| | Originally, I'd planned to take a 1 week trip to Japan on the way to Seattle. Well things happened and 1 week turned to around 1 day. Of course trying to see even just Tokyo in a day would be nearly impossible so settled on a flight in on an afternoon and a flight out on the afternoon 48 hours later.... I was warned... Intimidated by reports of Tokyo's cost of living... But expensive yes, worse than Europe no. Narita is far away but ended up taking the cheapest and fastest option downtown. The Tokyo Skyliner train took less than an hour and even included a 2 day subway pass, package for around 2400 yen. Every other option costed at least $30 for the one way trip to downtown only. Stayed at this capsule hotel in the geek district of Akhibara. It's really just a hostel with a bit more privacy, but you do get your own TV, which I never used. Very organized. I'm surprised by the widespread use of squat toilets in this country. Despite their cleanliness compared to Chinese squatties, they seem a bit out of place in a country as modern as Japan. On the flip side, they do have the most modern toilets in the world, the type that showers your ass! Tokyo looks a lot like Seoul, except all the technology actually works! And no one ducks under turnstiles here! The streets are unbelievably pristine and well paved despite the population density. Spent much of the following day making use of the subway pass going place to place and eventually managed to see most of the main sites of Tokyo in less than 24 hours. Everything from the sashimi market to Roppongi to Shibuya, think I managed to touch it all! Even more fascinating than the physical would have to be Japanese fashion sense! Holy shit! The next day I hoped to see more, but ended up with a fever of 102 and ended up making a B line to the airport in the morning. Make a quick visit to the Narita clinic which not only charged an arm and a leg, but the Japanese doc prescribed a whole bunch of unrelated and useless tablets even without as much as a full examination. Ulcer tablets? WTF? I guess something in that country isn't quite up to par. |
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