There are so many bars and pubs in Tokyo its hard to know where to start. We found some great ones under the train lines where you could kick back have a few pints of tasty Sapporo or Ashai and even a yakatori stick or two.

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There are thousands of vending machines they are everywhere and sell a wide range of items. Hot and cold drinks are the most popular, but there are ice cream machines and plenty of smoke and even beer machines out in the streets, our drunks and kids would love them. Strangely we have not seen any […]

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We are staying in Ginza, one of the more upmarket areas of Tokyo. Many of the big brand names have their stores here. The main strip closes to traffic on the weekends and transform into a giant pedestrian precinct. There are vending machines everywhere, we even saw one selling stuffed toy cats.

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Our hotel’s bathroom is very interesting, none least than the toilet. It has buttons for everything – we are very very scared. Whats this button do…..AAAARRRHH!

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Once we sorted out tickets, you need purchase one for the train and another for the seat. You then look at your seat number and head to the platform and match your number to the number on the platform. There is a bullet train every 3 – 5 minutes so once yours arrive you walk […]

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There is some tasty beer over here and you can get it just about anywhere. You can even drink it in places we wouldn’t even dream of, including at the station. Some of the snackfoods are fun too, not sure what many of them are but they sure are interesting. There are some really weird […]

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There were dozens of countries around the world displaying and several multi national companies, the quality of the displays and attractions were great and usually featured a cultural show, some treasures or tourist information on the country, a gift shop and in many cases a place where you could buy a Japanese inspired version of […]

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Nagoya’s Expo 05 was the deciding factor on visiting Japan. We had wanted to come for several years, but Expo made us actually do it, and with the help of a few of our websites we are invited guests of Expo 2005 and have been given complementary entry and special access to the monstrous event. […]

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After a pleasant flight we touch down at Chuba Airport that is about 40 kms from our hotel in Nagoya. The airport is huge, modern and impressive, already Japan has won us over our eyes are as big as sauces with amazement. We find the train again a state of the art system,super clean, exactly […]

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After we settled in to the hotel it was time to explore the surrounding area, by this time it was night so there blaze of neon and LED bright enough to see from the moon. We find a few tiny bars and a place to get some food, delicious, then find a supermarket. Cube watermelons, […]

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After a pleasant flight we touch down at Chuba Airport that is about 40 kms from our hotel in Nagoya. The airport is huge, modern and impressive, already Japan has won us over our eyes are as big as sauces with amazement. We find the train again a state of the art system,super clean, exactly […]

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There is only about 12 people on the flight, there is so much room and its no problem getting a beer.

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