Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō) is Japan's capital and the world's most populous metropolis. It is also one of Japan's 47 prefectures, consisting of 23 central city wards and multiple cities, towns and villages west of the city center. The Izu and Ogasawara Islands are also part of Tokyo.
Prior to 1868, Tokyo was known as Edo. A small castle town in the 16th century, Edo became Japan's political center in 1603 when Tokugawa Ieyasu established his feudal government there. A few decades later, Edo had grown into one of the world's most populous cities. With the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the emperor and capital moved from Kyoto to Edo, which was renamed Tokyo ("Eastern Capital"). Large parts of Tokyo were destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and in the air raids of 1945.
Today, Tokyo offers a seemingly unlimited choice of shopping, entertainment, culture and dining to its visitors. The city's history can be appreciated in districts such as Asakusa, and in many excellent museums, historic temples and gardens. Contrary to common perception, Tokyo also offers a number of attractive green spaces in the city center and within relatively short train rides at its outskirts.
(Source: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2164.html)
Next destination, Roppongi Hills and Asahi TV. We decided towards here to recover our disappointment of rushing over Doraemon Museum. Yups, those museum ticket have been sold out, even for the other date that we have spare in our itinerary. Doraemon ticket are available at all of Lawson (its a convenient store such as 7Eleven and Circle K in Japan, its started entering Indonesia at the end of 2011). But we just know that instead of visiting this store we also can book our ticket online in advance. I have no much details how long it can be taken as advance and what is the name of the website. Sir Google will tell you much on it. And for me, visiting Asahi TV that gives me more than just Doraemon is enough ^^
Roppongi Hills to me is a huge-high and luxurious building with a wonderful small roses park at the top and nice view of Tokyo. Yups, i said its wonderful roses since you've entering this park for the first time, those natural smell of roses got you to forget all of those perfumery or aroma teraphy that you ever have. A lot of modern culinary restaurant, Cafe, branded fashion also available here. While Asahi TV, is a Japan TV station that broadcasting Doraemon, Crayon Sinchan, Go go rangers and many more Japan Kids program. Its located close to the Roppongi Hills, just take a lift to the ground floor and there's a hub that connecting Roppongi to Asahi TV. Inside this station, there's some exhibit of Doraemon and other figures of Kids Program that displayed for visitor such as Big Doraemon Hug, Singing hall of Giant and friends, Pump-up race with Doraemon cast as present, and many more. A souvenir shop available at the entrance. Good news is we can enjoy those thing both in Roppongi and Asahi TV for free.
Its evening already. We don't have so many time left, hence we headed to the some iconic places in Tokyo, Harajuku and Shibuya. Harajuku famous as a best place to find the most outrageous and fashionable style ala Japanese. There's many teenage dressed up on their unique style and a lot of store that absolutely catches your eyes. And for so not fashionable person like me, its interesting but just it. I have no intention to buy anything here except casual tshirt with a Japanese letter for a gift. I came by to the Daisho store at Takeshita Dori Harajuku to find some stuffs for a gift, take a pic and thats it.
And last, we go to the Hachiko memorial park at Shibuya. Its only a small statue of Hachiko located in the center of Shibuya. We only have a random picture since there were very crowded. Be here in the morning to avoid such a situation. The interesting moment here is seeing people even joining them crossing the most crowded crossing street in the world!!! Hahah, awesome. And no criminal happened. We also have experiencing Japanese photo booth that quite interesting. It made up your face become "so not that into you" hahaha..imagine that we have all day out and we can have our pic in our best.
Hint: visit Emy's note to see that pic.
And finally we have to say Sayonara Tokyo....
