Japan-Reporting!

yo!

managed to get another hour at the lan cafe again. btw, internet here is expensive..i`m not sure about tokyo, but over in kyoto it`s about 710yen for an hour, which translates to slightly less than 7 dollars...yepp, so it`s a good idea to bring that laptop if you want to bring it...

kyoto is a really different city from japan...if i could use 2 words to describe tokyo it would be: concrete jungle. it`s amazing how there are so many buildings and so many things to see and do and shop and explore, i doubt 7 days can cover the tip of the iceberg..but Kyoto is the opposite of the complicated mess that is tokyo... it`s a haven of calm, of serenity...even in downtown kyoto, you feel that people here lead a brisk life. there are quite a few people here who wear kimonos and walk with slow, relaxed steps.. and damn it, there are so many school students here haha..

i don`t think i`ll ever get sick of life here, no matter how many times i go...

here`s a quick description (form the man himself) on some of the places I visited in Tokyo:

Shibuya: amazingly big...there`s good stuff to be found on the streets here instead of the big departmental stores...oh i forgot to mention, shoes in general are cheaper here than in Singapore (but not the leather kinds) this is pretty much a shoppers haven.

Shinjuku: like shibuya, but messier..their red light district is here as well i think.

Roppongi: the prime estate of Tokyolites (like our Orchard rd) ..only the wealthiest live here (most tokyolites live in the subhurbs of tokyo) ..there`s a famous art gallery and a sky deck where you can see almost all of tokyo, really nice stuff. TV asahi is based here, so you can take their studio tour and see what`s coming up (i was waiting to see if any famous actress would pop out of the building or sth)

It`s not really safe in Roppongi at night, `cause there are quite a few xiao hei who try to ask for some money and act fierce.

Harajuku: the bugis of tokyo...yep, i saw the weird teens dressed in cosplay and stuff, there are LOADS of them at yoyogi park. What`s nice are the buskers there, they play quite nice music, i`d love to sit and listen to them if not for my ma and pa who wants to go see the temple there. It`s basically the teen centre of Tokyo.

anyway, here`s my Tokyo flickr gallery...more to come soon!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33029657@N06/show/with/3079793784/


Josh