Feb 1
Posted by route246 in Information, Places, Transportation
32 viewsThis post is about the south entrance/exit at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. This is the entrance sometimes referred to as “Lumine 2″
This is looking directly east with your back facing the station. The bridge on the right side is Koshu Kaido. The exact location of these first two shots is here.
This [...]
Tags: japan, japan travel, jr shinjuku station, shinjuku, shinjuku station, south exit, tokyo, tokyo travel
Day 5 Post
Note: This is from a series of trip reports from my January 2010 Tokyo Trip. They are random musings about whatever seems interesting for that day.
This was my room in Hakata (Chuo-eki 2). The previous room post was in Uguisudani in Tokyo. This one in Hakata is about 2-3 minutes from [...]
Tags: hakata, hotel, japan, japan travel, toyoko inn
Day 4 Post
Note: This is from a series of trip reports from my January 2010 Tokyo Trip. They are random musings about whatever seems interesting for that day.
I visited Gotokuji Temple with some friends today. This temple is famous for the origin of maneki neko (beckoning cat).
Tags: beckoning cat, gotokuji, gotokuji temple, japan travel, maneki-neko, manekineko, setagaya, temple
Jan 21
Posted by admin in Food, Information, Only in Japan, Transportation
33 viewsDay 3 Post
Note: This is from a series of trip reports from my January 2010 Tokyo Trip. They are random musings about whatever seems interesting for that day.
This may be my favorite restaurant in the world. Good, competent tonkatsu (pork cutlet) in Yokohama. Anyone from Yokohama knows about this restaurant. It’s been [...]
Tags: japan, japan travel, japanese food, japanese restaurant, katsuretsu, katsuretsuan, pork cutlet, tonkatsu, yokohama, yokohama station, yokohama travel
Day 2 Post
Note: This is from a series of trip reports from my January 2010 Tokyo Trip. They are random musings about whatever seems interesting for that day.
I awoke early on day 2 and went to the fish market. I never even thought to bring out my camera until I was well [...]
Tags: fish market, japan travel, tokyo, tokyo travel, tsukiji, tsukiji fish market, tsukiji market
Day 0 Post
Note: This is from a series of trip reports from my January 2010 Tokyo Trip. They are random musings about whatever seems interesting for that day.
Flying to Japan from California takes a long time. In this case it was about 12 hours due to delays and circling the airport in Japan for awhile [...]
Tags: jal, jal001, japan airlines, japan travel, narita, narita airport, sfo, tokyo travel
Day 1 Post
Note: This is from a series of trip reports from my January 2010 Tokyo Trip. They are random musings about whatever seems interesting for that day.
These shots are from a standard single room at Toyoko Inn. Notice that while the bed fills up most of the room there is still adequate space to [...]
Tags: hotel room, japan, japanese hotel, japanese hotel room, tokyo, tokyo hotel room, toyoko, toyoko inn, uguisudani
The Tokyu Stay in Nihombashi is actually convenient to JR Kanda Station in addition to being very convenient to JR Shin-Nihombashi Station, too. The first three pictures are of the hotel facade. The last ten pictures are of the Nihombashi-Kanda area as you walk towards JR Kanda Station.
Tags: kanda, nihombashi, tokyo, tokyo apartment, tokyo hotel, tokyo weekly mansion, tokyu stay, weekly mansion
Probably the nicest hotel in Yokohama, the Royal Park is highly underrated, mainly because of the remote location and lack of growth in the Minato-Mirai 21 area. I really like the RP because of the quality of the rooms, the views and the service.
Tags: japan hotel, landmark, landmark tower, minato mirai, minato mirai 21, royal park, royal park hotel, yokohama hotel, yokohama royal park
Most people have not seen fresh wasabi. It costs about US$21/lb wholesale so it’s not cheap. Here is a picture of some at the wholesale market in Tsukiji.
Tags: fresh wasabi, japan travel, tokyo travel, wasabi
The Tokyo Station hotel closed a few years ago for remodeling of the Marunouchi side of the station. I dug out some old pictures I had when I stayed there shortly before they closed.
Tags: hotel, japan hotel, japan travel, japanese hotel, tokyo hotel, tokyo station, tokyo station hotel, tokyo travel
JR West Hikari Railstar trains do not have green cars. But, the reserved coaches are quite comfortable a step up from other JR Shinkansen coach seating. Additionally, non-reserved coach seating on Railstar trains is old and cramped so be sure to always get a reserved seat when using the Railstar.
Tags: hikari, hikari rail star, hikari railstar, japan rail, japan rail pass, japan travel, jr, jr pass, jr west, rail pass, rail star, shinkansen
Here are some shots of the inside of Himeji Castle. If you have big feet the stairs may be a little dicey. I had trouble coming down because the backs of my calves were always getting impacted with the riser I was coming of off.
Tags: castle, himeji, himeji castle, himeji travel, japan travel
Every train and subway station has large local neighborhood maps near the exit portals. In most areas in or near medium and large cities the maps are bilingual and very easy to read. Here is an example of those maps. In large station complexes these are very useful for determining which exit to use.
Tags: japan trains, japan travel, station maps, tokyo trains, tokyo travel
I found an article about lens filters that actually has a ranking based on multiple factors. The article is quite detailed and I used the rankings to upgrade my UV filters for my lenses. My current gear list has all of my glass listed in detail with reviews of each lens. I decided that this [...]
JAL operates their Safety Promotion Center near Haneda Airport. It is a solemn place, open to the public and by reservation only. Photographs are prohibited but JAL maintains a webpage with some photos of what’s inside.
Jun 17
Posted by route246 in Curious, Odd, Interesting, Information, Transportation
274 viewsThe departure area at Narita airport has a nice display of contraband. Genuine and counterfeit articles are displayed, prohibited items are also displayed.
Many people have seen the statue of Hachiko in Shibuya. What many people don’t know is that the real Hachiko is in the National Science Museum in Ueno.
I am one of the biggest suckers for venturing out to try something when I hear a place “is known for” or “specializes in” or “is the <choose food> capital of Japan” so I headed out to Utsunomiya one morning to try the gyoza there. It was certainly delicious but not much different from any [...]
The Japanese dinner offered in JAL Executive Class on flights leaving Japan is pretty good. I starts out with eight courses of very delicious dishes followed up by an entree with rice and miso soup.
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