It’s Tokyo Again

Four days in Tokyo just about wore me down to nothing.  It’s a 25,000 steps a day kind of place.  I’d done so much planning and navigating for this trip that by the time we got here I turned that job over to Maya.  She really did a great job getting us all over the city on the JR and Tokyo Metro trains using google maps.  The public transportation is confusingly convenient like everything else here.  Maps will tell you exactly what platforms, times, routes, and even which car to get in for the quickest transfer. Then, all you have to do is look up and there are signs.  We only made one minor error the entire time, which was my fault anyway.   

Our main purpose for Tokyo was to shop and eat.  We only went to one attraction, Teamlabs borderless digital art experience.  It’s an immersive and constantly evolving digital art space.  Unique but overrated.

Koenji turned out to be a cool part of town to base ourselves in.  There's thrift shops galore but all are highly curated and focused on American 2nd hand clothes.  The other good shopping area for Maya was Harajuku which was high end street wear, American thrift clothes, or Harajuku club kid which was her favorite.  But we liked Koenji for its artsy/grungy aesthetic. 

This post wouldn’t be complete without food pictures.  We took another suggestion from Sean and Noriko’s noodle guide and had spicy ramen at Kikanbo.  There was an unusual dark underworld vibe to it with drumming and red lights to add to the hot and spicy food.