Sony building and shopping central.
I been travelling since end of June and the trip actually began in New York as my own celebration for finishing my degree. Honestly what a way to celebrate, I fell in love in NY and I can't get enough of it. Anyone reading this, give me a visa, job in NY please. Designer here!
Anyways, getting back to my point, so there I met a lovely guy who has been travelling for a year and somehow after a few months he's ending his trip in Japan so here I am meeting up with him and seeing kenza.
I def don't have the money to be shopping here but window shopping and seeing some amazing window displays is still pretty good. And for all you tech livers, there's the Sony building, not a fan of Sony, just go anyway, go get up to date with the upcoming tech, try it out and play away! They honestly don't mind at all. Plus everyone I mean EVERYONE is so nice.
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I'm so excited about Tokyo. It's going to be weird being in a place so modern after being in so many traditional places. Also going to meet a friend of mine that I met in NY, which would be lovely.
For now here's some sushi.
For now here's some sushi.
Tsukiji Fish Market
Famous for its 5am Tuna sales, the crowd, the market and the SUSHI!
My god this blog is turning into foodporn, I really should be fat for the amount of food I have been eating on this trip. Anyway, don't really need a description except that the sushi was amazing, the most amazing thing was they make it right in front of you and you just can't imagine how fast they are!
Famous for its 5am Tuna sales, the crowd, the market and the SUSHI!
My god this blog is turning into foodporn, I really should be fat for the amount of food I have been eating on this trip. Anyway, don't really need a description except that the sushi was amazing, the most amazing thing was they make it right in front of you and you just can't imagine how fast they are!
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Beautiful day seeing the famous Nagoya Castle and its palaces, eating a lot and then heading up a mountain.
You might recognise it as the Japanese castle with the green roof, either way it is defiantly something to go to Nagoya for. It's pretty impressive inside and out.
The view you get from the top floor of the castle can look out onto the city for miles, obviously won't be as impressive as a bird's eye view of Tokyo on the Sky Tree but it's really beautiful to see that the castle still remains in a modern city.
The view you get from the top floor of the castle can look out onto the city for miles, obviously won't be as impressive as a bird's eye view of Tokyo on the Sky Tree but it's really beautiful to see that the castle still remains in a modern city.
It seems we also came at the right time, there was some kind of plant competition going on and I got to see some amazing bonsai trees with flowers!
After a busy morning and afternoon seeing Nagoya, I had some more green tea ice cream and headed off to Kawanehon-cho, which is up the mountain. Took 4 hours to get there and up those horrible curvy upwards road.
Kawanehon-cho located in the middle of nowhere is a little village full of hot springs for locals and occasionally tourists to enjoy.
The little hot springs hotel that I stayed in called Miyama was traditional and full of locals, so local that no one spoke any english but it was lovely and homely. The food provided was never ending and so yummy. All the foods cooked was local produce which made it even better. With no internet, it is so peaceful and quiet. It's definitely a place you would head off to to relax and forget about your busy life.
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