Timziito Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Hai guys!I am going to Tokyo in 3 weeks, if anyone here has been to Tokyo please hook me up with some Tips ;DBest regardsTim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightMonk Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) Take toiletpaper with you, I heard.That is ,when you have to take public toilets. Edited July 4, 2015 by LightMonk Timziito 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyvyrias Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Watch enough anime to be prepared.It could differ from real life experience though. Timziito 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlich Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Complete Guide to Japanese Convenience StoresJapan Guide for the same thingWhy convenience stores? Best value for food when you just gotta have something to eat.Bento, Bento, Bento!! Timziito 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Get a train pass BEFORE you go. As most stations are privately owned. The pass (only open to foreigners) you can get will bypass awkward situations that leave you pulled from the train to play charades. Also don't forget the blowjob bars, Soapland and sex clubs! All legal social norms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ycodryn Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Buy there a car, have some money for tuning and go win a race or two :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timziito Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 Get a train pass BEFORE you go. As most stations are privately owned. The pass (only open to foreigners) you can get will bypass awkward situations that leave you pulled from the train to play charades. Also don't forget the blowjob bars, Soapland and sex clubs! All legal social norms.I am not going to travel all over Japan, i will only be in tokyo the first time ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) I am not going to travel all over Japan, i will only be in tokyo the first time ;D http://i.imgur.com/oyFOuak.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway And stay out of the tall grass unless you want to catch pokemon. Edited July 5, 2015 by Genesis Timziito and Perditor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perditor Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) http://i.imgur.com/oyFOuak.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway And stay out of the tall grass unless you want to catch pokemon.That's the most ridiculously awesome transit map that I've ever seen. Makes me envious, I have to drive 30 miles in any direction to go anywhere where I live. Edited July 5, 2015 by Perditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valenquo Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Tokyo can look huge, but actually it is a super easy city to visit by foot, there is just so much of it! KEY POINTS: - There are three main public transit systems (and a whole lot of smaller ones) - JR Lines (local Train) - Tokyo Metro - Tozai Line I personally love the JR trains the best, especially the Yamanote Line (lime green circle line) as it takes you to all the key places around Tokyo. With a JR pass you can ride those trains for free during your whole trip. Because I had that, I don't really know how the local fairs work. Tokyo Metro is also pretty well established all over the city, but trips take a bit longer since it stops more often. the Tozai line fills the places where you can't find either the Tokyo Metro or JR trains. Usually, if you stick to hubs, JR is the best. - Convenience stores, as mentioned by Gremlich, are the best. And Seven Eleven is the best of them! Food is good. Great choice of over the counter fried food, sealed food and fresh food. Rice Balls, aka. Onigiri, are great Japanese snacks. They come in all forms and tastes from omelette to fish, are easy to carry around in your bag for a few hours, and fill you with much needed energy. More importantly, 7/Eleven are some of the few places in Japan with ATMs that accept foreign cards (Post office being the other sure place). And remeber: Cash is king in Japan, always have cash around, and with low criminality, don't be afraid to have lots of it. So remember, Always look for 7/Eleven signs when you are a bit hungry, thirsty or short of cash. - Keep your guide close to you. The amount of English in Tokyo is pretty amazing (even for signs meant for locals), but when you hit that Kanji sign, it is nice to have some back up. Personally I had a 3G router from http://japan-wireless.com/. Picked it up at Narita airport, and dropped it there at the end of my trip for 24/7 internet. Great with Google Goggles and Google Maps (which plots all the routes with color code, Japanese and English names). Tokyo is huge, but places are pretty condensed within their areas. Shinjuku to Tokyo Station can take an hour by train, but when at one of the central hubs, there are days worth of stuff to do just at walking distance. The circles above are my