The Ueno Zoo is open from 9:30 am until 5pm. With certain exhibits closing at 4:30. (Like most zoo's) Tickets are 600 yen for adults but free for students living in Tokyo or attending schools in Tokyo and people with a disability and one person accompanying them. And free to everyone on March 20th, May [...]
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Ueno Park
After melting in the museum I left and darted from shady place to shady place in Ueno Park. I liked that Ueno Park was filled with museums and art. With about 7 different museums on the grounds, a concert hall, international childrens library and a zoo there is plenty to see and do. But after [...]
National Museum of Nature and Science
My first day in Tokyo was on my own. So after breakfast and catching up on sleep I finally talked myself into leaving the hotel and doing some of the stuff my friend had written out and scheduled for me. The plan Tokyo Station Shopping Imperial Palace Ueno Park zoo museum Akihabara shopping wandering around [...]
Gasuto ガスト
My friend had to be up for work and gone by 6am and since I didn't want to miss out on breakfast I got up with her. We walked a couple blocks towards the station to a Gasuto ガスト. It's a chain restaurant, a bit like a Japanese Denny's (as my friend said). Sometimes the restaurant [...]
Unsolved Hotel Mysteries at the APA Hotel
My friend and I booked a room at the APA Hotel in Shibuya, partly because it looked nice but mostly because it was the only thing available when we tried looking for a place to stay while I'd be visiting. (The problem with last minute trips during holidays). We were pretty impressed at first. It [...]
Ramen and vending machine restaurants
After lugging our stuff to the hotel we went off in search of food. My friend suggested ramen and after her favorite place was closed we found a different ramen shop that was open later. I was exhausted and still in shock from how much my train ticket had cost to really go in depth [...]
Shibuya Shuffle and Hachikō
I arrived in Shibuya around 7:30pm to meet my friend at the station. One of the nice things about Shibuya is that they have wifi for foreigners. You just need to go into the mall attached to the station to the information desk and show them your passport and request the wifi password. There are [...]
Tokyo Metro
My summer didn't quite go as planned. But luckily it included a bit more adventure. When some of my summer plans fell through I got into contact with a friend who was interning in Tokyo and who (pretty much as soon as she got in Tokyo) kept telling me to visit. So I bought a [...]