The Lowdown on Tokyo, Japan. April 26th, 2006
Tokyo seems awash with English- and Irish-style pubs but, given its size (3.5 million people, since you ask), there are surprisingly few in Yokohama. The Green Sheep is a recent, welcome addition which has found a following, but the English Pub standard is still set by The Tavern...
April 10th, 2006
Tokyo is a place where East meets West like no other city. Nowhere can the "Asian experience" be more comfortably felt than here. Brightness, business, politeness, and modesty are all mixed together to form this metropolis...
March 16th, 2006
Nowhere else have I found the essence and beating heart of Tokyo more than in Shinjuku...
February 17th, 2006
Yokohama is very close to Haneda airport, mostly for domestic flights, and quite a way from Narita International.
To get to Haneda you've a couple of choices. The cheap way is a train on the private Keikyu line from Yokohama station, but it's slower (about fifty minutes) and infrequent...
January 9th, 2006
Tokyo, Before You Go, Buying Stuff, General Info, Getting Around, Secret Stuff, Traveling
Japan would own the title of safest country in the world if it weren’t for ubiquitous parasol pilferers.
A loaded wallet dropped somewhere will eventually find its way back into the rightful hands – trust me, it will – but an unattended umbrella is a lost cause, so don’t bother looking for it...
January 9th, 2006
Wondering what’s open at 5 in the morning besides Yoshinoya and the conbini after a night of karaoke bars and incessant inebriation? Stumble over to the Tsukiji Fish Market at Tsukiji station on the Hibiya line and indulge in some of Tokyo’s freshest and most heavenly sushi – yes, I mean it!
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July 30th, 2005
Tokyo, Culture, Food and Drink
The area outside of Shinjuku Station’s East Exit is gaudy and exciting, and is the place I spend most of my time in Shinjuku.
Here you’ll find the infamous area of Kabuki Cho, on the opposite side of Yasakuni Dori...
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