― Momus (Momus), Monday, 2 June 2003 06:31 (twenty years ago) link
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― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 17:46 (twenty years ago) link
jellybean,are you only interested in shopping or like, maybe something culturally enriching (outside of the whole consumer culture obviously)?
do you know anybody in japan?
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 22:26 (twenty years ago) link
The parks in Tokyo are lovely to waste time in - Ueno park has these insanely huge ravens wandering around cheerfully, and there's one in Shinjuku with a fantastic skyscraper view. If you're the museum type, the Tokyo-Edo - or Edo-Tokyo? - Museum in Ryogoku (also with sumo stadium!) is very, very interesting... although I'm fond of that period of history anyway, so possible bias. Shibuya is fun to wander about in and be scared by just how pretty everyone is. Apparently the new harbour at Yokohama features some wonderful modern architecture, too.
And drink Acerola! It's glorious. But not Acerola Water, which is mank.
― cis (cis), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 22:43 (twenty years ago) link
That's the thing, I don't want to spend all my time shopping (I'm sure my sister will drag me to do lots of that already). I'm actually quite interested in Japanese culture, the way the East and the West hit head on.
― jellybean (jellybean), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 23:09 (twenty years ago) link
Taking a walk from the Nakameguro station over the beautiful canal into Daikanyama. (you can visit some of the stores Momus reccommended too. I spent a while in Cow books.)
From the Kiba station, walking through the Kiba park to the Tokyo Museum of modern art. There was a huge Miyazaki exibit there (it might not be there when you go), and some nice art for only 1000yen.
On a clear night you should visit Tokyo tower. Or during the day you could try and see Mt. Fuji from it.
At about 5 in the morning I went to Tsukiji fish market. The auctioneers were crazy and there were so many weird fish in a huge building at different experience (if you go watch out for all the fishmobiles going every which way you could get hit if you're not careful).
Shinjuku: west side has many tall buildings and the east side has lots of neon lights. The huge book store Kinosomethingsomething is nice, and conveyorbelt sushi and chapu chapu are fun was to eat.
I also spent an hour at shinagawa station from 7 to 8 just watching the endless flow of salarymen. I was amazing and like a river.
― A Nairn (moretap), Saturday, 12 July 2003 16:12 (twenty years ago) link
Also one of the thinks I found most interesting was how one block would have giant skyscrapers, the next block would be full of colorful stores, the next block would be quaint bars, the next block would be a shrine, the next block would be love hotels and strip clubs, and the next block would be a park, and then another block of sckyscrapers. (well this may be a little exagerated, but some places were like this)
― A Nairn (moretap), Saturday, 12 July 2003 16:21 (twenty years ago) link
Ride the subways and see the people! Eat in those cheap places where you get a ticket from a machine with pictures of the meals on it! Go to Kiddyland! Go to a teensy weensy restaurant with Momus!
God, I wish I was back in Tokyo NOW. Best place I've ever visited. Tied with Venice.
― Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Saturday, 12 July 2003 16:50 (twenty years ago) link
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― anthony easton (anthony), Saturday, 12 July 2003 23:15 (twenty years ago) link
Please Reply Soon!!!!!!
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― Momus (Momus), Saturday, 26 June 2004 09:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― 50 Yen, Saturday, 26 June 2004 11:41 (nineteen years ago) link
just came back from 8 days in Kyoto and Tokyo. amazing.
best: golden gai bars in shinjuku. harajuku freaks and live music on sunday. daikanyama.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link
"Also one of the thinks I found most interesting was how one block would have giant skyscrapers, the next block would be full of colorful stores, the next block would be quaint bars, the next block would be a shrine, the next block would be love hotels and strip clubs, and the next block would be a park, and then another block of sckyscrapers. (well this may be a little exagerated, but some places were like this) "
otm
― Zeno, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link
got a couple of days free in tokyo this weekend.
any more non-shopping ideas?
