I arrived at Disneyland in not the best "happiest place on earth" mood. Getting there had been a pain, mostly because I hadn't fully understood the Shinkasen/how transfers would work out. This meant I didn't get there until the afternoon which wasn't what I had planned. Plus I was lugging my suitcase with me. So [...]
I spent about a week in Tokyo visiting friends. I was able to stay with a friend in their old fashioned tatami mat styled apartment outside of Tokyo. While I spent a disproportiante amount of time in Shibuya compared to anywhere else I had a lot more fun this time then last year. To get home I [...]
After having lunch at the Alice Restaurant I didn't have much else planned. It had been suggested to visit Tokyu Hands for souvenirs, so I thought I'd give it a try. Tokyu Hands has a bit of everything, but also special hand made things that were somewhat cheap. I went to the one in Shibuya which was huge. [...]
My friend and I stumbled upon this restaurant while she was showing me her favorite spots in Shibuya. We thought it'd be a nice place to relax and for me to get something to drink. However they have a policy that every person must order food and a drink in order to stay and since [...]
Warning parsites and possibly upsetting parasite pictures ahead. In Meguro there is a free museum of parasites. It opens at 10 and stays open until 5pm on all days but Mondays or Tuesdays when it's closed. My friend and I thought it'd be fun to check out, especially since it's free. The first floor is suppose [...]
While in Tokyo another friend also happened to be traveling around Japan and in Tokyo so we met up for the day to catch up. We started off having lunch at Kaisen Donya, a small restaurant that had tons of lunch sets and a ton of business men smoking heavily beside us. We had decided [...]
Pie Face is a pie shop in Shibuya. They're a cute little shop that sells all sorts of tiny pies that they decorate with faces, from savory curry pies to sweet choco pies. They also serve drinks like the best Chai lattes I had while in Tokyo. I ended up getting a choco pie and chai [...]
One of the things I've been wanting to do is check out a Pokemon Center in Japan. My friend had some other friends visiting so the four of us met in Ikebukoro station near the owl statue before braving the heat and the packed streets to go to the Sunshine City mall. Since one of [...]
When I was visiting Tokyo my friend made sure to let me know of all the cheaper places to eat, and one of them was a cafeteria style udon shop. I ordered their Oroshi-syou-yu which is soy sauce udon in a cold small size for 200 yen with the addition of a tempura sweet potato. [...]
After visiting the Tokyo Tower last year I really wanted to go back to check out Sanji's restaurant. I went online and filled out a very easy in English reservation form and quickly was e-mailed back a confirmation. We were given a 70 minute window in which to enjoy the buffet which was plenty enough [...]
