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The third and final stop on our third day in Tokyo was at Seaside Top Observatory Deck. This is, by far, my favorite stop out of our entire six-day trip. It felt as if I had all of Tokyo in arm’s length. From the street market, Ameyayokocho, we took some time to go back to […]
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The first stop for our third day in Tokyo was a visit to Yamashiroya Toy Store because we couldn’t get enough of toys from last night’s trip to Akihabara. Yamashiroya is a 5-storey toy store filled with all kinds of Japanese and Western pop culture merchandises. It’s small, but jam-packed with goodies for any otaku, regular […]
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June 18, 2018: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Osaka and its neighbouring prefectures in Japan during the morning rush hour (just before 8AM in Japan), killing at least five people and injuring as much as 340 (NHK). For a tourist in Japan, it might be a shock to encounter an earthquake during your stay. Since […]
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I swear, my legs were killing me by then, but what does it matter? From Tokyo Skytree, Akihabara, also known as anime and electronics central, was the next stop for us. I’ve been seeing the place on TV since I was in elementary and I was finally there. Akihabara is Tokyo’s otaku hub with displays of recognizable anime characters […]
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From Sensoji Temple earlier that day, we could see the iconic Tokyo Skytree looming in the background. Plus, that’s my mom, dad, and bro in the pic below too. Tokyo Skytree, along with Tokyo Tower, the red tower similar to France’s Eiffel, are the two most famous viewing decks in Tokyo, although there are dozens of other […]
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Legend says that two men brought a statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, out of the Sumida River, but the statue returned to the river afterwards. In remembrance of the incident, Sensoji temple was built in honor of Kannon, which is why it is also known as the Asakusa Kannon Temple. It is the […]
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The only thing that I’m not very keen about whenever we go abroad is the upcoming flight to and fro. I’m very particular about my comfortability and entertainment to be able to spend hours in the sky awake (I’d rather not sleep because I can never find a good position while sitting up). As soon […]
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Hurray for clear skies and sunny weather! In the previous post, in our first night at Tokyo, it rained really hard that our luggage got wet. We were relieved to wake up the next day with no sign of the storm at all. Thank God! My family and I decided to spend our first morning […]
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What started out as a spur of the moment decision three months earlier boiled down to six days of absolute kawaii and sugoi adventures in Tokyo. I’ve been a nerd for Japanese culture since I was little, even reading Dad’s old and brown book about Japanese etiquette in my elementary days. So can you imagine how a trip to […]
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