Archive for the ‘Tokyo’ Category

Best Shibuya and Harajuku Day for Vacation While Visiting Tokyo: Exploring Like a Local

27, Aug 2010

This is what I like to call the Shibuya Loop.
This a fun way to see the busiest intersection in the world just out side of the Shibuya stn and to walk through the Shibuya Senta Gai (series of narrow walking streets filled with bars, shops, stores and anything else you can imagine.  Not too many [...]

Fashion Centric District in Tokyo That Tourists Never See: Daikanyama

17, Feb 2010

Daikanyama is a hidden area just south of Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan.  Though it’s so closely located to a main train and subway station, Daikanyama is nestled in a quiet area and is home to the hippest area of Tokyo.  From the hottest in retail store design, hip cafes, fashion straight from the runway [...]

Improve Your Japanese with Onomatopoeia

9, Feb 2010

Hiroko Fukuda has brought us a fantastic book for learning Japanese called Jazz Up Your Japanese with Onomatopoeia.  If you’re like us and have had a challenging time learning another language, then you know the suffering and pain associated with conjugations, specialized vocabulary and not sounding like a total loser.
Not only does this book cover [...]

Women Only Trains in Tokyo: Gropers Beware

29, Jan 2010

Gropers in Tokyo get a monkey wrench thrown in their plans after the JR train line launches “women only” train cars.  Japan has many things that make it endearing and unique.  However, one of the sleazier sides of the country are the perverts that grope and talk dirty to innocent women on the crowded trains [...]


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