Ohaiyo Nippon! 4 days in Tokyo, 4 days to complete one mission. Explore the famous Shinjuku like what you really see in Jacky chan's movie, the Shinjuku incident. It is really a one hell lot of mission especially when the weather is wet and cold like 10 degrees... Pokadots... If you don't believe, check out my thick thick jacket and my lovely pink umbrella haha... It is getting more of a trend now especially for guys to carry bright pink umbrella.
First thing I must comment about is the human traffic in subway train station in Tokyo. They are so so packed and horrible. People are walking all over the directions. Not only that which I personally don't like about, it is also the language barrier which I am facing not only when I am there for leisure but also when I am at work... They just simply look like holy symbols to me. This can be quite a chore. So lesson learnt. I need to learn how to speak Japanese, but not from the Japanese language for dummies book. haha. Trust me, they don't really help much. Shopping is always an in thing for me and plus shopping in Japan is rather expensive but I still buy a lot of nonsensical stuff haha. That is why I love to go on a holiday. Don't you see the fun in it?
Anyway, I am a big big fan of Japanese food so sushi and unagi is a must try food for me. Simply love the taste of it. There is this supermart and a famous Japanese store in AEON Narita that sells really good food and groceries. Right now when I think of it, I will still drool a little. hehe. Smoking in the streets of Japan is prohibited. Only allocated places near the malls or subway is allowed so smokers like me will have a hard time looking for one especially when it rains, but who cares, it's Japan!
Something you should know about Tokyo, Narita, Japan.
Tokyo was originally a small fishing village named Edo. In 1457, Ōta Dōkan built Edo Castle. In 1590,Tokugawa Ieyasu made Edo his base and when he became shogun in 1603, the town became the center of his nationwide military government. During the subsequent Edo period, Edo grew into one of the largest cities in the world with a population topping one million by the 18th century. It became the de facto capital of Japan even while the emperor lived in Kyoto, the imperial capital. After about 263 years, the shogunate was overthrown under the banner of restoring imperial rule. In 1869, the 17-year-old Emperor Meiji moved to Edo. Tokyo was already the nation's political and cultural center, and the emperor's residence made it a de facto imperial capital as well with the former Edo Castle becoming the Imperial Palace. The city of Tokyo was established, and continued to be the capital until it was abolished as a municipality in 1943 and merged with the "Metropolitan Prefecture" of Tokyo.
Central Tokyo, like Osaka, has been designed since about the turn of the century (1900) to be centered around major train stations in a high-density fashion, so suburban railways were built relatively cheaply at street level and with their own right-of-way. This differs from many cities in the United States that are low-density and automobile-centric. Though expressways have been built in Tokyo, the basic design has not changed.
For these all and all, I should say I still heart Japan! Too bad due to time constrain I can't make my way down to the Disney, Oh well, I shall leave it for next time then. My ratings:
Sceneries - 8/10*
Shopping - 7/10*
Food - 9/10*
People - 5/10*
"Jimmy taking a train in Subway"
"Jimmy finally found his smoking area in Tokyo"
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