For the other dimension of this trip have been well-written by Fafa and Emy at the following link:
Emy :http://milimileage.blogspot.com/2012/08/malam-mingguan-di-tokyojapan-trip-part-4.html
Fafa : http://faridahudanti.blogspot.com/2012/07/25-yrs-7-impossible-days.html
That was a lil bit of Tokyo. For me, Tokyo was unreachable city in the unreachable country that have been introduced to me through Japan Dorama, movie, manga, comic and anime such as Tokyo Love Story, The Ordinary People (Asunaru Hakusho), I Give My first Love to You, Long Vacation, Rirouni Kenshin (Samurai X), Doraemon and my favourite anime ever Detective Conan. But here i am, tied-in every single dream and excitement towards this moment as a journey to the land of Conan Edogawa.
I'm not curious about finding where's Poirot Cafe, Teitan High School, Tokyo Derby, or Nichiuri TV and other places that eventually came up on Conan Story. I just curious about what will i get when i was hoping at one of the busiest city in this world? How people lives here and what makes them become distinctive among others.
My learning journey at this land has started in the morning just a few minutes after check out from Anne Asakusabashi Hostel. We have so busy that time and to put ourselves including our luggage to have a pic with guesthouse as background when a nice voice of a kind woman in Japanese language that unintentionally pass through offering some help to take our picture, together as a full team. With no request, since we were not aware on her appearance. Arigatou.
See, under such circumstances when we're strangers at her country that woman voluntary offering help by taking picture for us. Its remind me to our first day in Japan when we walk towards Tsukiji Fish Market. There's an old man who kindly told us the direction including anything that are allowed and not allowed to do in the market. Even he leads us to the certain point to ensure that we're not going lost. Referring to my work experience with Japanese people, in a daily life motion Japanese people are really helpful and the most important point is we're taken those offering with no fear. Fear of being insult, ruin or being theft. Could you imagine if you have the same offering when you were in Indonesia, Thailand or maybe the most popular thieving city, Italy?
Leaving Asakubashi, first we're heading to Shinjuku to put our luggage at Coin Locker located inside Shinjuku Station. We have surveyed that there's some coin locker inside and decided to put ours at the locker located in front of Odakyu Sightseeing Centre since it has the easiest access to go out from the station and near to the cross roads towards Willer Express counter, the bus provider that lead us to Kyoto tonight.
First destination, Akihabara. Yups, maybe it was not only the largest electronic and manga shopping area. Souvenirs that you have many at Asakusa also available inside the giant store such as Laox, Yodobashi and many more. There's also AKB48 and Gundam Cafe near the exit gate of Akihabara Station. What interesting in here, there's a lot of Cafe-maid with a sexy-cute dress inviting you to have visit their Cafe. But sorry, no picture allowed.
Such a condition also applied for a pets and some items that i found out when we were hoping at Ueno park and Asakusa few days a go. First, Abang is not allowed to take a picture of a cute cat (abang thought) that belong to the old woman at Ueno Park. Second, i suddenly beat up on the back and my hand hardly dragged by old woman at Asakusa and she insisting to see our camera after i take a picture at Nakamise Street, Asakusa. Due to the high cost of pets maintenance in Japan (i don't know in detail actually), they don't want to share what they have with others. And that old woman in Asakusa thought that i have a picture with one of her flourish collection, i thought. She went off after see nothing in my camera. But what i do not like either is the way they forbid us. Dude, its so rude. Such a fact leave me a contra agony of what has happened previously.
I'm not curious about finding where's Poirot Cafe, Teitan High School, Tokyo Derby, or Nichiuri TV and other places that eventually came up on Conan Story. I just curious about what will i get when i was hoping at one of the busiest city in this world? How people lives here and what makes them become distinctive among others.
My learning journey at this land has started in the morning just a few minutes after check out from Anne Asakusabashi Hostel. We have so busy that time and to put ourselves including our luggage to have a pic with guesthouse as background when a nice voice of a kind woman in Japanese language that unintentionally pass through offering some help to take our picture, together as a full team. With no request, since we were not aware on her appearance. Arigatou.
