Exciting Tokyo (Part 2): Cars, earthquakes, Shinto shrines, fashion temples, and much more!


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March 16th 2007
Published: March 16th 2007
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After the Mitsui symposium on 14th and 15th March (refer to my previous posts), Victor left Tokyo while Mingxian and I stayed back in Tokyo for more exploration. Mingxian had 5 semesters of Japanese lessons in NUS and he did a 6-month internship in Mitsubishi Chemical, so he can speak fluent Japanese and he knows the Japanese customs and etiquettes. Mingxian booked a room in an inn in Otsuka (nea... Read Full Entry



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Ikebukuro 5

3 nude sculptures in front of the east entrance of Ikebukuro Station (Don't ask me why they are nude)
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Ikebukuro 6

Metropolitan Art Space, a venue holding regular concerts and exhibitions
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Ikebukuro 7

A group of women wearing kimono
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Ikebukuro 8

A bunch of sticks in front of Metropolitan Plaza (remind me of Pocky)
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Japan Traditional Crafts Centre

located inside Metropolitan Plaza
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Japan Traditional Crafts Centre 2

A pottery exhibition inside the centre
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Japan Traditional Crafts Centre 3

An impressive gold altar
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Bosai-Kan

A place to learn life-saving skills in case disaster strikes
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Bosai-Kan 2

The centre is located within the Ikebukuro fire station
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Bosai-Kan 3

Before the "earthquake"
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Bosai-Kan 4

During the "earthquake"
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Bosai-Kan 5

After the "earthquake" (Photos taken by our friendly Bosai-Kan guide)
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Bosai-Kan 6

Fire-fighting room
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Bosai-Kan 7

First-aid room
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Bosai-Kan 8

Poster of the centre
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Our meal at McDonalds

We tried the "only-available-in-Japan" Sakura burger. Haha. (Sakura is only the name. There's no sakura inside the burger)
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Meiji-Jingu

Entrance into the garden
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Meiji-Jingu 2

These Japanese wine barrels used to contain wine from all over Japan. All the wine was dedicated to Emperor Meiji.
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Meiji-Jingu 3

These French wine barrels were a testimony of Emperor Meiji's effort to establish foreign trade
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Meiji-Jingu 4

The 12m Torii made from 1500-year-old cypress pine tress from Taiwan
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Meiji-Jingu 5

The central hall of Meiji-Jingu



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