Well no trip to Tokyo is complete without visiting the fish market to soak up the smell (which is probably going to linger with me for years) The smell wasnt as bad as i was expecting but it was very fishy. There was all sorts of things from the sea, The Japanese will eat just […]

Read the rest of Tokyo – Nov 12

Today we exlored Ikebukuro is home to many of Japan’s large department stores and is also home to a large shopping centre known as Sunshine City that houses a planetarium, observatory, aquarium, indoor theme park and an ancient orient museum. Across the road from Sunshine City is Toyota Amulux. Before heading back around the financial […]

Read the rest of Tokyo – Nov 11

Shinjuku’s impressive business district was the first stop today and straight up the mamoth and evil looking twin tower which is home to Tokyo’s City administratiors. The tower offered a spectacular view of this huge city. Roppongi was the next stop and we also went up the brand new Roppongi hills tower which gave another […]

Read the rest of Tokyo – Nov 10

What better way to get over a big night in Tokyo with a tranquil morning in the magnificent parklands and a visit to Tokyo’s most impressive temples, the Meiji Jingu Shrine. The walk took us past the Tokyo Olympic stadiums followed by a walk down Takeshita Street where all the young girls buy their weird […]

Read the rest of Tokyo – Nov 9

Day one in Tokyo- Strait into Ginza for a look around the luxury shops and find a bite to eat and a few japanese frothys. The afternoon was sent down the electronics town district of Akihabara and we finished back at Shibuia and couldn’t believe the guy wearing the fish head costume selling fish waffles […]

Read the rest of Tokyo – Nov 8

Today was our first full day in Tokyo so we decided to do a few things we missed out on last time. We started out at the furthest point which was Asakusa here we took a look around the Asahi beer head quarters next to the station. The building is shaped to look like a […]

Read the rest of October 20th

Not much to report here as this day was half lost due to our plane trip. We got into Tokyo at about 3 PM with customs guys wanting to go through rocky’s suit case for as part of their random search. We were questioned if we had a wide range of products, drugs, weapons, pornography […]

Read the rest of October 19th

Our last day in Paris, we walked around a fair bit here and also went up the tallest building in the city for a look out their observation deck. It was a little foggy but the view was quite spectacular and there was hardly any one up there, which was a much better idea than […]

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