Shinkansen, the Bullet Train, passing by at high speed
Tokyo, as we know it, really comes alive at night
The SONY building, where we checked out a dancing robot
Ginza 4-Chome intersection
Hamubagu, a hamburger without the bun
Electric Town
Futuristic architecture in Aoyama
Yamanote line
Roomier than you might think
The Swedish tourist was granted access to the Capsule hotel
Check out the different subway maps, all different companies
Dinner in Sugamo
Hiro, Saki, and AiWhere do we start. This place is insane. In a very good way! And forget all the myths about Tokyo being expensive. We live in a cosy ryokan (a Japanese Inn) for about 400 SEK / night, eat the best sushi ever for about 50 SEK / person. Our biggest cost is transportation since the very fine tuned spiderweb consists of so many different subways and commuter trains, all operated by different companies.
About four days have gone and we have been busy. I (Toni) visited an old friend of mine, Hiroshi, who lives in Tokyo with his wife Ai and their newly born girl Saki. Hiro took me out for a traditional Japanese dinner and it was a new experience to sit on floor level with the shoes kicked off. The food was terrific and everything seemed very fresh and healthy. I rounded off by checking out one of the rumoured capsule hotels (only for men!).
Then following day me and Ewelina headed out to Aoyama and the famous shopping district Omotesando. Not for shopping, but for the cool architecture, for example the new Prada building designed by Herzog & de Meuron. Everything was very hip and chic and we didn`t really fit in with our two sets of backpacker clothes!
Next we took the train out to Electric Town in Akihabara. A huge district full of discount electronics.
We ended our day by eating a traditional Japanese hamburger, Hamubagu, next to the famous 4-Chome crossing in Ginza.
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