Cherry Blossom Spot in Tokyo

-vol.1 ：Ueno Park Early April

A few steps from Ueno Station, admission free Illumination 2016: 3/19 to 4/10, 17:30 to 20:00

One of Japan's most crowded, noisy and popular spots for cherry blossom parties, Ueno Park features more than 1000 trees along the street leading towards the National Museum and around Shinobazu Pond. Ueno Park's blossoms typically open 1-3 days ahead of the blossoms in other spots in the city.

The Most Beautiful View of Tokyo and Fuji

Though one of the shorter observation decks in Tokyo, Bunkyo Civic Center's central location offers impressive views of Mount Fuji behind the skyscrapers of the Shinjuku District on one side, and the Tokyo Skytree on the other. The free observation deck can be found on the 25th floor of the building, while the lower floors house the offices of Bukyo city ward. Immediately below the civic center is Tokyo Dome City and Koishikawa Korakuen.

Bunkyo Civic Center

Hours: 9:00 to 20:30 Closed: 3rd Sunday in May, December 29 to January 3 Admission: Free Deck Height: About 130 meters

Value Bus Tour :cheaper than visiting by public transportation

"NY Apple"-like tourists bus in Tokyo is the Hato-Bus.

They have a lot of tours everyday but you won't feel much merit in using the tourist bus to get to easy access land marks.But for certain sopts to see, the Hato-Bus is the best way to go.


The valuable route they offer is:

  "Tokyo One-Hour Tour on Open Top Bus / Panolamic Tokyo"

 Route:
Tokyo Station-Imperial Palace-National Diet Building-Tokyo Tower-Rainbow Bridge-Odaiba-Odaiba Ferris Wheel-Ginza
    
 These spots are very famous but you do not need to enter inside, so you can save time to experiencce deeply in other sights.
  And you can access free wi-fi on the bus.

   Adult 1,600 yen
   Child (4-11 years) 800 yen

   for more imformation, visit Hato Bus Official HP

Gundam Cafe in Akihabara : an Out-of-This-World Experience

Located just a few strides from the Electric Town exit of JR Akihabara Station,
Gundam Café offers an interesting adventure and a relaxing space for famished adventure-lovers, both locals and tourists alike.
With the futuristic interior design, you will enjoy an out-of-this-world experience as you let the ambience take you to the imaginative world of Gundam Wings.



The café creates this atmosphere with a profusion of Gundam-inspired decorations and delectable original dishes, and you can allow yourself to get lost in your anime-packed imagination.
Friendly receptionists clad in brilliant-colored anime uniforms welcome hungry customers with a salute and an accommodating smile.
You can indulge yourself in their very own robotic menu, with dishes garnished according to the Gundam robot of your choice.
So who says you can not have fun while eating?
Both children and adults can enjoy eating and playing with their toy-like finger food at the same time; it will satisfy their hunger, along with their creative imagination, due to the café’s variety of Gundam-themed meals.

A bowl of curry decorated with robot-cut vegetable garnishing costs around ¥1200, with additional toppings costing from ¥50 to ¥100.
 A bowl of salad and other appetizers, depending on your choice, ranges from ¥430 to ¥630.
For drinks, legal aged customers can quench their thirst with their original Gundam-themed cocktails served from 5:00pm until closing time.


If you are also looking for something to take home to your family, Gundam Café provides souvenir food and snacks that can not be bought anywhere else, like the Gundam robots-shaped manju and the

Satisfying your appetite won’t ever be any distraction from your child-like fantasy when you can both eat and play with Gundam Wings.

 

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The shop which attract global fasion desiners! ...but these are blue workers uniform in Japan.

Mannen-ya  in Nishi-Shinjyuku


Foregn celebrities bypass the famed streets of Ginza for a chance to at Mannen-ya.
Located not in Ginza or Aoyama but in Nishi-Shinjyuku Station.
It's not exactry high fasion.
In fact, the look is basic blue collar uniform. But that's exactly what draws the likes of fasion designers like Jean-Paul Gaultier and Walter Van Beirendonck.
They find the jikatabi ( split-toed heavy cloth shoes) and 5 toed socks to be "novel designs", and prefer Mannen-ya to the high fasion boutiques of the city...

Mannen-ya is located behind the Shinjyuku Park Tower.

Adress:
8-2 3Chome, Nishishinjyuku, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023

 

 

The biggest MUJI store in Tokyo

It was obvious to everyone that no one outside Japan was ever going to shop somewhere called Mujirushiryouhin.
So when the firt overseas store opened in London over ten years ago, it dropped more than half its name to become simply Muji. Back home, the low-price leader in everything for the home and fashion for everyone has grown into an institution eith 5300 items. the Yurakucho mega-store has over 100 employees and agreat cafe.

 

 

Adress:Infos Yurakucho 2-3F, 3-8-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005

Phone:+81-03-5208-8241

【How to get there?】
You can find the store soon after you go out from
  the Keiyo Gate of the JR Yurakucho station, or
  the Gate D9 of the Yurakucho subway station.




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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.