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Thanks. I found Shinjuku great too, very easy to get anywhere, so much to just walk around and see. I didn't really research where to stay I just went with the hotel suggestion online and was really happy with it. And Harajuku/Omotesando was my fave area too, I went there three times. It's just so chill despite all the people. I was fascinated by how polite everything and people are, they lock their bikes up but they don't lock them to anything as they do here if they did that here people would just walk away with the whole thing.
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started at Shinjuku station and checked out the south and I assume west area of the station, I had no sense of direction there.

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ended up in Ikebukuro, an area known for anime, there is also a Pokemon Mega centre at Sunshine Hills, a shopping complex.
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You see these little carts being pushed around, they are for a parcel delivery company, I was surprised that they would just leave the cart on the street as they went inside a building.
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Pokemon
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Japan Cola. All drinks are cheap in Tokyo. 129 Yen is about $1.57 Canadian. There are some stores where a 600ml bottle of pop or whatever is 78Yen or 95 cents Canadian, vending machines were about 100 Yen. In Canada we pay about $2.99 at a corner store for the same thing, sometimes they offer 2 for $4.

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Sunshine city has some nice outdoor areas with gardens and seating.

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inside is a typical shopping mall
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Animal cafes are quite popular
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Shimokitazawa. It is the Bohemian area of Tokyo. Lots of indie shops, vintage clothing shops, cafes, I wasn't there at night but is known for its live music venues, there are 21 night clubs in the area with live music etc. I was there on a saturday and it can get crowded.

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the rail station is just to the right, it seems to have been recently renovated. There are at least 3 levels of trains here.
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I don't know what was going on here
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just outside/out front of the station
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possibly named after Robson Street in Vancouver
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Train platform
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every once in a while a vehicle would drive down this street
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Things like this were just out in the open, these would have been stolen or something if it were like this here in Vancouver
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a restaurant
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inside a department store in Shinjuku. Coleman seems like a trendy brand in Japan.
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Old Posted Jun 28, 2019, 9:19 AM
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Shinjuku
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During rush hour some cars are for women only as there are problems with women being groped on the crowded trains.
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Roppongi, is known as a lively entertainment district, for a saturday evening it was completely dead. I wanted to check out Roppongi Hills, a large complex with some towers and a shopping complex which wasn't all that interesting. It is apparently popular with Americans as there are many top hotels there and a lot of hip hop clubs.

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Tokyo Tower
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There is a Hard Rock Cafe/Tony Romas hidden in a back side street, there was no sign of any people other than a few shoppers at the store which is in a separate building
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Shinjuku in the distance
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nice view from Roppongi Hills
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the movie theatre was dead
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It was pretty much all high end shops with a Zara
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Ginza. It's very upscale, clean, more international in feel. There is no smoking allowed in public, they do not have smoking areas like all the rest of Tokyo has. There are some bars or cafes that may allow it.

Hermes has an entrance in the subway underground with a doorman. I didn't take a pic of it.
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Sony park.Sits in the spot where Sony had a building.
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The Hermes store is enormous. I don't know how much is for retail as I never went inside.
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Tokyu Plaza, houses 125 restaurants and shops and a rooftop terrace. I never went inside though.
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Any luxury high end designer brand that exists seems to have a store or maybe two in Ginza.
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Chanel - they had another store a few blocks away, but this one was pretty cool looking
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A little more restrained here compared to Shinjuku or Shibuya etc.
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One of the main retail streets is closed to cars every Sunday I believe.
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One of the department stores in Ginza
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People were getting their pictures taken while they could sit inside a police car
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Another Chanel store
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Mikimoto, famous for inventing cultured pearls
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small construction site
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they had some concept cars inside the Nissan building
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doesn't come across in photos but the doors had video in them
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A video showing off the car I found on youtube
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GU is a fast fashion chain owned by Uniqlo
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Inside some of the glass blocks at Hermes are little dioramas
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Inside Ginza 6
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Ginza 6 has a great rooftop garden observation area
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Large Uniqlo
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view from inside Itoya, a multilevel stationary shop, there are some pens that sell for 10's of thousands
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Kabuki-za Theatre, the principal theatre for Kabuki in Tokyo
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All the parts are played by males
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a view from inside part of the complex
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You can buy tickets for one act, which is about 15 minutes long, we had to stand. I can't say I could sit through an entire 4 hour play but it was neat to see.
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Everything has a mascot, this is one for the police
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A mascot for a cell phone company
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this is the city next to Ginza called Minato City. Ginza is part of Chuo City.
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You can catch a train, that runs on wheels, to Odaiba.
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The Rainbow Bridge
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There is an observation deck in this building, but it was closed already for the day
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Odaiba is on artificial island on land that was reclaimed or filled in
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Life sized Unicorn Gundam, there is also a replica of the statue of liberty here but never got to see it
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Akihabara, sometimes known as nerd town. Known for its maid cafes, electronics stores, toys and anime stuff

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a number of animal cafes
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mystery bags, full of figurines etc
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Shinjuku, on the other side of the station and tracks

A little lane filled with places to eat
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This side is more office and business skyscraper district
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There is an observation spot at the Tokyo Metropolitan building. There are actually two, one in the South Tower and one in the North Tower. One of them closes early like around 5 pm, the other one stays open until 10 or 11 pm. The views are great

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one of those towers is famous for being where the Lost in Translation bar is (from the movie)
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there is a souvenir shop in the middle
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At a restaurant that is underneath the elevated roadway at Shinjuku Station
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Diane Keaton has a TV commercial
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Kawagoe, a suburb city 31km NW of Tokyo with a population of 350,000. The day I went was a crazy rainy day so I got there and decided not to go to see the old town as it was just too wet. I wandered around the town area near the station.

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DescriptionKawagoe is a Japanese city northwest of Tokyo. An Edo-period castle town, it’s known for its old clay warehouses and merchant homes, called Kurazukuri. Traditional Japanese sweet shops line Meiji-era Candy Alley. Kita-in, a major Buddhist temple, features remnants of the former Edo Castle. On the temple grounds are the Gohyaku Rakan group of more than 500 stone statues of Buddha’s disciples.
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Pastry in Japan is quite amazing
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I used a different station to go back and ended up going a completely different direction lol so I ended up in another suburban city called Tokorozawa that has a population of 330,000. I didn't see much as I only got out and walked around the station so I could change trains to get back into Tokyo. I also got on some different train at Kawagoe cause google maps isn't always helpful and I had to pay cash on the train but it was faster than the other train and thats how I ended up in Tokorozawa.

not much to see from the train
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The station has a shopping centre attached to it
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I made it to Ikebukuro and saw this cool looking train
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It was some premium service and had really large windows and comfy looking seats from what I could see
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