Our Journey started with a four day stay in Tokyo - A bustling metropolis of over 12 million people. A city of bustling subways, electric neon lights and fine cuisine!
We flew into Tokyo late in the evening on the 29th, after a somewhat arduous flight - we chose to fly with Korean Air (Our flight did not include a TV!!). The journey from the airport took little over half an hour by Japan Rail and was suprisingly easy considering we were in a foreign country!!
You may hear alot of people boasting about the quality of the metro system in Tokyo, i will discuss this at another time, but by all means it is one of the best in the world!
Our chosen accomodation was the Chisun Inn located a 2m walk south of Central Asakusa. For the majority of the holiday we stuck with this same line of Hotels/Inn's as they offered really nice accomodation at a reasonable price, generally around $30-$50 pp/pn. We had also chosen to spend one night in the Hotel 'B' in Ikebekuro for our last night - this was a VERY nice budget hotel!!!
Since our accomodation was located in Asakusa it made sense to spend our first day visiting the sights in this district. Day two saw a trip to Shibuya - location of the worlds busiest intersection and Harajuku - one of the many fashion capitals of the world. Following this was a planned trip to Disneyland, but due to unforseen circumstances our plans changed and we instead found ourselves exploring the maze of shops and restaurants that is sunshine city! To finish our stay in Tokyo we visited Ueno & the electric suburb of Ikebekuro.
While this sums up our stay in Tokyo in a nutshell - we also found time to visit the Imperial palace - home to the Emperor of Japan and Ginza and Shinjuku - two of the most vibrant and electric districts in Tokyo!
All of this and much more will be described in more detail as i post about each district/day!
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