Shinjuku Park & Asakusa Temple & Food in Tokyo

Japan might be a country famous with high tech gadgets but there are many lovely bits of nature 

Shinjuku Park

admission - 200yen

Feeling thirsty has an easy solution in Tokyo. Water is free in the park, in the underground , and many other location and it is really so tasty , cold and fresh. At least I loved it!=}

and of course when it is Japan we must see Cosplay =} 

Taste of culture/history 

Asakusa Temple

admission - free 

souvenirs street is leading to the Asakusa temple

Food in Tokyo 

Most of the restaurants always have their plastic/wax replica dishes displays which makes it easier to decide what to eat or what you can eat 

i am not an asian food lover but Japanese food is quite ok because it was always so clean in the restaurants and with lots of simple food choices 

You don't speak Japanese so How to order? 

mostly restaurants in Tokyo have the auto order ticket machine 

you simply choose what u want to eat and press the button , pay it to the machine and get ur ticket 

Fruits and Vegetables in Tokyo 

$$$$$$$$$$$$$

so pricey! 

Strawberry ! 

0.500kg = 1000yen

despite the shocking price it is the most tasty strawberry i've ever eaten

wish i was rich so i could eat more :D  

 Grapes!

0.500kg=580Yen

Japanese like to make really big fruits and vegies . Yet they r surprisingly so tasty !

 Pancake with cream 

price: 300-600yen 

Very famous in Japan. Even I didn't want to try it at the end I could not resist any more and I ate one with chocolate. It can be found literally in every corner!
 :D

 

And of course how can I not share about 

DONER KEBAB

i'm a proud Turkish girl

it is not Japanese food but I was so happy to find so many Doner Kebab shops in Tokyo 

and the taste is again sooooo good

of course 

Can you see the happiness on my face ? :D

I'd like to know what else made impression to you in Tokyo so I'll have it in mind to do and try on my next visit in Japan ^.^

Odaiba island , Tokyo - a "city" from the future

Odaiba island is a mad-made island and it is damn big ! It's probably 5 times the size of my home town (Dulovo , BULGARIA). 

There are lots of things to do and see here . For travellers probably one day may seem not enough to discover everything in here .

Gundam Front 
Well I can't say much about this robot because I have never watched the cartoon before but my hubby was very excited to see it 

Toraji Korean Yakiniku
a great Korean restaurant with great meat
a bit pricey but worth it
great service and great quality 

 Lucky Box
price: 300-100yen
the video of ppl who won great gifts cheated  me to give it a try to pick a box
and i won nothing (crying)
well not nothing , but a stupid toy which is really... stupid :D

Joypolis 
admission: 800yen
more info click here
excitement place ... some scary , some dangerous , some just OMG games
but it is extremely  fun ... but be prepared to feel sick at some of the games

 Hello Kitty's Kawaii Paradise 
This is the place I wanted to see . Lovely , Pink and KAWAII ^^ I love hello kitty . I just .... love it  

many of the stuff are FOR SALE IN JAPAN ONLY =} 

Miraikan - National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
admission: 600yen

and we watched SOMETHING in the Dome Theatre called "BIRTHDAY" and I don't know what it was about AT ALL ! :D Actually I fell asleep during the screening . It was in Japanese only , with  no  English subs!

The Statue of Liberty 

It's very cool to be able to take a picture with the Statue of Liberty when you are actually very far away from the USA! 

 The Statue of Liberty & The Rainbow Bridge

Ferris Wheel 

admission : 900yen

to see Tokyo from high

The view is indescribable. Simply AMAZING !

Overall ODAIBA is the best place for me in Tokyo for visit . Even if I have just 1 days to visit Tokyo I'd love to go just to ODAIBA.

see next - part 3 - food in Tokyo 

Feel Tokyo , JAPAN ! - part 1

The greatest destination for travel ...

Let's fly ... to Tokyo

Everyone knows that Japan is a crowdy country. I always felt that crowd only when we needed to cross the streets . While waiting for the green light there could be like 200 ppl easily gathered around u .

Tokyo is fun everywhere . On the street you can even see a band playing energetic music to cheer up everybody , or maybe it was an advertisement for the music school which i later saw around there :D But it made me feel happy 

Some glasses shops offer a great free service . Cleaning the glasses. I think my glasses had never been that much clean before :D

  Japanese love smoking . There are everywhere special rooms for smokers . If you love smoking u will love Japan even more.

Car park in Tokyo is the best investment than anything probably . 30 mins parking fee is 600 Yen [5 Euro], half day is 2000 Yen [15 Euro]. 

Morning time there are patrols always who are controlling the actually already well and smooth running traffic.  Japanese don't drive fast . I never heard an annoying car noise in Tokyo. So the movie Tokyo Drift is just a product of imagination , or we were too lucky not to meet the Japanese gangs 

 If you want to give a phone call to somebody in Tokyo it is so easy . The phones are accompanied with phone-books so you don't even need to remember your home-phone number .

Whenever you feel thirsty you just need to look around and u will for sure find one auto-drink-machine with many different drinks

  Some streets are so calm at night time . Even it is cold outside the view and the nice feeling kept me warm .

 Ginza streets are wonderful . This place is the luxury area and makes u feel special too. Buildings are a bit tall and always the entire building is owned by a specific brand. One of them is UniQlo Ginza  - UniQlo's largest shop with 12floors! 

Shopping  

0101 Fashion Malls

A gift for my hubby - cool star shaped earring from ZOCALO and a sweet romantic ring for me from BLOOM

If you are shopping in Japan many shopping plazas offer Tax Free/ Tax Return Shopping . After you buy the things you want you just need to ask the shopkeeper for assistance and they will show you the place where the Tax stuff will handle it for u and give you the final price =}

How great is JAPAN! They dont need the tax and yet Japan is everywhere looking perfect! Bravo!

see next - part 2 - Odaiba island , Tokyo