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π 2025-04-10 01:01 in Japan, Japan2025, Ntrips
This Japan trip was meant to be for festivals in Takyama (Japanese Alps Area), and then Nikko, both happened to have fun yearly festivals around the time of this trip.

So, things started in Tokyo. I picked Shinjuku since it's nearby most things I cared about. The first day was really just the end of the day, but enough to go out for dinner and walk around:


meat is not cheap in Japan but it's very good
meat is not cheap in Japan but it's very good

Then a quick walk through Golden Gai and its streets filled with little bars;



And random things in the streets that are fun:


unfortunately the original robot restaurant is dead. The new one is nowhere close
unfortunately the original robot restaurant is dead. The new one is nowhere close



Next morning, went to the MET, thinking it we could go up somewhere by 08:30, but the information was confusing and we'd only be allowed up at 09:30, which was too late due to a reservation at Shibuya Sky at 10:00:


So, not much of a view at MET before you can go to the top (it's free, but opened too late that morning), however, there was time to go walk though Yoyo-ji on the way to Shibuya Sky:









Tnen, it was finally time for Shibuya Sky, which does require reservations weeks in advance. I found it nice and fun to visit, but probably overhyped and not worth the headaches to try and get a last minute timeslot:





Yoyo-ji Park
Yoyo-ji Park

Shibuya crossing
Shibuya crossing


Mario Karts :)
Mario Karts :)

Didn't realize there was a google building nextdoor ;)
Didn't realize there was a google building nextdoor ;)








A few pictures from lower down before going back to Shibuya crossing:




It was then fun to go visit Takeshita Street:




Yum
Yum





One fun thing in Takeshita Street, are all the animal cafés:



There were also nearby fancy dog cafés:









After cute animal overload, went to visit Gyoen National Garden, which was beautiful during cherry blossom season:















Then, it was time to go back to Shinjuku for the Ninja Show:










Then back around Shinjuku to find dinner:



yummy teppanyaki
yummy teppanyaki



For day #2, took a cab towards Odaiba to save time over public transport:



Went back to Maraikan, which is still an inteeresting and unusual science museum:








The park outside had plenty of pretty tulips:






Then, we got to diver city shopping mall:





And the Unko museum:






Then more walking around the area:




And found another animal café, there:







More about Odaiba Animal Cafe Here

Inside the mall, lots more shops and fun museums, didn't have time for them all:


At that time, I got the great news that we could go to Teamlab Borderless (my online ticket chagne, was approved, so it made sense to cut things short a bit and head towards the Mori buidling for Teamlabs:







And then time for a yummy sushi dinner:






A quick walk through Ginza from there:



And that was it for Tokyo, next morning was a bus to Takayama


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