Results tagged “youth” from little lost tokyo :: travel blog
I know I haven't updated in a while, I've been out and about a lot just looking around and browsing the shops.
Returning to Tokyo after Fuji-san my first trip out into the metropolis was south on the Yamanote Loop Line from Tokyo. Not having read my guidebook I was at a loss as to which station I would need to jump off at to reach the famous Tokyo Tower, a red and white, miniature reproduction of the Eiffel Tower, but I did know it wasn't too far south of the Imperial Palace as I remembered seeing it last time I visited. So clockwise I went, looking out of the right-hand windows for a glimpse of the tower between the high office blocks that would give me an indication of where to hop off.
With the tower in sight, I walked through a temple park and a shopping district in the blazing sunshine. The tower was not particularly close to any train station or subway platform. As I approached the structure from around a tree-lined hill, it reached high above seemingly more impossible than any of the taller skyscrapers I had seen so far.
From the observation platform you could see a 360 view of Tokyo, from the bay in the south-east with it's Rainbow Bridge to the Shinjuku's TMGB in the north-west where I first got my glimpse of Fuji a month and a half earlier.
The following day I trekked out on the subway, still getting used to my newly purchased Suica Card (Oyster Card for anyone that's been to London), to Roppongi Hills. A modern development, the architecture was stunningly complex with the Mori Tower taking pride of place as the monolithic skyscraper - as always, with an observation deck this time located on the helipad platform at the very top of the building.
I visited the Museum in the tower that was doing a Turner Prize Retrospective in celebration of relations with the UK. There were plenty of high-end shops to wander around, all much too expensive.
Grabbing a subway, or rather two, I made my way to Omotesando, another fashionable shopping area, with plenty of western brands all vying for status and proclaiming their coolness. There was even a Topman.
Next door sits Shibuya with the crossing that must have been shown in every film and TV show on the city. The place was definitely different from most of the rest of Tokyo as the shear volume of young people trebled and the older generations just dropped right off of the map.
Returning to Tokyo after Fuji-san my first trip out into the metropolis was south on the Yamanote Loop Line from Tokyo. Not having read my guidebook I was at a loss as to which station I would need to jump off at to reach the famous Tokyo Tower, a red and white, miniature reproduction of the Eiffel Tower, but I did know it wasn't too far south of the Imperial Palace as I remembered seeing it last time I visited. So clockwise I went, looking out of the right-hand windows for a glimpse of the tower between the high office blocks that would give me an indication of where to hop off.
With the tower in sight, I walked through a temple park and a shopping district in the blazing sunshine. The tower was not particularly close to any train station or subway platform. As I approached the structure from around a tree-lined hill, it reached high above seemingly more impossible than any of the taller skyscrapers I had seen so far.
From the observation platform you could see a 360 view of Tokyo, from the bay in the south-east with it's Rainbow Bridge to the Shinjuku's TMGB in the north-west where I first got my glimpse of Fuji a month and a half earlier.The following day I trekked out on the subway, still getting used to my newly purchased Suica Card (Oyster Card for anyone that's been to London), to Roppongi Hills. A modern development, the architecture was stunningly complex with the Mori Tower taking pride of place as the monolithic skyscraper - as always, with an observation deck this time located on the helipad platform at the very top of the building.I visited the Museum in the tower that was doing a Turner Prize Retrospective in celebration of relations with the UK. There were plenty of high-end shops to wander around, all much too expensive.Grabbing a subway, or rather two, I made my way to Omotesando, another fashionable shopping area, with plenty of western brands all vying for status and proclaiming their coolness. There was even a Topman.
Next door sits Shibuya with the crossing that must have been shown in every film and TV show on the city. The place was definitely different from most of the rest of Tokyo as the shear volume of young people trebled and the older generations just dropped right off of the map.Actually I need to go back here as I haven't seen the statue of the dog yet. I explain that later.
