Transportation -Narita to Tokyo

Welcom to Japan!
How do yo reach to Tokyo after you arrived at Narita International Airport?
My recommendation is N'EX(Narita Express).

Other transportations???
 -taxi...easy but toooooo expensive! it's gonna be more than 25,000JPY.
 -bus...cheep (anout 1500JPY) but tooooo slow! it's takes more than 1.5hours.
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ABOUT N'EX

This express has very clean cars and very rapid.
   from Narita to Tokyo---＞ 4000JPY / about 40minutes / operated every 30minutes





















　　*check details of N'EX
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Where is the train station in the Narita Airport?  How can we get tickets?

 1. Follw "Railways" sign and go down stairs from the arrival lobby.

2. Go to a red counter.
     There are automatis ticketing macines.  You chan choose English display.

3.Go thruogh under red sign and move on to automatic examinarion of tickets.
 
4.Ride on!
    *Make sure car number and seat number on your ticket because all seats are reserved.
 
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　If you have a lot of stuffs to carry, or If  you are not going directry to your hotel,
   home delivery servise is very useful! 
   -from Narita to hotels in Tokyo: you can get your sending stuffs before the night !

See Here: http://guide-japan.blogspot.jp/2016/01/baggage-derivery-service-from-airport.html

Best 100 Shops in Tokyo

These shops below are published on the web site "Time Out Tokyo" which is Tokyo local guide
for Japanese, as the best 100 shops in Tokyo.

Now, I try to introduce some of these which are good not only for Japanese but also for visitors translated into English piecemeal.

Please excuse me to late update because I'm full time worker :-P
PAGES ALREADY TLANSLATED ARE SHOWED RED WORDS. 
 

◆Central Tokyo
high sensibity fasion
・DELTA / in Yoyogi-Uehara
・THE CONTEMPORARY FIX  / in Omote-Sando
・SUPER A MARKET / in Omote-Sando
・ICON / in Omote-Sando
・LAILA TOKIO　/  in Aoyama
・XANADU TOKYO　/ in Aoyama
・the POOL aoyama / in Aoyama
・BLOOM & BRANCH / in Aoyama
・TOGA HARAJUKU STORE / in Harajyuku
・DIGAWEL　/ in Nakameguro
・The Monocle Shop / in Shibuya
・White Mountaineering / in Daikanyama
luxually fasion
・GYRE / in Aoyama
vintage fasion
・Eva Fasion Art /  in Daikanyama
・Grimoire /  in Shibuya
・GARDEN / in Shibuya
・sister / in Shibuya
・N id / in Shibuya
mass (casual) fasion
 ・International Gallery BEAMS　/  in Harajyuku
・SHIBUYA 109 /  in Shibuya
・CANDY / in Shibuya
・PARCO/  in Shibuya
・12XU　/ in Yoyogi-Uehara
・CHRISTOPHER NEMETH　/ in Omote-Sando\\
formal fasion
・Adam et Rope WILD LIFE TAILOR MARUNOUCHI / in Marunouchi
・SURR by LAILA / in Omote-Sando
unique fasion
・Mannen-ya /  in Shinjyuku
・6% DOKIDOKI / in Harajyuku
department store
・Isetan / in Shinjyuku
・Hankyu Mens Tokyo / in Yurakucho
secondhand shop
・PASS THE BATON OMOTESANDO　/ in Omote-Sando
・Negla / in Sendagi
・TORO / in Shibuya
・LABORATORY BERBERJIN R / in Harajyuku
・Father's Goffa X / in Harajyuku
variety shop
・RECTOHALL / in Yebis
・TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS / in Harajyuku
・HYPER MARKET / in Harajyuku
・notoria. / in Harajyuku
・BEST PACKING STORE / in Naka-Meguro
・1LDK apartments. / in Naka-Meguro
・Biotop / in Shirogane-dai
・MUJI / in Yurakucho
・7×7 / in Shibuya
・STUDIOUS MENS / in Shibuya
・Tokyu Hands　/  in Shibuya
・LOFT / in Shibuya
・IMA CONCEPT STORE / in Roppongi
・onSundays　/ in Gaien-mae
・Bingo-ya / in Waseda
・SOUVENIR FROM TOKYO / in Nogizaka
・Oriental Bazzar / in Omote-Sando
stationaries shop
・POSTALCO / in Shibuya
・PAPIER LABO./ in Harajyuku
"otaku" (nerd) shop
・Sanko Rare Goods Shop / in Akihabara
・Akihabara Radio Hall / in Akihabara
interior shop
・The Conran Shop / in Shinjyuku
・TODAY’S SPECIAL JIYUGAOKA / in Aoyama
・Cibone / in Gaien-mae
・HOTEL EMANON / in Shibuya
grocery store
・Natural House / in Omote-Sando
・Hiroo Natural Mart / in Hiroo
book store
・TSUTAYA Daikanyama / in Daikanyama
・POST / in Yebis
・NADiff a/p/a/r/t / in Yebis
・BOOKMARC  / in Harajyuku
・twelvebooks / in Harajyuku
・Komiyama-Shoten / in Jimbocho
・Kinokuniya / in Shinjyuku
specialty shop
-music CDs ・Tower Recirds / in Shibuya
-music records  ・HMV record shop / in Shibuya
-music records  ・JAZZY SPORT MUSIC SHOP TOKYO / in Gakugei-daigaku
-music records  ・BIG LOVE / in Harajyuku
-music records  ・Disk Union / in Shinjyuku
-chopsticks ・Natsuno / in Ginza
-Japanese tableware  ・La Ronde d’Argile / in Ichigaya
-photogragh collection　 ・ shelf / in Harajyuku
-earphone ・e earphone / in Akihabara
-adult goods　 ・M's: Pop Life sex department store / in Akihabara


