Akihabara The Centre of Otaku Culture in Tokyo Japan

“All the Japanese food I ate on my Japan trip has been amazingly delicious. It doesn’t matter whether it’s in a hole in the wall restaurant or inside top to bottom glass doors restaurants; something I bought from 7-11 or vending machine“, I tried to convince Fafa to book a table at Jiro Sushi…

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Japan Trip The Good The New and The Culture Part 2

I flew to Japan last Saturday with my best friends. My second Japan trip, to fulfil the pact we made at the airport three years ago, to come back again because it’s JAPAN! I dislike repeating things and for someone who hasn’t seen much of the world and with limited work leave, I shouldn’t…

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Sleepless Sushi Breakfast at Tsukiji Fish Market

Today is the last day of my second Japan trip and has shaped up to be one of my most memorable travel tales. I have had too many first-time experiences jam-packed into the day before even 9 AM. This is the story of how I ended up eating sushi for breakfast at the world-famous…

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Shibuya Crossing Tokyo Among Sea Of Strangers

Visiting Shibuya means walking on the iconic Shibuya crossing. The world’s busiest pedestrian crossing, the Shibuya crossing is a quirky thing to tick off of the Tokyo travel list. I expected to see some weird shenanigans while walking on the Shibuya crossing. But instead, rushing among thousands of strangers, I felt overwhelmed. I chalked it out as a dehydration…

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Ginza Tokyo from High-end Shopping to Pachinko Plush Toys

Known to be the most expensive district in Tokyo, therefore one of the most costly areas in the world, Ginza is a paradise for high-end shoppers. Ginza was the last stop of the day before returning to the hotel. Shopping in Ginza I excitedly walked around Chuo Dori before going inside Ito-ya, the famous stationery…

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