― tpp, Thursday, 7 July 2011 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
have you been to yanaka? it's a really beautiful old part of town, lots of temples, literally hundreds of cats everywhere, huge cemetery, lots of old meiji period houses down endlessly winding side streets, lots of galleries and small independent shops. yanaka ginza is really nice on a saturday afternoon, lots of good and cheap street food. just a really nice peaceful part of the city, and still really central. you can catch the metro to nezu on the chiyoda line, or the jr to nippori on the yamanote line
from there you could walk to ueno park and see the newly blossomed lotus. there's also a zoo! ueno itself is quite a large shopping/night life district and you can walk to akiba in about 10 minutes if you get bored of too much nature
i dunno it depends what kinda stuff you're into i guess. there's a lot to do in tokyo
― corpse pose (missingNO), Thursday, 7 July 2011 06:15 (twelve years ago) link
oh ueno also has a super bustling market as well which is worth checking out
― corpse pose (missingNO), Thursday, 7 July 2011 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
that all sounds lovely, thanks
― tpp, Thursday, 7 July 2011 08:23 (twelve years ago) link
never been to japan in summer before..bit shocked by the humidity pheww
― tpp, Thursday, 7 July 2011 08:27 (twelve years ago) link
I was going to say just make sure to eat in the tiny cheap restaurants that are everywhere, but if you've already been to Japan you'll know all about those.
Otherwise it's the most fabulous place for walking, I thought. Tokyo suffers in tourist terms for being short on huge set-piece things, but at street level, on a human scale, the level of interest is extraordinary. It's nearly all great I thought. Yanaka is indeed lovely. I enjoyed a random walk we did which I think was Yotsuya - Akasaka - Roppongi - Harajuku but it's all good, no real point in giving recommendations. Follow side streets & alleys, and carry a map and a camera.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 7 July 2011 08:46 (twelve years ago) link
def agree that finding a decent starting point and just wandering/cycling around and getting randomly lost is the best way to enjoy tokyo. it's such a vast city that it's almost impossible to stray too far into the void, especially if you have a map or something
i forgot to mention the tanabata festival this weekend that runs from ueno station to akasuka (interesting downtown area w/ huge temple, quite touristy but worth a visit)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabata
btw if you wanted i totally have a bike i'd be happy to lend you
― corpse pose (missingNO), Thursday, 7 July 2011 09:05 (twelve years ago) link
i've been to japan quite a lot but never had any time where my colleagues have not been taking me around (they always take me to great places though) so i don't really have a good feel for the place. i really fancy the idea of just walking and exploring on my own for a day or so.
went to the tiniest restaurant (there were 2 tables i think) for lunch today near our office. loads of amazing sashimi for about £5.
― tpp, Thursday, 7 July 2011 09:06 (twelve years ago) link
thanks missingNO that's so kind but i'd get too sweaty on a bike in this weather, walking suits me fine
― tpp, Thursday, 7 July 2011 09:08 (twelve years ago) link
pee on a octopus imo
― also we’re divorced now and i hate this movie. (contenderizer), Thursday, 7 July 2011 09:19 (twelve years ago) link
my boss is taking me for eel tonight...excited
― tpp, Thursday, 7 July 2011 09:20 (twelve years ago) link
unagi? if so you're in for such a treat
― corpse pose (missingNO), Thursday, 7 July 2011 09:36 (twelve years ago) link
Bump? Any food / live music recs would be welcomed. Going to be there end of December / early January. Saw the PSF record store on another thread, planning to pay a visit.
― marcg, Saturday, 13 October 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
bumping this thread in hopes that ilxors have been recently- a friend is hanging out there and wants to do something new- I haven't been in a few years so I just instinctively recommend Tokyo Hands and Mandarake but there's got to be newer places and things to do- holler if you have any recs . . .
― the tune was space, Monday, 22 July 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
fish market in the morning is cool
― More Than a Century With the Polaris Emblem (calstars), Monday, 22 July 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
can anybody vouch for the Robot Restaurant? I've heard the food is terrible but that the show is kind of undeniably extreme
― the tune was space, Monday, 22 July 2013 18:25 (ten years ago) link
I'm so happy this thread was bumped because I GO TO JAPAN in November or December for I dunno a couple of months? Three months?
