TOKYO

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October 13th 2009

Published: October 13th 2009

Konichiwa iroppoi people! Holiday is over and I am living again on the far side of the moon. I did get to have a peak at the western world for a week and it was BEAUTIFUL. I went to Tokyo Japan for five days just to check it out and see what all the fuss is about. Well the fuss is about approximately 35 million people living the good life in the world’s largest metropolitan economy (thanks Wiki... Read Full Entry

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This was as close as I could get to the Palace.. Off limits!

Metro Map

Confused? so was I

Underground

underground, subway, metro, whatever. I was on it everyday and it has a personality all to itself. I really enjoyed the metro as much as visiting the actual destinations

Subway Station

loads of people. the underground itself is a maze of underground shopping complexes and facilties and subway tunnels. The Metro even has its own newspaper, it honestly is another city just beneith the surface

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I saw a few different american celebrities selling foreign brands. Boss is a coffee brand.

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PURDUE

hey big ten! inside a stylish clothing store, like I said, they like America.. I wore my Wisconsin hoodie I guess I was being fashionable huh

American Embassy

As close as I could get to the embassy. The security was crazy. I was walking by the exterior wall of the embassy and people popped out of bushes and said I had to walk on the other side of the street. Seriously. I saw at least 4 security vans and guards lined most of the perimeter. I was nervous to get close and Im an American.. is this because of terrorism?

Toyota Auto Mall

building with full of car, pretty cool, lots of vehicles you wont see in the states

You can buy them in vending machines but its against the law in most places in the city

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Tokyo Stock Market

I was really expecting hundreds of men screaming sell in Japanese with crushed wads of paper scattering a floor of tears and broken dreams.. The reality? people snoozing at desks and eating their lunch as little numbers quietly scrolled by. Boring.

Beer and Pizza

Beer and Pizza only 500 yen. A STEAL. I loved being able to eat a wide variety of international food again.

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