealing with the police, but in a way it worked out. Because we arrived in Harujuku right when shops were starting to open. The goal for the day was to try on either kimonos or yukata's and depending on how much [...]
On our way back to our hotel we wandered around Shibuya looking for something to eat. Eventually we settled on Takoyaki たこ焼き . Takoyaki is a snack made with diced octopus and a flour ball. The guys working were pretty friendly and talkative. Sadly we didn't get to enjoy the takoyaki at it's best since [...]
After wandering around Akihabara my friend gave me a couple options of other things we could do and I decided on checking out the Tokyo Tower. We weren't sure if it was open but thought it'd be cool to see it all lit up. We took pictures all the way up to the tower which was up [...]
One of the only things I really wanted to do in Akihabara was eat some cheap curry bread. I spent hours looking for some place the internet kept saying was right next to the station but it wasn't. Turns out that it had shut down or switched names and in it's place popped up Chef's [...]
After my time in Ueno Park the last thing on my itinerary was to meet my friend in Akihabara. Akihabara is a great place for purchasing technology, parts for technology, to play games, go to a cafe, or shop. The streets will sometimes have girls dressed as maids to try and get people to come [...]