Should I look for a place in Tokyo or in Kyoto (or another city?) and if so, what neighborhoods? On a budget and really looking for a great neighborhood where we can walk all over the place and experience cool stuff and eat good foods for not too much moneys.
― quincie, Monday, 22 July 2013 23:59 (ten years ago) link
Go shopping. OKURA and GDC both are cool Japanese fashion labels with shops in fancy Daikanyama. Good cafés and atmosphere, there. Seconding Tokyu Hands for shopping, too. Parco is also pretty cool.
The music scene is ginormous so for live music you gotta dig around, b/c it depends what you want to see.
Oh, and I wasn't able to go because advance booking was req'd, but I hear the Studio Ghibli tour is awesome.
And Quincie, renting in Japan is a pain in the ass for foreigners, due to language/cultural barriers and lack of anti-discrimination laws. Google around for the gaijin-friendly apartment rental services to help you find a place. They'll speak English and do this all the time. I would rather live in Osaka than Kyoto, just because it's livelier. It's generally more amicable and laid back than Tokyo and would put you in closer range to visit Nara, Kyoto, and Kyuushuu. Staying in Kyoto would be better if you want a slower pace/smaller city.
― davey, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 02:29 (ten years ago) link
Going in April, looking for record shopping tips.
I intend to devote an afternoon to it, not rare Western music but 90's/2000's Shibuya Kei, older Technopop, stuff like that.
Is Shinjuku still the place to go?
― MaresNest, Saturday, 25 January 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
Question: this is not actually for travel but for work research -- I noticed Tokyo addresses come up on google maps with japanese characters in them. Is there any way to find english "translations" of these addresses?
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 03:25 (eight years ago) link
think if you just paste into google translate it gives you transliteration
― dylannn, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 05:14 (eight years ago) link
http://romaji.me
― dylannn, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 05:33 (eight years ago) link
i am currently in tokyo
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 29 December 2015 08:04 (eight years ago) link
I am currently envious.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 11:07 (eight years ago) link
Although I am currently in Portugal so can't really complain.
how long are you going to be here
― dylannn, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 11:08 (eight years ago) link
I’m visiting Tokyo for 10 days in early March with my wife and two kids (ages 7 and 10).
I’d *love* any and all recommendations anyone might have. Absolutely anything goes. Food, shopping, history, nightlife, arts, nature, etc.
Here are some things on the list already ... nothing terribly surprising:We'll do two days at Disneyland/DisneySeaTeamLab Borderless and Museum Ghibliwalk around Shinjuku, hope to eat good stuff in the little alleys and whatnotgo to the Meiji shrinemaybe attend a sumo match and the Robot Restaurantgo up somewhere very high for the views (360-degree museum?)eat as much good ramen and sushi as possible
What else? What's amazing that we're missing?
― alpine static, Thursday, 9 January 2020 22:42 (four years ago) link
go up somewhere very high for the views (360-degree museum?)
tokyo tower
― calstars, Thursday, 9 January 2020 23:01 (four years ago) link
The Mori Art Museum/Roppongi Hills tower (very high up observatory)
Ameyoko Shopping Street (and the big food halls in the basement about one-third of the way in before the road splits on the right)
If you're going to Ghibli walk there from the train station instead of the bus and get a feel for what a W.Tokyo suburb is like.
Shiodome and Shimbashi are high tech areas, not a whole lot there but great for a wander and restaurants at the Carreta Shiodome complex, lotsa skyscrapers, looks great at night, take the Yurikamomi Metro Train that goes out across the river to Odiaba, unmanned, like a little rollercoaster.
Shimo-Kitazawa for boutique shops and retro things, nice food and coffee places.
Yanaka, beautiful old district, lots of amazing cemeteries, little temples/shrines, backstreets.
Record shopping in Shinjuku.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 9 January 2020 23:50 (four years ago) link
If you want to check out Yanaka, take the Yamanote line to Nippori station, once out of the station go left and up the steps to the big cemetery, trust me it's cool, once you've wandered through that you can continue heading south through Yanaka down to Ueno and the park.
