Day 3 – Parks, Temples and People
The weather was finally great on the third day, so I decided to see something alive instead of dead things in a museum:…
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Day 3 – Shibuya
After the idyll in Meiji Jingū the crowded, bustling streets in the Shibuya district were a complete contrast! Around the station, there are…
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Day 3 – Meiji Jingū
The Meiji Shrine (Meiji Jingū 明治神宮) is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the deification of the Meiji Emperor. In 1868, Emperor Meiji led…
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Day 3 – Shinjuku Gyoen
Shinjuku Gyoen is a large park in Shinjuku, one of the most important cities in Tokyo. The park was originally privately owned. It…
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Day 2 – Museum Day
Alternative program: Museum Day In the evening I checked the weather report: for some regions, including Kantō, it might snow the next day!…
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Day 1 – Sensō-ji in Asakusa
At the end of the first day, I went to one of the most important tourist attractions in Tokyo: the Sensō-ji in Asakusa…
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Day 1 – First Explorations – Ueno, Cat Cafe and Asakusa
First explorations in Ueno Park After the somewhat nerve-wracking flight there, I woke up well-rested and well-fed. It was time for some first…
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Day 1 – Cat Cafe in Asakusa
On the way to Sensō-ji, I stopped off at a cat cafe in Asakusa, the Asakusa Nekoen (浅草ねこ園). Of course, I really wanted…
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Day 1 – Ueno Park
A few impressions from Ueno Park, my first destination of the day. The weather was still very “early spring”. As such, there was…
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