Yurakucho Winter Illumination 2011-12
Time for new Christmas illumination, this time around Yurakucho Station in Tokyo. This is one of the smaller ones, advertised
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Tokyo Illumination: Ebisu – Baccarat Eternal Lights
The Baccarat Eternal Lights is an annual illumination festival at the Yebisu Garden Place. The Garden Place can be reached
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TEPCO Electric Energy Museum
Energy companies along with financial institutes and insure companies have probably a worse public image. TEPCO is no exception –
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Night walk in Nakano and Don Quijote at 2am
Don Quijote is infamous for being a crammed shop that sells almost anything. Need a new bike, 2kg rice, sex
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Giant Gundam Statue is returning to Tokyo
Gundam is a cultural phenomenon in Japan and sells figures, video games and manga. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of
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When Construction Workers Wake Up
It’s perfectly safe to take a nice stroll at 3 in the morning in Tokyo – for the most part
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Senso-ji at Night (Asakusa Kannon Temple)
I recommend coming to Sensoji Temple in Asakusa at least twice: in the afternoon and in the evening. Due to
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Bandai Heroes – Ultraman and the Penguin
I love walking at night in Tokyo – there’s so much to discover. After re-visiting Tokyo Tower, I went back
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Vegetarian restaurant Govinda’s in Nakano
Nakano Station is only five minutes away from Shinjuku via the Chuo Rapid Line. The area around the station is
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Mellow Cat Cafe in Kichijoji
On my trip to various places in Tokyo that I love, I went to Inokashira Park and the Mellow Cafe.
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How to get to Camera Cabaret Toy Camera store in Tokyo
How to find that store? Camera Cabaret is the main shop of SuperHeadz, a Japanese manufacturer of toy cameras. The craze about these cameras is largely fueled by Lomography and SuperHeadz.
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