◆Old Tokyo
stationaries shop
・KAKIMORI  / in Asakusa
variety shop
・100 yen Shop DAISO / in Kinshicho
specialty shop
-knif  ・Kama-Asa Shoten / in Asakusa
-chopsticks ・MIKURA / in Asakusa
-Japanese tableware  ・TAGAMA / in Asakusa
-cloth materials  ・TOMATO  / in Nippori
-"sumo" goods  ・Takahashi / in Ryogoku

◆North Tokyo
secondhand shop
・NICO　/ in Kichijyoji
variety shop
・Roundabout  / in Kichijyoji
・BLACK BRICK / in Kichijyoji
book store
・Hyaku-nen / in Kichijyoji
◆Nakano
variety shop
・Nakano Lopeway  / in Nakano
toy shop
・Gaocchi / in Nakano
"otaku" (nerd) shop
・Nakano Broadway / in Nakano

◆Setagaya
variety shop
・WIND AND SEA / in Sakura-Shinmachi
book store
・Honya B&B / in Shimokitazawa
specialty shop
-music records  ・DISC SHOP ZERO / in Shimokitazawa
-music records  ・JET SET / in Shimokitazawa

Overview of Tokyo Suburbs

 

East Many suburban wards, including Adachi, where one can visit one of Kanto's Three Great Temples: Nishi-arai Daishi, Katsushika, known for the charming Showa-era atmosphere of Shibamata and Edogawa, a quiet eastern suburb.

North Includes the suburban wards of Kita, Itabashi and the quieter northern Nerima, which contains some of the 23 wards' last remaining farmland.

Nakano Home to the otaku paradise known as Nakano Broadway.

Ota Half industrial complex, half upscale residential area.

Setagaya An upscale residential area that houses the student drinking spot of Shimokitazawa as well as the newly revitalized shopping centers of Futako-Tamagawa.

Suginami Typical Tokyo suburb stretching along the Chuo Line.

Map of Old Tokyo

Old Tokyo (Shitamachi)

Sumida (Ryogoku) Home of the Edo-Tokyo Museum and Tokyo's main sumo arena (Ryogoku Kokugikan), both in Ryogoku.

Taito (Asakusa, Ueno) The heart of Old Tokyo featuring the temples of Asakusa and National Museums in Ueno.

Bunkyo Home to Tokyo Dome and the University of Tokyo.

Koto Famous for Kameido Tenjin and former woodland in Kiba, but now known for its many new public apartment complexes.

Arakawa Home to Tokyo's last original tram line.

Map of Central Tokyo

Chiyoda (Akihabara) The seat of Japanese power (both political and economic) that includes the Imperial Palace, the Ministries near Kasumigaseki, the Parliament in Nagatacho, the corporate headquarters of Marunouchi, and the electronics mecca of Akihabara.

Chuo (Ginza) Also includes the famed department stores of the Ginza and the fish markets of Tsukiji.

Minato (Akasaka, Shinbashi, Roppongi, Odaiba, Shiodome) Including the business centers of Akasaka and Shinbashi and the neighbouring nightclub district of Roppongi, the port district (at least in name) which includes the artificial island of Odaiba, the skyscrapers of Shiodome.

Shinjuku Home to luxury hotels, giant camera stores, futuristic skyscrapers, hundreds of shops and restaurants, and Kabukicho, Tokyo's wildest nightlife and red-light district.

Shibuya (Harajuku, Ebisu) The fashionable shopping district which also encompasses the teenybopper haven of Harajuku (also home to the Meiji Shrine) and the nightlife of Ebisu

Shinagawa (Gotanda) A major train hub and business center, including Gotanda.

Toshima (Ikebukuro) Including Ikebukuro, another giant train hub.

Meguro A residential area with a few nice parks and museums.

Map of Tokyo - Easy to Understand Overview

to see maps and overview information of each area click below:
 Central / Old /  East / North / Nakano / Suginami / Setagaya / Ota