Blogs from Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Asia - page 17

Wednesday started out relaxing and easy-going since we were up late the night before. With only two days left, this day was assigned "Lost In Translation." Michi and I got fancied up and headed out on the town. Our particular destination was the Park Hyatt Hotel, the gorgeous luxury hotel featured in the film. Our plan was to have a drink in the bar towards the top, and Michi was pretty sure there was a dress code - no jeans - so she sported a nice dress, while I donned some black pants and the tight (but still hopefully respectable) black shirt I bought in Kyoto. We took the train to Harahjuku first to pick up the pair of jeans I bought at Zara earlier in the week. They hem them there. Great jeans. Great ... read more

Konichiwa! It is Tuesday evening,　around 1830 hours, second day into the trip. Michi's was having some issues with the net, but lucky me it's up and running again. The flight over was uneventful. First time on a 777 - pretty large plane. I paid a little extra at the gate for "economy plus" seating, which basically means the first section of econmy seats have a little extra leg room and they can charge more. A 10 hour flight was worth it. I arrived Monday afternoon local time, and was surprsingly not too jet lagged. Customs was a breeze, and the first thing I noticed was how imaculate the airport was. Of course, absolutely wonderful to walk out to the arrivals area and be greeted by Michi. Considering the train to Tokyo was another hour ride, ... read more

Tokyo Times... Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku By mark and chrissieApril 1st 2007Mark and Chrissie Hayward Day 4 - Today we headed　ｆｏｒ　Ｓｈｉｎｊｕｋｕ.　Ｓｈｉｎｊｕｋｕ　ｓｔａｔｉｏｎ　ｉｓ　ｏｎｅ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｂｕｓｉｅｓｔ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　Ｗｏｒｌｄ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｏｖｅｒ　２　ｍｉｌｌｉｏｎ　ｐｅｏｐｌｅ　ａ　ｄａｙ　ｐａｓｓｉｎｇ　ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ　ｉｔ　－　ｉｔ　ｗａｓ　ｍａｓｓｉｖｅ！Ａｎｄ　ｗｅ　ｇｏｔ　ｌｏｓｔ！Ａｇａｉｎ！Ａｆｔｅｒ　ａ　ｌｏｎｇ　ｔｒｅｋ　ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ　ｔｈｅ　ｕｎｄｅｒｇｒｏｕｎｄ　ｐａｔｈｓ　ｗｅ　ｅｍｅｒｇｅｄ　ｉｎｔｏ　ｔｈｅ　ｓｋｙｓｃｒａｐｅｒ　ｄｉｓｔｒｉｃｔ　ｏｆ　Ｔｏｋｙｏ　ａｎｄ　ｆｏｕｎｄ　ｏｕｒ　ｗａｙ　ｔｏ　ｔｈｅ　Ｔｏｋｙｏ　Ｍｅｔｒｏｐｏｌｉｔａｎ　Ｇｏｖｅｒｎｍｅｎｔ　Ｂｕｉｌｄｉｎｇ　　ｗｈｅｒｅ　ｙｏｕ　ａｒｅ　ａｂｌｅ　ｔｏ　ｇｏ　ｕｐ　ｔｏ　ｔｈｅ　４５ｔｈ　ｆｌｏｏｒ　ｔｏ　ａ　ｖｉｅｗｉｎｇ　ａｒｅａ　ａｎｄ　ｌｏｏｋ　ｏｕｔ　ｏｖｅｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｃｉｔｙ．　Ｔｈｅ　ｖｉｅｗ　ｗａｓ　ｉｎｃｒｅｄｉｂｌｅ　ａｎｄ，　ｓｕｐｐｏｓｅｄｌｙ　ｏｎ　ａ　ｃｌｅａｒ　ｄａｙ　ｙｏｕ　ｓｈｏｕｌｄ　ｂｅ　ａ... read more

Tokyo. How should I describe it? Busy, crowded or expensive. I will say busy, and crowded, but definitely not al that expensive. We arrived in Narita Airport and breezed through customs (so much easier than Hong Kong) and the airport is so clean, as we found was the rest of the city. The next thing we had to do was find an ATM, however we found this to be a problem because there is lots of them about but very few that will take foreign cards with the Cirrus or Maestro symbols, and the same for downtown Tokyo! We bought our tickets for the Limousine bus and in true Japanese procedure queued for the bus, every bus was arriving on time so much noise but exciting. The trip took 2 hours to Shinjuku, a lot of ... read more

after breakfast the same toast set breakfast in asukasa we headed to the Internet cafe to post on this thing. we looked up the location of the melt banana show and i checked where to find bikkembergs in japan. both were in shinjuku. using a mix of map-following and random direction picking we found barneys - no bikkembergs, but they had trovata. we wandered around trying to find LUSH using the same method- this time it didn't work. we stopped in a guitar shop and a japanese guy was playing far beyond the sun. he even looked a bit like yngwie - just less chubby and less sweedish. we asked them where LUSH was and they had no idea. later we found a record shop and asked them. they didn't know either. this must be a ... read more