See, under such circumstances when we're strangers at her country that woman voluntary offering help by taking picture for us. Its remind me to our first day in Japan when we walk towards Tsukiji Fish Market. There's an old man who kindly told us the direction including anything that are allowed and not allowed to do in the market. Even he leads us to the certain point to ensure that we're not going lost. Referring to my work experience with Japanese people, in a daily life motion Japanese people are really helpful and the most important point is we're taken those offering with no fear. Fear of being insult, ruin or being theft. Could you imagine if you have the same offering when you were in Indonesia, Thailand or maybe the most popular thieving city, Italy?
Leaving Asakubashi, first we're heading to Shinjuku to put our luggage at Coin Locker located inside Shinjuku Station. We have surveyed that there's some coin locker inside and decided to put ours at the locker located in front of Odakyu Sightseeing Centre since it has the easiest access to go out from the station and near to the cross roads towards Willer Express counter, the bus provider that lead us to Kyoto tonight.
First destination, Akihabara. Yups, maybe it was not only the largest electronic and manga shopping area. Souvenirs that you have many at Asakusa also available inside the giant store such as Laox, Yodobashi and many more. There's also AKB48 and Gundam Cafe near the exit gate of Akihabara Station. What interesting in here, there's a lot of Cafe-maid with a sexy-cute dress inviting you to have visit their Cafe. But sorry, no picture allowed.
Such a condition also applied for a pets and some items that i found out when we were hoping at Ueno park and Asakusa few days a go. First, Abang is not allowed to take a picture of a cute cat (abang thought) that belong to the old woman at Ueno Park. Second, i suddenly beat up on the back and my hand hardly dragged by old woman at Asakusa and she insisting to see our camera after i take a picture at Nakamise Street, Asakusa. Due to the high cost of pets maintenance in Japan (i don't know in detail actually), they don't want to share what they have with others. And that old woman in Asakusa thought that i have a picture with one of her flourish collection, i thought. She went off after see nothing in my camera. But what i do not like either is the way they forbid us. Dude, its so rude. Such a fact leave me a contra agony of what has happened previously.
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| Long Vacation (Love Symbol), Roppongi, Asahi TV - Pic by Fafa and Abang |
Roppongi Hills to me is a huge-high and luxurious building with a wonderful small roses park at the top and nice view of Tokyo. Yups, i said its wonderful roses since you've entering this park for the first time, those natural smell of roses got you to forget all of those perfumery or aroma teraphy that you ever have. A lot of modern culinary restaurant, Cafe, branded fashion also available here. While Asahi TV, is a Japan TV station that broadcasting Doraemon, Crayon Sinchan, Go go rangers and many more Japan Kids program. Its located close to the Roppongi Hills, just take a lift to the ground floor and there's a hub that connecting Roppongi to Asahi TV. Inside this station, there's some exhibit of Doraemon and other figures of Kids Program that displayed for visitor such as Big Doraemon Hug, Singing hall of Giant and friends, Pump-up race with Doraemon cast as present, and many more. A souvenir shop available at the entrance. Good news is we can enjoy those thing both in Roppongi and Asahi TV for free.
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| S-h-i-b-u-y-a (Pic by : Fafa) |
And last, we go to the Hachiko memorial park at Shibuya. Its only a small statue of Hachiko located in the center of Shibuya. We only have a random picture since there were very crowded. Be here in the morning to avoid such a situation. The interesting moment here is seeing people even joining them crossing the most crowded crossing street in the world!!! Hahah, awesome. And no criminal happened. We also have experiencing Japanese photo booth that quite interesting. It made up your face become "so not that into you" hahaha..imagine that we have all day out and we can have our pic in our best.
Hint: visit Emy's note to see that pic.
And finally we have to say Sayonara Tokyo....
For the other dimension of this trip have been well-written by Fafa and Emy at the following link:
Emy :http://milimileage.blogspot.com/2012/08/malam-mingguan-di-tokyojapan-trip-part-4.html
Fafa : http://faridahudanti.blogspot.com/2012/07/25-yrs-7-impossible-days.html
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