Blogs from Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, Asia - page 7

Temples! Sushi! Sumo! It's about the only thing I have been able to focus on the past few months ever since I told my girlfriend, Katie, that we should take a trip to Tokyo. So many times these past few months, while stuck doing overtime at work or sacrificing going out on a weekend, I kept telling myself "It'll all be worth it when you're in Japan." After we decided to go for it, I began to voraciously read travel guides, blogs, web sites, and anything I could get my hands on that would give me information on Japan and things to see/do. And today........ today was the day we'd depart to The land of the rising sun. *RING*.......*RING*...... *RING*........ as the alarm clock rang out, my first thought was "please, just 5 more min.", however, ... read more

Not a whole lot new to report. I met a group of tourists at the fish market and hung out with them for a bit. They were from New York and LA to celebrate their friends Bday. It was 7AM when I ran into them and they had come straight from the night club but were somehow still concious. I went out to breakfast with them and was pleasantly surprised that it is possible to get decent food here for pretty cheap. The market itself was kind of dissapointing. It was too chaotic to really look around much and not knowing japanese super well, I didnt really know whic areas I was allowed in. Later I discovered this who walk way of shops and a huge complex of temples just a block or so from my ... read more

After an invigorating few days on an island, worlds away from the smog, congestion and pollution of the big cities, we were ready to head back into it. We flew into Narita Int'l aiport on Aug 10 and took the hour long train ride into Tokyo city. Our amazement in Japan's technology and overall awesomeness didn't take long to set in when, while waiting for the train's doors to open, we see the seats all being automatically put in the upright position and turning around to face the direction of travel! Amazing! Tokyo was a little overwhelming at first and quite busy, even though it was 11pm on a Wednesday night! Caught off guard, we had dinner at McDonald's, found a hotel after a long search and got some shut eye. August 11th We woke up ... read more

Denne dag startede meget tidligt! Omkring seks tiden var vi ude af doeren paa vej til verdens stoerste fiskemarked ... Tsukiji Central Fisk Market. Der bliver solgt omkring 2246 tons fisk hver dag. Det var en fantastisk oplevelse, men ogsaa lidt bizar. Bagefter havde vi planlagt at faa morgenmad paa et kendt sushi sted paa markedet, men efter at have staaet i koe i en time droppede vi det. Meget kolde og traette fandt vi en bod, hvor der blev solgt MEGET laekker ris/raa tun/ingefeaer/wasabi ret. Uden tvivl dagens gastronomiske hoejdepunkt. Efterfoelgende var vi meget vestlige og satte os paa en Starbucks! Naeste stop var det elektronikkens og manga/animeens hoejborg - Akihabara! Det boomede af elektronik, manga og anime plus divers arkader/spillehaller. Meget japansk og meget maerkeligt - men det faldt i god smag hos Malu, ... read more

English: We're tired. Have hardly slept in 48 hours. Don't understand Japanese. And would really very much like to head off to sleep in our rickety bunk bed, and rest our tired bodies on inhumanly thin mattresses. And our mind blown head on a pillow made of... beads. But on the BRIGHT side: 1. We're already loving the Japanese culture, and looking forward to spending the next 2 weeks surrounded by cherry blossoms and various Hello Kitty merchandise, all in very deep shades of pink. 2. Despite minor setbacks like Japanese roads not having any names (AT ALL), we managed to find our way to our hostel without too much trouble - helped along by some very friendly locals. 3. Finally: we've just enjoyed our first real taste of japanese cuisine. SUSHI!!! Dansk: Vi er trætte. ... read more