We made our last and final hotel move today to the Park Hyatt Tokyo. We left the Grand Hyatt this morning and checked in here. They didn’t have a room…
What a fantastic park this is near Shinjuku. At first you don’t realize it and then suddenly you do — an amazing location with a tremendous beauty that you ultimately…
We went to Harajuku today in the hopes of seeing the regular crowd of crazy teenage girls, known as Harajuku Girls, dressed in lolita garb and playing with their fellow…
Two of the most surprising things about Tokyo so far is the amount of green space and the general lack of people. With 38 million people in Greater Tokyo you…
Tokyoites are an interesting group. They are not afraid to mix patterns, wear silly hats or glasses, odd colored hair, and strange footwear. I suppose that is the advantage of…
Our next Japanese style meal was at a place called Birdland in the Ginza Station. It rubs shoulders with the sushi restaurant owned and run by the famous Jiro which…
A Buddhist temple that dates from 645 AD and is a very populat place for families to. Bring their kids on weekends. There is a carnival atmosphere surrounding the temple…
We returned to the Tokyo neighborhood called Asakusa today to see the shops around the Senso-ji Temple as well as the temple itself. Asakusa is a very lively place! Lots…
We had a list of different Japanese cooking styles or dishes we wanted to try while we’re here. Yesterday we had ramen while today we knocked off a couple more.…
The grounds of the Imperial Palace are manicured within an inch of their lives. You can tell they’ve soent some time training the trees and bushes and are maniacal with…