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How to Enjoy your Christmas in Tokyo

Christmas is one way to celebrate together with the whole family. During holiday seasons like Christmas, it is the best time for the whole family to get bonded with each other and enjoy quality time together. During this season, it is only common and part of some tradition to have several activities like family reunions, get together, children parties and a lot more. Of course, the presence of delicious and tasty food is always present in every table. Plus the gift giving to every family member is always on the go. This kind of scenery can be notice during Christmas season.





But what happen if you are in Japan and far away from your family? Can you still able to enjoy your Christmas in this different kind of culture community? The answer is absolutely “Yes”. There is no better place to enjoy quality time during Christmas season rather than to visit one of Japan’s Hot Spot Tourist Places like Ginza. Ginza is an amazing place in Tokyo wherein you can able to do unlimited shopping with all your might for they have wide selection of different products like accessories, home decors, jewelries, clothes, fashion gadgets and many more that will truly make your eyes grow big. To see them is to believe but you must experience the shopping spirit that this place has it for you during night time.


Then if you are bored of a busy street shopping place then you can try to visit another interesting place in Tokyo called Asakusa. This place is good if you want to experience the good ambiance of ancient time showing its main tourist attraction, The Sensoji Temple. Visiting this place will make your Christmas experience very unforgettable for they have a lot of beautiful crafts in store and delicious yet healthy Japanese food for you. Not only that, you can also find Tempura Restaurants in this area and the best taste of it that cannot be compared to any other Tempura Restaurants that you dine inn before.


Then if you want to have a fresh harvest sea foods for your meal, then you must come and see the World’s Largest Fish Market that can only be found in Tokyo Japan. This fish market offers a wide variety of different fish for about 450 kinds and over 2200 tons of fish being sold out every day. For gadget fanatics try to visit Akihabara, this is Tokyo’s Computer and Gadget district wherein you can find hundreds of electronic stores that sell amazing gadgets which you never seen before. This place provide anime products that is not intended for export and can only be used in Japan for it have different power supply core. Having your Christmas vacation in Tokyo Japan can never be this fun.

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Harajuku: Important Tips Before You Travel

It would be important for you to acknowledge the tips and useful facts before you travel to Harajuku. Harajuku is located at the heart of Japan and is famous for its extreme teenage cultures and trend styles. It does not matter if you are an adult person because there are some places where you can shop as well. You can also see some historic sights as well if you visit certain places. To know the culture of this city you will have to visit the place on Sunday. This is because many people especially young ones gather in the city by wearing crazy costumes and wander around. If you are planning to visit Harajuku other than Sundays then you would not be able to experience the anime culture and crazy costumes.

It would be important to know the fast and epic way to reach Harajuku if you are traveling to this city. You should know each and every stop to reach your destination without wasting your time. If you are coming from the Akasaka subway station then you should reach the Omotesando station and get out of the train. You will have to transfer to the Hanzomom line and reach the Shibuya station. At this station you will have to get off the train and search for the yellow signs saying “Hachiko Exit”. Then you will have to get in the train and choose the green JR Yamanote line. This will take to the next station called Harajuku. It would be vital for you to understand and know the streets and pathways in Harajuku because it would save you a lot of your time. You should visit the famous places of Harajuku. When you plan to leave the place you will have to reach Omotesando station. This would take you back to Akasaka.

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Harajuku Blog Adventures

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening and perhaps goodnight…no not goodnight come back don’t leave…don’t leeeeaaavee….*clears throat* Yes anyway welcome, this is my blog in which I shall barrage you with opinions on subjects far and wide…(probably not that wide actually) hopefully it shall be fairly factual though I make no such promise

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Harajuku Takeshita exit

So I recently started living in the Harajuku area of Tokyo (no you can’t stay with me….well maybe…..probably not though) for those of you who may have never been here or have only heard of the area because of a Gwen Stefani song “From the hoods of Japan, Harajuku girls”…What hoods are you talking about miss Stefani? Are they invisible hoods that I am incapable of seeing because I don’t have magical Gwen-O-Vision that can only be acquired by running down Takeshita Dori blindfolded randomly grabbing clothes to form into some ultra trend redefining outfit?

You may sense some sarcasm there because things often come across as sarcastic online, however I am deadly serious, if there are hidden hoods around I want to know about it.

Harajuku is full of all sorts of interestingly garbed people, I am not hugely into fashion to be entirely honest, but I must admit as ridiculous as some of the outfits are to me, I’m still impressed by the creativity and the bravery it takes to wear some of that stuff. Before anyone shouts at there screen indignantly “They don’t need to be brave because Japanese people are very tolerant of cosplayers and stuff!” Please allow me to assure you that you are in fact utterly wrong. Standing out in Japanese culture is a risky business and just because (unlike in the west) no one will punch you in the head for dressing in a strange manner, doesn’t mean people don’t think you are a mentalist.

So they are brave in many ways and bravo to them I say.

Now I must be and don my suit and tie and disappear into the sea of workers heading to their office jobs….and maybe just maybe I shall wish I was standing on Jingu Bridge dressed as a Gundam or Godzilla……Yes Godzilla, that would be a fantastic outfit for a spot of afternoon shopping.

Bye for now all

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