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Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku July 13th 2009

13 LUGLIO Ci scusiamo per il ritardo, ovviamente siamo presissimi da un'infinità di cose da fare! Dopo il "caos" del giorno precedente, abbiamo deciso di bilanciare un po' e scelto come meta due quartieri che, sulla carta, sarebbero stati molto più tranquilli. UENO Decidiamo di iniziare con Ueno, il più vicino e comodo poi per arrivare alla tappa successiva. Quel che subito distingue il quartiere è il suo grande parco, una delle attrattive principali che decidiamo di affrontare subito per approfittare dell'ottimo sole (anche troppo, un caldo umidissimo!). Grazie alle svariate cartine e alle indicazioni del parco, non è difficile muoversi tra gli ampi corridoi di alberi curatissimi. Anche qui, infatti, notiamo la cura incredibile per ogni dettaglio del parco, seppure gli spazi molto più ampi lascino meno spazio ai particolari. Dopo pochi minuti di cammino ... read more
Piazzale laterale tempio
Toori
Tempio nascosto

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku July 12th 2009

Dopo le fatiche del viaggio, prima vera giornata da bravi turisti! MATTINA Abbiamo dormito poco, probabilmente causa del Jet Lag, e alle 6 eravamo già belli svegli. Per non girare in strade deserte, abbiamo fatto passare un paio d'ore tra relax, computer, tv orrenda e organizzazione della giornata. Intorno alle 8 siamo usciti di casa. Come obiettivo, girare un po' tutto il quartiere in cui abbiamo l'appartamento, così da avere una visione generale della zona e iniziare ad assaporare un po' l'aria della città, non disdegnando qualche acquisto per la casa e il pranzo. L'atmosfera è davvero splendida e tranquilla, molto classica. Nonostante le case siano ammassate l'una sull'altra, e i fili della corrente sembrano essere tirati a caso e ovunque, domina una sensazione globale di tranquillità, ordine, compattezza e funzionalità. Abbiamo ovviamente fatto qualche foto, ... read more
Numabukuro 2
Numbabukuro
Heiwanomori Koen

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku July 11th 2009

Eccoci qui, finalmente con il primo aggiornamento direttamente da Tokyo. Ma iniziamo dal principio. Dopo esserci imbarcati a Milano Malpensa, il nostro volo parte puntuale alle 21.45. Dodici ore di viaggio paiono non passare mai, dormire è difficile, ma per "fortuna" lo schermetto personale permette di passare un po' di tempo. Grazie alla telecamera sulla base dell'aereo e alle informazioni gps, è divertente seguire l'avanzamento del viaggio. Inoltre, io, Raffaele, sono riuscito a vedermi due film interi. Il primo, 17 again (in inglese), almeno accettabile. Dopo ho avuto la sventura di vedermi Dragonball Evolution (sempre in inglese), uno dei film penso più inutili della storia. Tagliamo le 12 ore di viaggio e passiamo all'arrivo in aereoporto. Tutto si svolge abbastanza facilmente, passiamo per il controllo passaporti e otteniamo rapidamente il visto di soggiorno. Per una incr ... read more
L'interno del mini-monolocale
Macchinetta
Macchinetta e Tucci

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku July 10th 2009

After a fantastic flight during which I watched 5 movies I was met by Kimberly at Narita airport. She said she could tell the plane from New Zealand must have landed since there was an influx of cheerily dopey people that sounded like Murray from Flight of the Concords. We rushed to catch the express train to the city, and before I knew it I was sipping champagne and admiring one of the best views of the city from the Peak Bar in the Park Hyatt. I had a fantastic time sampling cocktails and yummy food, catching up with Kimberly as the sun set and the lights went on around the city. Simply beautiful.... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku June 29th 2009

Well today has been a long day. It was 5am when we left the Coast and had an uneventful (thank God) trip down to Brisbane airport. The flight left pretty much on time at 8.45am and we were pretty impressed with the service of JAL. We checked in using the web the day before and picked our seats. Justin got to sit by himself. We were fed a few times on the flight and generally well looked after. We arrived at Narita airport about 5.15pm and had to take a airport limousine (read bus) to the terminal. Once through customs we purchased the Nex and Suico cards we would be using the next couple of days. The Nex is used to take us from the airport to Tokyo and the Suico card is used on the ... read more
Sign on platfom floor of station
First of many vending machines
At Shinjuku

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku June 28th 2009

Whew, what a day. My $45 capsule hotel has been the most luxurious experience I have ever had. But I'm getting ahead of myself, so let's start from the beginning of the day I woke up at 6 in the morning, and was unable to get back to sleep; my body still thinks it:s 7PM (NY time). Luckily, it turns out that Thierry is also awake, so we decide to get an early breakfast (McDonalds... thank goodness for globalization). Afterwards, we trek through Asakusa, seeing some ridiculous architecture and temples. I threw in a ¥100 coin (~$1) and prayed for a safe trip. I then checked out, and we proceeded to Shinjuku, which is supposed to have an awesome nightlife. We didn't see anything too great, but just walked around and took in the sights. We ... read more
Asakusa Demon
Asahi Beer hall
Entrance to temple walkway

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku June 10th 2009

Well, today we are leaving Tokyo for the first time and going to Yokohama to stay one night. It's 25km south of central Tokyo, but it takes close to 2 hours or so to get there. I'm going to upload pictures from yesterday (Tokyo Imperial Palace, Tokyo Stock Exchange, and Tokyo Tower) to my computer while on the bullet train to Yokohama and they should be up on the blog later today along with a more detailed post. Walter... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku June 8th 2009

Well we got into our new place yesterday. It's much better than the first, and it's in a much better part of town! Asakusa was a more traditional residential neighborhood -- and nothing opened for business... ever.... ?? It didn't make any sense to either of us. So, we're now staying in Shinjuku, which is an awesome part of town! We had wifi in our room for a couple hours, but after we went out yesterday and came back, it didn't work anymore. It hasn't worked since, so I'm on the computer provided by the hotel posting this. Hopefully we'll be able to find wifi somewhere in public to post pictures later today. We took it easy for the most part yesterday, mainly exploring the area. We were mainly exploring on our way to the park, ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku June 2nd 2009

Hello dear readers. It has been a couple of days since my last post. I've had limited down time in a hotel in recent days so haven't had a chance to update you on recent activities. Most of the last 2 days (Sunday & Monday) has been taken up with traveling to destinations. On Sunday I left my Hiroshima hotel around 0945 to head to the station to catch the Shinkansen back to Tokyo. The trip had to be done in 2 parts as the Hikari Shinkansen does not operate a direct service from Hiroshima to Tokyo. I had to jump off at Shin-Oska (i've learned that the word Shin is in reference to "new" or the new part of the city so Shin-Osaka refers to the newer part of Osaka) which is about 1 hour ... read more
Aki showing how it's done
Complete pancakes
Jacob giving it a crack

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku May 18th 2009

We are staying in a capsule hotel with free internet!! We have to pay for the showers though. We went to see the sumo today - loads of fun :) We paid for the proper cheapo tickets. From 8am - 2.30pm it's the unranked trainee wrestlers, not many people bother going to see them so it meant we could sit right at the front in the $150 seats! It was pretty amazing, but a bit scary in case they fall on you. We watched loads of mad fights, they only last a couple of minutes though, some are over in seconds. And some of the wrestlers are well fat! Massive tits. Then in the afternoon, we had to go and sit on our cheap seats because the stadium got full and we watched the champions. They ... read more




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