recommended day trips (one circle = one day) Those are just the key places that you can visit, you will still need to read about them individually to find out what you can do and what you want to do. But the most touristy areas mentioned here. Blue Circle: Shinjuku, Harajuku, Shibuya. - Shinjuku: Start the day going to the top of Tokyo Metropolitan tower to see Tokyo (and if lucky Mt. Fuji). Free entrance :-) Shinjuku has also quite a lively night life (one of the more "seedy" parts of Tokyo) with lots of bars and night entertainment. - Then walk down towards Harajuku. Enjoy Yoyogi park and the Meiji shrine before hitting Harajuku proper. I think you have to be there at 5-6pm to really enjoy the eclectic ambiance of the area. Lots of shops, but they are just as good for window shopping and the like. - After that you walk down to Shibuya, when it is dark with all its crazy billboards it truly is an amazing place. It is a big shopping district with some bars, restaurants and the like. Nice place to end the walk, and not as seedy as Shinjuku. Yes you can walk from Shinjuku to Shibuya. Walking straight would take about an hour. Green Circle: Toyko - Shinbashi. - Start at Tokyo station, and go to the imperial palace. It is a park, so just walk around and enjoy the sights. - Behind (or a tad under) Tokyo Station there is Ginza, a high end shopping area, with the Sony Center, and lots of fancy shops and the likes. stroll down towards Shinbashi. - Shinbashi is a CBD, tons of restaurants meant for the salarymen for lunsj or after work. Also a lot of small bars and restaurants are built directly under the train rails, pretty cool sights. - From there you can head south east and visit the Hama rikyu guarden. - South of it is Takeshida Pier and promenade. - Heading back west and you will find Zozo-Ji a beautiful temple, and behind the temple is Tokyo Tower (looks like the Eiffel tower). It costs to go to the top. - I think that walk is a bit longer than I anticipated (some parts can be skipped, mostly Ginza, Shinbashi which are shopping\business dirstricts) - But finishin the day in Roppongi will give you the oportunity to visit a place popular at night. Red Circle: Ueno - Akihabara - Ueno is a large park with a zoo and a couple of museums. You can spend most of the day here if you like. - Akihabara, aka The Electric city, is a sight to behold: Yobodashi Akiba is a huge shopping center for all sorts of electronics (and tax free shopping possible). There are the huge Sega arcades, anime shops, maid cafes (not that scary, actually saw mothers with their kids going there) and just the whole information overload (not unlik Shibuya) Orange Circle: Asakusa - Ryogoku - If you can get up early, you can watch the sumo train in the morning at the Ryogoku stables - The Edo-Tokyo Museum is a very nice historical museum about the history of the city. - The Asahi Turd I mean Flame is across the river is the HQ of Asahi and you can go to their Sky Bar for a beer (Asahi brand of course) - Behind it is Tokyo Skytree. Highest vantage point over Tokyo, also possible to see Mt. Fuji if you are lucky. - Asakusa Kannon Temple is an amazing temple, and lots of souvenir and food stalls around it. Purple Circle: Odaiba. Odaiba is an artificial island with mostly shopping centers. It has a beach, (but no swimming allowed), a Ferris will, nice promenade (the whole park is built over the roads so the traffic is hidden), and a huge Gundam statue! You can also visit the Fuji Tv building. Hopefully you will have some extra time to revisit you favorite places as you will definitely miss some stuff the first time. Day Trips: If you are in a good physical condition and an outdoors man, you can do a day trip to the top of Mount Fuji (leave super early and come home late). I did it over two days since I am not a great climber, but for people used to walk in the mountain, Fuji is not that difficult a climb. Alternatively you can visit Hakone, it is a day trip with Shinkansen, local train, mountain train, funicular and finally cable car, but it is a fun trip and you get some nice views of Fuji and get to see some sulfur sources and the like. If you really want a day at the beach, then you have to go to Kamakura (one hour by train), they have a big beach, and some interesting sights in the area. Cool day trip. I have been twice to Japan, and spent several days in Tokyo each time, and I can't wait to go back there sometime in the Future! That city is amazing! I could go on with so much more, but this post is getting long as it is. If you catch me on TS you can always ask me for more. Timziito, Blackbeard and Genesis 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timziito Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Tokyo can look huge, but actually it is a super easy city to visit by foot, there is just so much of it! KEY POINTS: - There are three main public transit systems (and a whole lot of smaller ones) - JR Lines (local Train) - Tokyo Metro - Tozai Line I personally love the JR trains the best, especially the Yamanote Line (lime green circle line) as it takes you to all the key places around Tokyo. With a JR pass you can ride those trains for free during your whole trip. Because I had that, I don't really know how the local fairs work. Tokyo Metro is also pretty well established all over the city, but trips take a bit longer since it stops more often. the Tozai line fills the places where you can't find either the Tokyo Metro or JR trains. Usually, if you stick to hubs, JR is the best. - Convenience stores, as mentioned by Gremlich, are the best. And Seven Eleven is the best of them! Food is good. Great choice of over the counter fried food, sealed food and fresh food. Rice Balls, aka. Onigiri, are great Japanese snacks. They come in all forms and tastes from omelette to fish, are easy to carry around in your bag for a few hours, and fill you with much needed energy. More importantly, 7/Eleven are some of the few places in Japan with ATMs that accept foreign cards (Post office being the other sure place). And remeber: Cash is king in Japan, always have cash around, and with low criminality, don't be afraid to have lots of it. So remember, Always look for 7/Eleven signs when you are a bit hungry, thirsty or short of cash. - Keep your guide close to you. The amount of English in Tokyo is pretty amazing (even for signs meant for locals), but when you hit that Kanji sign, it is nice to have some back up. Personally I had a 3G router from http://japan-wireless.com/. Picked it up at Narita airport, and dropped it there at the end of my trip for 24/7 internet. Great with Google Goggles and Google Maps (which plots all the routes with color code, Japanese and English names). Tokyo is huge, but places are pretty condensed within their areas. Shinjuku to Tokyo Station can take an hour by train, but when at one of the central hubs, there are days worth of stuff to do just at walking distance. The circles above are my recommended day trips (one circle = one day) Those are just the key places that you can visit, you will still need to read about them individually to find out what you can do and what you want to do. But the most touristy areas mentioned here. Blue Circle: Shinjuku, Harajuku, Shibuya. - Shinjuku: Start the day going to the top of Tokyo Metropolitan tower to see Tokyo (and if lucky Mt. Fuji). Free entrance :-) Shinjuku has also quite a lively night life (one of the more "seedy" parts of Tokyo) with lots of bars and night entertainment. - Then walk down towards Harajuku. Enjoy Yoyogi park and the Meiji shrine before hitting Harajuku proper. I think you have to be there at 5-6pm to really enjoy the eclectic ambiance of the area. Lots of shops, but they are just as good for window shopping and the like. - After that you walk down to Shibuya, when it is dark with all its crazy billboards it truly is an amazing place. It is a big shopping district with some bars, restaurants and the like. Nice place to end the walk, and not as seedy as Shinjuku. Yes you can walk from Shinjuku to Shibuya. Walking straight would take about an hour. Green Circle: Toyko - Shinbashi. - Start at Tokyo station, and go to the imperial palace. It is a park, so just walk around and enjoy the sights. - Behind (or a tad under) Tokyo Station there is Ginza, a high end shopping area, with the Sony Center, and lots of fancy shops and the likes. stroll down towards Shinbashi. - Shinbashi is a CBD, tons of restaurants meant for the salarymen for lunsj or after work. Also a lot of small bars and restaurants are built directly under the train rails, pretty cool sights. - From there you can head south east and visit the Hama rikyu guarden. - South of it is Takeshida Pier and promenade. - Heading back west and you will find Zozo-Ji a beautiful temple, and behind the temple is Tokyo Tower (looks like the Eiffel tower). It costs to go to the top. - I think that walk is a bit longer than I anticipated (some parts can be skipped, mostly Ginza, Shinbashi which are shopping\business dirstricts) - But finishin the day in Roppongi will give you the oportunity to visit a place popular at night. Red Circle: Ueno - Akihabara - Ueno is a large park with a zoo and a couple of museums. You can spend most of the day here if you like. - Akihabara, aka The Electric city, is a sight to behold: Yobodashi Akiba is a huge shopping center for all sorts of electronics (and tax free shopping possible). There are the huge Sega arcades, anime shops, maid cafes (not that scary, actually saw mothers with their kids going there) and just the whole information overload (not unlik Shibuya) Orange Circle: Asakusa - Ryogoku - If you can get up early, you can watch the sumo train in the morning at the Ryogoku stables - The Edo-Tokyo Museum is a very nice historical museum about the history of the city. - The Asahi Turd I mean Flame is across the river is the HQ of Asahi and you can go to their Sky Bar for a beer (Asahi brand of course) - Behind it is Tokyo Skytree. Highest vantage point over Tokyo, also possible to see Mt. Fuji if you are lucky. - Asakusa Kannon Temple is an amazing