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Tokyo Japan (Day 11 Part 3) - Ueno (上野)!
March 14, 2015 - Ueno is such an interesting area of Tokyo to explore. Since my zoo visit did no work out I decided to walk around and se...
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Tokyo Japan (Day 11 Part 2) - Ueno (上野) - Ueno Park
March 07, 2015 - As it was still early Still I was kind of amazed at how many people already were walking around the park. I could imagin...
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Tokyo Japan (Day 11 Part 1) - Ueno (上野) - Ueno Park
February 28, 2015 - My plan for Ueno was to visit the Zoo and meet the Pandas after that I planned to walk around the Ameyoko (アメ横) shopping...
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Tokyo - Japan (Day 9 Part 3) Prince Park Hotel and Shiba Park
December 27, 2014 - From the world trade center I walked to my hotel. I studied the maps pretty well the night before and I could see Tokyo...
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Tokyo - Japan (Day 9 Part 2) Hamarikyu Garden
December 13, 2014 - Hamarikyu Gardens (浜離宮恩賜庭園) looked much smaller on the map than what it was up close and personal. It is a brief walk fr...
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Kyoto to Tokyo - Japan (Day 9 Part 1) Shinkansen and Minato
December 07, 2014 - I woke up early and decided to grab a cab. It was time to take the Shinkansen back to Tokyo. As much as I loved the Hana...
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Tokyo to Kyoto (Day 5 Part 2)
June 14, 2014 - I decided to hop in a Taxi and ride from my hotel in Asakusa to Tokyo station. I had a big suitcase and of course a larg...
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Asakusa and Sumida, Tokyo (Day 5 Part 1)
June 07, 2014 - I have been to Kyoto several times before in the past but this was my first solo adventure. I love Kyoto and was really...
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Kamakura - Japan (Day 4 part 3) Kenchoji
May 17, 2014 - Full of Kamakura cider and sweet potato ice cream I headed off to Kenchoji ranked number 1 of the 5 great Zen temples in...
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Tokyo, Akihabara - Electric Town (Day 3 Part 4)
April 26, 2014 - One of my biggest regrets of this recent trip is that I did not go back to Akihabara for a second visit. This place is E...
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Tokyo - Jidai Matsuri (Day 3 part 3)
April 19, 2014 - Tokyo "Jidai Matsuri" is a historical parade that takes place in Asakusa. Compared to a lot of the events in Japan it do...
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Tokyo - Asakusa - Shirasagi-no-mai (Day 3 part 2)
April 12, 2014 - After my morning walking around Asakusa and Kappabashi area I made my way back to Sensoji Temple. I walked in through th...
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Tokyo - Asakusa (Day 3 part 1)
April 05, 2014 - My 3rd day in Tokyo started off early like my previous day. This time I decided to visit a lot of the small residential...
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Tokyo - Odaiba and the 2013 Dream Yosakoi (Day 2 Part 4)
March 29, 2014 - I love events and when I saw that the Dream Yosakoi was being held in Odaiba I was extremely excited. Odaiba was on my m...
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Tokyo - Sengakuji (Day 2 part 3)
March 22, 2014 - The 47 Ronin is a famous Japanese story of Honor, Loyalty and Revenge. I have read the book, watched the movie and at la...
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Tokyo - Asakusa, Matsuchiyamashoden - (Day 2 Part 2)
March 15, 2014 - After my visit to Imado-jinja and walk along Sumida River it was time to start heading back towards Asakusa station and...
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Tokyo - Sumida River and Imado-jinja (Day 2 Part 1)
March 08, 2014 - Day 2 in Japan was really my first full day there and I had an aggressive agenda planned. I love getting up early and ex...
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