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 12 January 2020 00:08 (four years ago) link
touching on tokyo... I finally had natto for the first time yesterday. It was good! It tasted a little like blue cheese to me.
― Yerac, Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:56 (four years ago) link
I just booked a room in Kanda for my trip there in a couple of months. There’s a Jiro nearby!
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Thursday, 16 January 2020 21:03 (four years ago) link
ok, you all have officially put Yanaka on the list.
and i guess i should consider Yokohama.
i was thinking taking the bullet train somewhere so we can experience it / see some scenery flying by / spend a few hours in another town would be cool. but a friend who has been there said (paraphrasing) "it is cool but ultimately you guys will be caught up in the otherwordliness everyday anyway" and making a special trip for the train might not be the best way to spend a day.
one thing i know for sure is it'd need to be a day trip. i don't want to stay overnight somewhere.
thoughts? would Yokohama be a good call here?
― alpine static, Friday, 17 January 2020 05:09 (four years ago) link
I have not been but everyone on Terrace House goes on dates there.
― Yerac, Friday, 17 January 2020 06:45 (four years ago) link
you get to Yokohama on the Tokyo metro, so getting there is no big deal. Depending on where you’re staying it’s closer than parts of Tokyo itself.
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Friday, 17 January 2020 06:48 (four years ago) link
never been to yokohama but it has been recommended a lot, esp by tokyo residents. but as a tourist, the things it's famous for (chinatown, ferris wheel, western architecture) maybe don't have the same appeal since I can easily access similar stuff in the US? I'm sure there's more tho since everyone seems to love it.
I've done nikko and kitakamakura day trips, both v nice. oze national park is maybe too far for a day trip but maybe an option if you start real early.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Friday, 17 January 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
Yokohama's waterfront is nicer than any of Tokyo's. e.g. Odaiba is fine but you can stroll from Yokohama Chinatown to the ferris wheel and it's super nice. Tokyo by contrast seems to hide its waterfronts
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Friday, 17 January 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
If you're going to Yokohama you could carry on a little bit further and go visit Yasujirō Ozu's gravesite at Engakuji Temple in Kamakura, sure the kids would love that! :)
https://vimeo.com/158739118
― Maresn3st, Friday, 17 January 2020 23:50 (four years ago) link
Yeah the bullet trains are a great service but quite boring to ride - tunnel, flash of town, tunnel, flash of town for lots of it. Plenty of interesting things to see but that is probably just as good from a regular train. Exception being the Tokyo-Kyoto train (is it the Tokaido?) with the view of Fuji san to the north, a cliche but still OMG when you see it. Another great option is Takaosan which is about an hour west of Shinjuku by train - cool train ride, sweet little town and then either a hike or a cable railway to the top of Mt Takao and the temples up there. You can take a long downhill walk on the trails through the forests, absolute magic.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 18 January 2020 00:21 (four years ago) link
Went there with the wife and our 9 year old last Spring. Robot cafe is interesting in a raggedy late 90’s Flaming Lips concert sort of way, but it is a tourist trap with bad food. It’s not bad, mind you, but it is the one thing I would skip if I had a do-over.
Teamlab is amazing, get there as early as possible. Even if you buy your tix in advance, the line is crazy long to get in and some of the rooms may have a long line once you get in.
We did an owl cafe which was cool. It is a chill thing to do with the kids.
The 7-11’s are great and they have very good prepackaged food if you need a snack.
Don’t try to cram in too much when traveling with kids. I hyperplanned everyday and towards the wnd of the trip everybody was fried.
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 18 January 2020 00:22 (four years ago) link
thank u, good insights ^
i swear, everyone who has been to Tokyo talks about (a) the 7-11s, and (b) the toilets
― alpine static, Saturday, 18 January 2020 01:16 (four years ago) link
Lawson>>>>>7-11
― chet san telmo (alomar lines), Saturday, 18 January 2020 01:17 (four years ago) link
^^second this, and agree that the bullet train is really not all that worth it unless you're going further out like Kyoto.
