Ueno Park is a large public park that is famous for it’s cherry blossoms. During cherry blossom season many Japanese families come to the park to eat food and drink large amount of alcohol.
A few minutes from Shinagawa Station is the Shinagawa Guest House. They offer clean tatami rooms, free wifi, laundry and luggage storage.
From video games, Venetian shopping centres to a fake Statue of Liberty if you are looking for fun family activities in Tokyo nothing can beat a day at Joyopolis in Odaiba.
My favourite place to eat is the Sukiya restaurant in Tokyo. The food is delicious, the prices are inexpensive and the service is outstanding.
Japan has more vending machines per capita than any other country in the world.
I review the augmented reality feature of the Tokyo Metro iPhone App to see if it can find my favourite restaurant.
I decided to visit the Tamiya Plamodel Factory which is located a short walk from JR Shimbashi station.
Renting an iPhone in Tokyo from Global Advanced Communications was very easy and allowed me to use their unlimited internet while on holiday.
I’ve been taking Japanese lessons via skype and today I finally met my hazukashi (shy) sensei (teacher) in person.