temple, and lots of souvenir and food stalls around it. Purple Circle: Odaiba. Odaiba is an artificial island with mostly shopping centers. It has a beach, (but no swimming allowed), a Ferris will, nice promenade (the whole park is built over the roads so the traffic is hidden), and a huge Gundam statue! You can also visit the Fuji Tv building. Hopefully you will have some extra time to revisit you favorite places as you will definitely miss some stuff the first time. Day Trips: If you are in a good physical condition and an outdoors man, you can do a day trip to the top of Mount Fuji (leave super early and come home late). I did it over two days since I am not a great climber, but for people used to walk in the mountain, Fuji is not that difficult a climb. Alternatively you can visit Hakone, it is a day trip with Shinkansen, local train, mountain train, funicular and finally cable car, but it is a fun trip and you get some nice views of Fuji and get to see some sulfur sources and the like. If you really want a day at the beach, then you have to go to Kamakura (one hour by train), they have a big beach, and some interesting sights in the area. Cool day trip. I have been twice to Japan, and spent several days in Tokyo each time, and I can't wait to go back there sometime in the Future! That city is amazing! I could go on with so much more, but this post is getting long as it is. If you catch me on TS you can always ask me for more. Dude... This post A+ daaaamn son, this is great Info I orderd an Simcard from Econnect japan somthing to my hotel. will be living in Sugamo.Sugamo station is on the Yamanote line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightMonk Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyvyrias Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Some things can't made be unseen...why did I watch the full video?... Actually it wasn't bad. Japan in a nutshell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightMonk Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Some things can't made be unseen...why did I watch the full video?...Actually it wasn't bad. Japan in a nutshell.It also has subtitles, which is nice, because I actually can't understand japanese at all despite watching Anime for around 10 years already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyvyrias Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 It also has subtitles, which is nice, because I actually can't understand japanese at all despite watching Anime for around 10 years already. I know, I read them.It's still weird.Actually I want to learn Japanese, but that's quite hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightMonk Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I know, I read them.It's still weird. Actually I want to learn Japanese, but that's quite hard. I would like to do also, but I neither have time or motivation to actually do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timziito Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 WTF did i just watch? ;D so much awesome in one video.. cant handle it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthguy Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 WTF did i just watch? ;D so much awesome in one video.. cant handle it.. How long will you be staying here? One thing I would advise, is to keep your expectations low. Not that Tokyo can't be a great experience, but sometimes people expect too much (anime for example). Not sure I could advise anything but let me know if you have any questions and I can try to answer them the best I can << Currently living in Tokyo. The magazine company I do work for actually published this guy on the front of one of their releases. I still have the magazine haha. Timziito 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timziito Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 How long will you be staying here? One thing I would advise, is to keep your expectations low. Not that Tokyo can't be a great experience, but sometimes people expect too much (anime for example). Not sure I could advise anything but let me know if you have any questions and I can try to answer them the best I can << Currently living in Tokyo. The magazine company I do work for actually published this guy on the front of one of their releases. I still have the magazine haha. I am not expecting much ;D I am just expecting controlled Chaos.I will be staying 2 weeks in Sugamo, gonna eat and drink much ;D shop like crazy.Thinking about traveling to the Fox Village :). I think Tokyo would probly be the funniest place to explore, foods, shops, arcades, Slight unusual stores and more .In the eyes of the beholder on youtube Tokyo seems crazy, Morning trains, fun naked festivals and more ^^ ... So you are saying that not EVERYONE are running around in cosplay pikachu outfits?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :'( But hey if you wanna grab a beer some day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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