Just went to Tokyo in November and these were what my 12 year old daughter enjoyed the most:
- eating all kinds of cute and colourful food in Harajuku: crepes, rainbow grilled cheese, animal ice creams.
- exploring temples in Kamakura. Favourites were Hokokuji which has a bamboo grove that's like a mini-version of Kyoto's Arashiyama grove, and Kotoku-in aka the Great Buddha temple (you can go inside the giant Buddha!)
- Teamlab Borderless - echoing everyone's advice to get there super early, and even though there's like a million interesting things to see the moment you enter, try to head straight to the floating nest exhibit before the queue gets super long. We ended up spending 4.5 hours in total in there.
- the toy section in Akihabara's massive Yodobashi Camera.
- Ueno Park - so many museums, just pick one. And since you guys are there in March/April, it'll also be a great place to see sakura (cherry blossoms).
Other tips: - do check out tokyocheapo.com to see if there are any small markets/events you can go to in whichever area you're visiting - we went to a couple and just ate so much good, cheap, street food. great places to find small souvenirs/toys too.
- If you can get time away from the kids, Gen Yamamoto is an incredible bar/cocktail experience.
- Another day-trip option might be Hakone - the lake and the open air art museum there were amazing, although I do recommend staying overnight, just because being able to stay in a ryokan with an onsen (hot springs) was incredible. Do check if the local transport links like the cable car and local trains are working though - a lot of them were down on my last trip due to post-typhoon damage.
― Roz, Saturday, 18 January 2020 01:20 (four years ago) link
yeah, i like lawson over 7-11. and probably FamilyMart over 7-11. I don't recall anything super special about the bullet train from Kyoto to Tokyo to make it an item unless you are super into trains.
― Yerac, Saturday, 18 January 2020 01:21 (four years ago) link
The Kawaii Monster Cafe in Harajuku was good fun (and the food wasn't bad either), but ymmv depending on your Kyary Pamyu Pamyu fandom level.
Seconding Kamakura for an out-of-town trip (although Takaosan sounds good too). It's almost a mini-Kyoto an hour away from Tokyo, and the big golden Buddha is a sight to see (and go inside too, if it's open).
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― it's after the end of the world (Matt #2), Saturday, 18 January 2020 01:22 (four years ago) link
Fun food recs, though a lot of these places will involve some queueing unless you go early or at odd hours (like 3pm). Some branches are more popular than others as well.
- Fluffy pancakes: https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/restaurants/best-fluffy-pancakes-in-tokyo - Gigantic bowls of udon at TsuruTonTan in Ginza: https://matcha-jp.com/en/5461 - If you eat meat, gyukatsu or deepfried beef was easily the best meal I've had in Japan: https://www.gyukatsu-motomura.com/en/
Apart from those, it's fairly easy to get good tempura, ramen, udon, soba, sushi etc anywhere. In three trips to Japan, I think I've only had a couple of legitimately bad food experiences and it was always at one of those tourist trap restaurants that's just outside a popular temple or something.
For mobile coverage, getting a pocket wifi is worth it... you don't need a SIM card, can connect to 4-5 devices, coverage is great, and way cheaper than roaming. You can rent them at the airport.
Also Google Maps is your best friend. Aside from very good directions, it will inform you of train delays and even tell you which platforms / coach car for you to board or get off, so that you won't accidentally go out at the wrong exit (which happens often at the bigger stations).
― Roz, Saturday, 18 January 2020 02:50 (four years ago) link
Yeah, the phrase - kono chizu de ima dokoni imasu ka - served me well.
If you get lost though, people, in my experience, were super kind. A young student girl walked us all the way from the rear of the Nanzen-Ji temple to the front, which was right out of her path. An older gentleman took us to the gate at Tsukiji Market at 4am, he was leaving a conbini and already heading in the opposite direction, probably put a good 20 mins on his morning walk.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 18 January 2020 12:13 (four years ago) link
I went to Kamakura for the beaches, which were not that great (even in July) but my kids wanted to say they'd touched the Pacific Ocean. The monorail getting there was very cool though, like a roller coaster kinda!
