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Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku August 28th 2023

Min fösta dag i Tokyo avslutades uppe på mitt pod-hotells takterass med chipsprovning och test av några lokala ölsorter. Ensam och i hygglig tystnad. Hade blivit lite väl bortskämd med att ha en massa folk och en massiv ljudmatta runtomkring. Dag två inleddes med en lättare frukost för att sedan packa ihop och promenera upp till nästa resmål och hotell i distriktet Shinjuku. Inte så långt, under timmen i promenad. Staden hann förändra skepnad flera gånger under promenaden. Från pling-plong-slammer och 100 våningarshus till lugna bakgator med tvåvånings town-houses till glassiga shoppingstråk och trendiga modegator fram till slutmålet som till vissa delar var rätt barnförbjudet även om inte Amsterdamskt red-light-district-tydligt. Ord som hela tiden används är Sumimasen – Förlåt, ursäkta. Och ursäktar gör man precis hela tiden. Min minnesregel var typ en jättestor brottande da... read more
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Asia » Japan » Tokyo August 28th 2023

After four nights in Nikko we boarded the train back to Tokyo. There are quite a few different train options but we ended up with tickets for the local train, then changed to a shinkansen which took us to Tokyo station. Elodie fell asleep in her pram as we were about to board the shinkansen and slept through the entire ride which meant I didn't get to use my reserved seat and instead stood in the entry to the carriage while she snoozed. After arriving at Tokyo station we transferred to the metro to get to Shinjuku. Shinjuku station is the busiest station in the world. It wasn't too crazy when we arrived, and we managed to navigate to our exit without too many issues (though the ideal one was closed). After checking into our hotel ... read more
TeamLab Planets
TeamLab Planets
TeamLab Planets

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shibuya August 25th 2023

Konnichiya, Efter en liten omständig resa in til Shibuya, fick lite hjälp av spärrvakter för att betala och komma rätt. Stiliga - ser ut som kommendörkaptener med välpressade uniformer och stora uniformsmössor. Tänk på det nästa gång du passerar spärren med den extremt trötta på Slussen. Kom fram till mitt kapselhotell, väldigt nära Shibuya crossing. Shibuya är ett område i centrala Tokyo med massor, jag menar massor med shopping och sedan så klart en massa restauranger och barer. Själva korsningen är väl som Tokyos Times Square eller Piccadilly circus. Jag har läst nånstans att varje gång det blir grönt för gångtrafikanter kan det knalla över tretusen pers på samma gång. Galet ju och det där med social distansering funkar ju inte här. Min podd var inte incheckningsbar så jag tog ett varv för att börja bygga ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo August 24th 2023

Japan och Tokyo. En retorisk fråga. Hur många vill inte åka dit och uppleva kultur och annat som är så omtalat och speciellt? Blir lite konstigt med att fråga hur många som inte - men man säger ju så - nåväl. Jag lämnade Seoul i gryningen - jo just det - skulle lagt in redan tidigare men glömt. Som ni förstått så gillar jag verkligen Sydkorea och inte minst maten men bordsskick av skandinaviskt vis är det lite så och si med. Nu har jag tillbringat mycket tid i Indien så jag är hyggligt van men ändå - i ett land med så mycket fåfänga och ordning och reda så pruttas det, och framföralllt rapas och smaskas högljutt vid intagande av mat. Vad jag förstått så är det ett tecken på att maten uppskattas men när ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tochigi » Nikko August 22nd 2023

Things have changed a little since our last travelblog. Not only was there a pandemic, but we're now travelling as a trio. Scott, Elodie and I departed Melbourne at 10:30ish on a Friday morning. We were a little apprehensive about how a 10hr flight with a very busy nearly two year old would go, but we were pleasantly surprised. Elodie snacked, coloured, ran up and down the aisles, watched a little Ms Rachel, charmed the staff and had a nap - she was way better behaved that we expected. Upon arrival in Japan we made it through immigration and collected our bags from the slowest baggage carousel ever. I had booked us a room at the airport hotel for the night so that we didn't have to travel far given we arrived after Elodie's bed time. ... read more
Shinkyo Bridge
Bridge across the river
 Akechidaira Ropeway

