Blogs from Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, Asia - page 8

Rach... Hello Blogmates, and “ohayo gozaimass” from Shibuya, Tokyo! This place is intensely exciting. For the final stretch of our tour we find ourselves beyond the familiar domain of western society, yet (thankfully!) without having to forego the ‘cherries’ of civilisation, such as basic human rights, decent plumbing and access to white burgundy. We are revelling in the alien culture. There’s so much to remember; so little we recognise. Yesterday, for example, I tried to eat from a basket of pot pourri in the hotel foyer thinking it was a bar snack. But why worry about the faux pas we know we’ve made, when there will be a million others which we won’t know a thing about! We have learned a few basic Japanese phrases, and these are going a long way. We’re able to ... read more

Tokyo is an amazing city!! It was a whirlwind 2 days spent here but we had a fantastic time!! We definately liked the vibe that Tokyo gave off. It seems to be a city with such life and energy. For me it had a that big city feel like I got while living in London. We took the bullet train from Osaka on Friday afternoon and arrived three hours later at Tokyo Station which is easily the biggest and busiest train station I have ever seen. It was chaos!! But we managed to make our way to where we needed to be ( with the help of a nice Japanese man ). We met up at a tiny little Irish Pub with Lisa's friend Mary Fish. We spent a few hours there with Mary and some ... read more

Shibuya es donde la vida nocturna de Tokio acontece. Locales, bares, restaurants, recitales, festivales, tiendas, TODO esta en Shibuya; incluido el famoso cruce, filmado tantas veces, incluida mi película favorita, "Perdidos en Tokio". Se dice que es el cruce donde mas gente "cruza" por minuto, en el mundo. La primera vez que fui, me toco "matsuri" es un festival en la calle. Saque unas pocas fotos que podran explicar mejor que esto. ... read more

Hi everyone Mike, so what happened with Tokyo’s undercover police ?? jaywalk !! spitting !! busy hands !!, or unnecessary roughness during traffic hours !!. nope nope nope, none above. I was maybe a little bit emotional but not enough to get myself in trouble. I didn’t do anything wrong and just forgot to bring my passport with me and they weren’t happy with it. WHY!! I don’t know but was told by the undercover cops that I should carry my passport or an alien ID. Anyways, story cut short. I was busy taking pictures during the morning rush hours and maybe to them I’m might be a spy or a burglar. I was confronted twice by the undercover cops. First time, I simply ignored two undercover cops and they were not friendly at all. They ... read more

Rapidement, Hier on est aller dans un restaurant nameodai, moi, Yanick, Simon, Mayumi et Charlie. Alcool a volonte pendant 2 heures donc on etait tres saoul. Resultat; Yanick s'est dechirer un ligament dans la jambe en faisant le baka(l'idiot). Moi ce matin, il a besoin de mon aide pour transporter son sac, car il est en bequille. L'attendant gentillement a une station de train, lorsque 2 policiers ont du me trouver louche et on decider de m'arreter. Le plus drole est que je n'avais pas mon passeport.. donc 1 heure a essayer de communiquer avec 3 boeufs japonais qui peuvent seulement dire yes no toaster en anglais.. Mais bon, la vie est belle tout va bien. Je vous donne des nouvelles et des photos bientot!! Sebu PS: lien d'un video que Meliss ma envoyer. Cela pourrais ... read more