I'm trying to figure out the best non-flying way from Kyoto to Seoul. I may end up flying but the other possibilities are intriguing too.
― juntos pedemos (Euler), Saturday, 18 January 2020 13:58 (four years ago) link
and natural lawson is the god tier konbini store
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 18 January 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
also, missed some vegan discussion. it's tough to find things but not impossible.
there are vegan cafes here-and-there. komenoko (米の子) in suginami and nezunoya (根津の谷) in bunkyou are both v much worth a stop if you're nearby.
for vegan ramen, try chabuzen (薬膳食堂ちゃぶ膳) in setagaya or t's tan tan in tokyo station. both quite good.
and quality is generally so high across the board, that ime, it's hard to strike out just tying out random spots that look good.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 18 January 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
hi, most recent thread reviver here ... our trip is starting to take shape.
we arrive on a Thursday (2/27), will just chill / stay close to home on Friday. Saturday and Sunday are open.
Monday (3/2) we have tix to the Ghibli museum.
Tuesday is open.
Wednesday/Thursday (3/4-5) are Disneyland and Disneysea.
Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon open. We leave Tuesday (3/10).
I've compiled this entire thread into one document and am trying to figure out what else to do. I'm sure I'll be back with questions.
Also, I missed early on that Yerac asked where we're staying. It's the Hotel Sunroute, very very close to Shinjuku station: https://sunrouteplazashinjuku.jp/ (although we will move over to a Disney hotel for our Disney nights.)
I am also hoping to see live music at least one night! I even FB messaged Leo Takami and he wrote me back and said he might have a gig on 3/4 ... one of my Disney nights. :(
More soon ...
― alpine static, Thursday, 13 February 2020 00:23 (four years ago) link
im also headed to tokyo for 4 days in march, so thanks everyone for bumping this thread, I've found some great suggestions reading it.
― dsb, Thursday, 13 February 2020 00:29 (four years ago) link
our trip seems to be trending in a bad direction w/r/t postponement because of coronavirus. :(
i recognize that our chances of having any trouble are very slim, but my wife has a chronic disease (she is no immuno-compromised at the moment), we have two kids in tow, museums are starting to close for the next few weeks, Disneyland Shanghai and Hong Kong are already closed (so would Tokyo be next?), travel advisory just moved from level 1 to level 2 ... things are starting to add up.
if anyone has any thoughts, i'm all ears.
― alpine static, Monday, 24 February 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
I'm going there in early April, and won't change my plans unless my flight is cancelled. But I'm going solo and have no chronic diseases.
― pet friendly (Euler), Monday, 24 February 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link
just to close the loop, we delayed our trip at the last second. now going in late September / early October.
they announced Disneyland and DisneySea closures when we would've been on the plane heading that way.
i feel very fortunate with how the timing worked out and look forward to going later this year.
― alpine static, Saturday, 29 February 2020 07:34 (four years ago) link
Definitely for the best. It looks like I’ll have to postpone my own trip from late April to October.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Saturday, 29 February 2020 10:24 (four years ago) link
our flights are cancelled with a decent chance of rebooking, with a further decent chance in turn of cancellation as far as i can tell
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 12:20 (four years ago) link
Oh! I stayed at the Sunroute Plaza on my first trip there, so sorry that it's having to be delayed :(
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 13:26 (four years ago) link
how did you like it, Maresn3st? we just moved our March reservation there to September.
― alpine static, Thursday, 5 March 2020 06:41 (four years ago) link
It was only one night but if memory serves it was perfectly decent.
However, if you can be arsed and the money is the same I would stay here, lovely hotel in an interesting area, great views because it's the top 15 floors of a tower, similar to the famous Park Hyatt. Shinjuku is very central but boy it's hectic, Shidome/Shimbashi is much more chill.
https://parkhoteltokyo.com/
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 22:53 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBgHhEskLMU
You could check out the Ghibli Clock and the Nakagin Capsule Tower.
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
You can do monthly rentals in the Nakagin capsule tower which I might do next time I long stay in Tokyo.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link