14.05.05

Travelling from old Tokyo…

Posted in Japan, in English at 22:00 by foppel

Today I had a nice tour guide, Udono san, who is a friend of my Japanese Teacher in Germany.

He showed me the Emperors Palace Garden, and brought me then Asakusa, the most original part of Tokyo, which was mostly left untouched from War, Fires and Earthquakes.

But that basically means that the Buildings in Asakusa are only 3 stories high. It is as loud, colorful and buzzing with activity like the rest of Tokyo..

Then we took aboat on the Sumida(?) river, which brought us into the harbour area, going by the Tokyo fishmarket and other interesting places.

13.05.05

.. to modern Tokyo

Posted in Japan, in English at 22:00 by foppel

In the Harbour area we switched to a boat bringing us to Odaiba, an artficial Island, on which lots of Companies, including Fuji-TV, have now their home, as well as a whole amusment Park (Palette-town) and the famous Big Sight Convention Center.

There we visited the Fuji TV Building, which resembles a big TV-Screen, and had a small Tour there. Well if you’re keen on Japanese Dramas’ that might be your cup of tea :)

Then we took a train which goes over the rainbow bridge back into the town, where Udono san and I parted.. Thanks for the nice tour!!!

In the evening I visited Shinjuku, and went to Kabuki-cho, where most Yakuza-movies play.. Well its a bit like in Hamburg, on the Reeper-bahn, only bigger and in Japanese ;)

And no, I didn’t do what you might think I was doing…

(The Images are linked to more impressions of that day)

Onsen Onsen Onsen and baths

Posted in Japan, in English at 19:00 by foppel

Went to Hakone today… Hakone is City/Region as well southwest of Tokyo..

It features the legendary Sulfur-pits over with you go with a wire-car, and you can eat eggs boiled in sulfuric volcano water…the outside becomes black because of this treatment, but they taste rather good.. well a bit sulfuric..

Later I took a boat over Lake Ashi, in which Mount Fuji is sometimes mirrored, but today he was shy and didn’t show himself.. too bad..

Later I visited the Hakone Shrine, which lies in a really nice forrest.

After that I went to an Onsen.. (which is like an open bath).. It wasn’t the biggest one around, but I had it for myself.. the water was 42 degree Celcius hot (about 90 and some F, i think..)

ok.. going now for a beer :) have fun

Sorry, had to turn off comments

Posted in Japan, in English at 08:00 by foppel

.. I was tired of rewriting the same things all the time..

Send me your comments via mail, I’ll upload them :)

11.05.05

Yokohama, a nice city

Posted in Japan, in English at 22:00 by foppel

Today was Yokohama on the plan. For those who don’t know, Yokohama is a city southwest of Tokyo, and has Japans’ biggest port. But next to the Port, it features Japans tallest building, and one of the biggest Chinese towns in the world.

The elevator in the Building travels at 750 kph, and it takes less than a minute to get to the 96th floor.

Chinatown was nice as well, very colorfull.

But it seems that at least 5 Schools had their road-trip that day to Yokohama.. The streets were swarming with schoolkids in their uniforms..

10.05.05

Akihabara - Electronic Anime Town

Posted in Japan, in English at 22:00 by foppel

I think its been a while that Akihabara was the Town of Electronics, because
it is in the grasp of Game-centers and Anime or Manga parlors.

I am sitting here in the Necca (read Mecca), a gamecenter with attached
Internet cafe’ where the Waitresses are clothed in cute Maid-costumes… very nice :)

One who thinks gamecenters in the USA or Europe are great has to see this.
Fighting games - which are played one on one, like 70% of the games - alone
take a whole floor

But there is still electronic to be bought here in Akihabara.. The proof is
the brand-new 6.5 megapixel camera in my bag ;)

I am here

Posted in Japan, in English at 09:23 by foppel

Hi everybody, I hope this blogentry stays now.
I savely landend in Tokyo, but couldn’t get much sleep on the plane.
Bought all my train-tickets, and had to do that in Japanese to boot.
My Japanese techer will be proud of me :)
Well not much else for today, I actually took a nap and am now off into
the nightlife of Ikebukuro / Tokyo

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