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Minato August 21st 2023

As I sit here by the wide window wall on the second floor of the Karaksa Hotel’s breakfast buffet which also serves as a lounge with free snacks and drinks in the late afternoon, a parade of working stiffs in white shirts, dark trousers and loafers are walking down the street below all in lock step, ready and eager to make Japan a better place for the world to do business with and an enjoyable tourist destination for those of us who are neither business minded nor care about the hustle and bustle of every life. Maybe not. And not that we really don’t give a hoot about the day-to-day lives of ordinary folks because after all, we are working stiffs ourselves, but we’re tourists in Japan enjoying life without having to think about work. And ... read more
Akihabara
Kanda Shrine
Anime games

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinagawa August 20th 2023

Mon: Yurikamome front row all the way Good morning, 6:30 ☀️ Out the door at 8:15 am. Trains were packed with commuters, doh! But a lot of people got off at Hamamatsucho and we got to sit for 1 station 🙂 Yurikamome is an unidentified new transportation system that runs between Shinbashi and Toyosu. It looks like a monorail because it runs on a railing up high but it’s not. It’s not a train because it runs on rubber tires. They’re automated too! We made it across Shinbashi station from JR to Yurikamome and kick-started the stamp rally by 9:30 am. The stamp rally was on just in time to celebrate 1 billion ridership. Although the crowd thinned out quite a bit toward the Yurikamome platform, with so many people, I was surprised we actually snagged ... read more
Yurikamome on Rainbow Bridge
Yurikamome ride
View from Yurikamome

Asia » Japan » Kanagawa » Hakone August 18th 2023

Fri: Lake Biwa to Gora Good morning, 5 am ☀️ The sun was just rising and the east side was turning orange. Breakfast was done before 6 am. It was a good time to take a stroll along the lake which we hadn’t been able to take advantage of yet. We had been seeing a lot of people walking and jogging the lakeside path from our 19th-floor room. Y wasn’t onboard but he was happy to walk on rocks at Nagisa Park. We took the first shuttle to Otsu at 8:15 am. This got us to Kyoto station before 9 am. The plan was to get Mister Donuts for the Shinkansen ride. This was quickly denied as they weren’t opening until 10 am today due to some equipment swaps (?), doh! Our train was leaving at ... read more
The damage from Kyoto Station
Dr. Yellow
Cafe 107

Asia » Japan » Shiga » Otsu August 14th 2023

Tue: Typhoon has landed! One word to describe today: typhoon. Shinkansen wasn’t running in this area and so wasn’t other transportation. We watched the view from the room all morning. Cloud was moving fast and the lake and the hotel pool down below were crashing hard. Nobody was walking, just a few brave cars driving through the deep puddle. What else…busted out the entertainment meant for the airplane ride. We went down to the lobby to get out. Trees were being blown sideways and the mini puddles were swirling with strong wind. Yep, do not run the train at 300km/h. But by 2 pm, the wind died down! The rain continued to come down but seemed safe to go out. Out of desperation, we walked to a laundromat not too far at 3 pm. It was ... read more
Typhoon day
The pool surface in typhoon
After the typhoon has passed

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Asakusa August 11th 2023

I don’t remember the last time I was in Japan in August. It’s definitely not the best time to go but, y’know, the school schedule. It was one of the hottest summers because of super El Niño. Looks like typhoon #6 took an unexpected turn and got to escape that one but #7 was just developing and projected to hit Japan right when we will be there. Fingers crossed! Fri: Landed! The 10-hr flight was long and Y couldn’t sleep at all despite the JetKids we brought. It was gonna be a long night for this guy. We did good food-wise as we were prepared for 2 meals on the flight 💪 Yep, hot. We got to the immigration fairly quickly thanks to the JetKids. We saw our suitcase already on the carousel. Bang bang! I ... read more
The Asakusa View
Asakusa shopping strip at the wee hour
Sensoji




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