One Day at Tsukiji and Akihabara is enough to make your innermost foodie and hidden nerd jump for joy. Add in a visit to the Tsukiji Hongan-ji temple, and you have a full day of vibrancy ahead of you. From the mad swell of people at the market, and important life-choices like which fresh seafood […]
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Four Alternative Things to do in Tokyo
Tokyo has so much to offer the intrepid traveller. But with an excess of experiences and activities available, it can be hard to know where to go all out and where to save that yen. Where to brave the crowds and where to avoid them and their iPad photo-taking. So I’ve put together a list […]
How To Watch Sumo Wrestling in Tokyo (even if tickets are sold out!)
They faced off, each mountain of a man sizing the other up in a display that was as much bravado & wit as it was skill. The aim was obvious to even one who’d never seen this spectacle before, the psyche out. They retreated to their respective corners and threw salt with a certain nonchalance, […]
Japan Off the Beaten Path: Kanmangafuchi Abyss in Nikko
We’ve all been there. Caught in a horde of eager tourists – and yes that has been you at some point – dozens of cameras and iPads blocking the artwork/landmark/thing you’ve come to see. The slightly claustrophobic feeling of ‘personal space’ being a mere memory. The sheer terror of middle aged men in socks and sandals with […]
Super Ultimate Tokyo Disney Resort Guide
A visit to Tokyo is incomplete without a visit to Tokyo Disney Resort. If you’re into that kind of thing, and if you’re not then a) Really? and b) You’ll probably still dig it…looking at you, Disney Sea. PARKS OVERVIEW Tokyo Disney Resort is comprised of two parks – Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Sea […]
Best Tokyo DisneySea Rides & Attractions
From shooting out the side of a volcano, being ‘shrunk’ to the size of a fish, to getting thrown around a Jeep in an ancient Incan temple, or voyaging by boat with Sinbad the legendary sailor. Tokyo DisneySea rides are something else. In fact, both Tokyo Disney Resort parks offer very different ride experiences than […]