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Tokyo youkoso!
Day 1 · Narita Airport, Chiba
After nearly 14 hours in the air, watching the sun barely set and rise again the next instant, we set foot in Narita Airport. Honestly it wasn't that different from any other airport we have been i...
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Yumiko's Apartment
Day 1 · Harajuku, Tokyo
We found Yumiko’s apartment on airbnb while looking for something relatively inexpensive and yet close to Shibuya, but at the time we didn’t know we were also getting Yumiko herself as part of the ...
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Electric Shinjuku
Day 1 · Shinjuku, Tokyo
After finding and checking-in at our first home base in Japan, we were pretty tired from all the traveling and sweaty from the Japanese summer humidity, so we took a shower and laid down for a bit....
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Busy Shibuya
Day 2 · Shibuya, Tokyo
After a well deserved night of sleep we decided to spend the day in Shibuya, but not before exploring beautiful Harajuku further.
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Street market
Day 3 · Ueno, Tokyo
Waking up early with the Japanese sun leads to many nice and surprising trips. We could start using our JR passes today, so we decided to make good use of them and ride the train to visit Ueno, Aki...
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Electric city
Day 3 · Akihabara, Toyko
After visiting Ueno in the morning, we hopped on the train again to visit the electric city, Akihabara, known for its anime, manga and game stores and the maid cafés.
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Tsukiji market
Day 4 · Tsukiji, Tokyo
When we arranged for a guided visit to the Tsukiji market we had in mind that we were going to visit the biggest fish market in the world, but we had no clue of exactly how big it really was.
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Piss Alley
Day 5 · Omoide Yokocho, Tokyo
When we got to Tokyo after visiting Nikko we were starving, and what's the best place to have a late dinner if not Shinjuku?
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High up in Roppongi
Day 6 · Roppongi, Tokyo
Roppongi is a big shopping district and from Roppongi Hills, a 50 something story high building, you can see Tokyo from above, and it's almost daunting to see the grandiosity of the city.
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Matsuri in Asakusa
Day 6 · Asakusa, Tokyo
On the last Saturday of July the yukatas got out of the closets and headed to a summer festival in Asakusa. Without knowing it, we did the same (without the yukatas, though) and celebrated our firs...
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Fun at DisneySea
Day 7 · DisneySea, Tokyo
The plan was simple: take the train to Odaiba and spend the day there, taking in the Tokyo Bay area sights. But Disney Tokyo was on the way, and we had to take a quick peek, even if there was no re...
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See you later, Tokyo
Day 8 · Shibuya, Tokyo
This was our last day in Tokyo before going to Kyoto, and it couldn't have been better. We decided to keep it simple and walk from Harajuku, through Omotesando, to Shibuya.
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Hi again, Tokyo
Day 17 · Akihabara, Toyko
The last days of our trip were reserved to fully enjoy Tokyo without any type of pressure and to get some shopping done.
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Newfangled Odaiba
Day 17 · Odaiba, Tokyo
After the previous failed attempt to visit Odaiba, the afternoon was dedicated to wander around the huge artificial island in Tokyo Bay, while the evening was topped off with a delicious sushi meal.
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Tsukiji lush
Day 18 · Tsukiji Market, Tokyo
This was our last full day in Tokyo and the plan was simple: head to Tsukiji market early in the morning, for gift shopping, head to the Imperial Palace and back to Shinjuku.
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The last stroll
Day 18 · Chiyoda, Tokyo
We got our market stroll and shopping done before the morning was half gone, so walked to the Imperial Palace gardens to try to see the palace.
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Mata ne, Nippon
Day 19 · Narita, Tokyo
Our last day in Japan would have been uneventful, if not for the last minute hassle. We nearly missed our flight, which wouldn't be so bad anyway…