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1 <!doctype html> 2 <html lang="en"> 3 <head> 4 <meta charset="utf-8"> 5 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 6 <title>Tokyo・東京 - Chris Bracken</title> 7 <link href="/css/site.css" rel="stylesheet"> 8 <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png"> 9 <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon/favicon-32x32.png"> 10 <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon/favicon-16x16.png"> 11 <link rel="manifest" href="/favicon/site.webmanifest"> 12 <link rel="mask-icon" href="/favicon/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#140f42"> 13 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon/favicon.ico"> 14 <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#603cba"> 15 <meta name="msapplication-config" content="/favicon/browserconfig.xml"> 16 <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff"> 17 </head> 18 <body> 19 <header id="header"> 20 <div class="site-title"> 21 <h1><a href="/">Chris Bracken</a></h1> 22 </div> 23 24 <nav class="site-navbar"> 25 <ul id="menu" class="menu"> 26 <li class="menu-item"><a class="menu-item-a" href="/">Home</a></li> 27 <li class="menu-item"><a class="menu-item-a" href="/about/">About</a></li> 28 <li class="menu-item"><a class="menu-item-a" href="/code/">Code</a></li> 29 <li class="menu-item"><a class="menu-item-a" rel="me"href="https://bsd.network/@cbracken">Fediverse</a></li> 30 </ul> 31 </nav> 32 </header> 33 <main id="main"> 34 <article> 35 <h2 class="post-title"><a href="https://chris.bracken.jp/japan/tokyo/">Tokyo・東京</a></h2> 36 <h2 id="general-wandering-around-town">General wandering around town</h2> 37 <h3 id="shibuya渋谷">Shibuya・渋谷</h3> 38 <p>Shibuya station (JR Yamanote line)・渋谷駅（山手線）and many other lines.</p> 39 <p>Hachiko exit:</p> 40 <ul> 41 <li>Shibuya scramble crosswalk</li> 42 <li>Dogenzaka/Love Hotel Hill</li> 43 </ul> 44 <h3 id="harajuku原宿">Harajuku・原宿</h3> 45 <p>Harajuku station (JR Yamanote line)・原宿駅（山手線）<br> 46 Jingu-mae station (Chiyoda line)・神宮前駅（千代田線）<br> 47 Meiji Jingu Mae station (Fukutoshin line)・明治神宮前駅（副都心線）</p> 48 <p>Directions below are given relative to JR Harajuku Station on the Yamanote line 49 since it’s the easiest option.</p> 50 <p>Main exit:</p> 51 <ul> 52 <li>On the bridge just to the right as you exit the station, you’ll find tons of 53 people dressed up on get-togethers each Sunday.</li> 54 <li>The entrance to Meiji shrine is also right there.</li> 55 <li>A bit to the left of the entrance to the shrine is Yoyogi park, where lots of 56 locals go to relax on weekends.</li> 57 <li>As you exit the station, cross the street to the left, and walk down 58 Omote-sando to see a bunch of trendy shops. The trees are lit up at night. At 59 the next big intersection, you can enter Omotesando station（表参道駅）and 60 take the Hanzomon line（半蔵門線）back to Shibuya station（渋谷駅）.</li> 61 </ul> 62 <p>Takenoshita exit:</p> 63 <ul> 64 <li>The really well-known Takenoshita Street and all its fashion shops are to the 65 east of the station. It’s easier to exit through the Takenoshita exit, but you 66 can go out the main exit and do a U-turn to the left, and follow the station 67 along till you get to the Takenoshita exit.</li> 68 </ul> 69 <h3 id="shinjuku新宿">Shinjuku・新宿</h3> 70 <p>Tokyo’s most famous business district, packed with skyscrapers and neon. Lots of 71 dining with good night views over the city on the upper floors of skyscrapers.</p> 72 <p>North of the station’s East Exit（新宿駅東口）there’s Kabuki-cho（歌舞伎町）, 73 Tokyo’s most famous red-light district and sort of a tourist attraction in its 74 own right, just don’t agree to let touts on the street take you anywhere. 75 There’s a fairly well-known scam in which foreigners are enticed with promises 76 of all sorts of things, only to find they’ve been served a spiked drink and had 77 their wallet emptied out. Wandering around can be quite entertaining.</p> 78 <p>On the eastern edge of Kabuki-cho is Golden-gai（ゴルデン街）, a small series of 79 alleyways full of tiny bars that fit 4-8 people, each of which specialises in 80 some very specific drink.</p> 81 <h3 id="ginza銀座">Ginza・銀座</h3> 82 <p>Ginza is Tokyo’s luxury shopping district, in particular along 83 Chuo-dori（中央通り）. Also home to the Kabukiza theatre where you can check out 84 a Kabuki show. If you like stationery shops, Itoya is 12 floors high and 85 probably one of the biggest in Japan.</p> 86 <p>On the water, there’s Hama-rikyu Gardens (浜離宮）which is a nice Japanese style 87 garden surrounded by skyscrapers.</p> 88 <h3 id="naka-meguro中目黒">Naka-meguro・中目黒</h3> 89 <p>Naka-meguro is a laid-back sort of hipster neighbourhood with lots of small 90 cafés and restaurants, as well as the well-known Meguro canal, lined with 91 cherry-blossom trees in springtime.</p> 92 <h3 id="azabu-juban麻布十番">Azabu-juban・麻布十番</h3> 93 <p>Another laid-back neighbourhood which is a mix of cobblestone streets, 94 traditional shops and trendy restaurants and cafés. It’s also where a ton of 95 foreign embassies are and is a relatively popular neighbourhood to live for 96 European and North American locals.</p> 97 <h2 id="sports">Sports</h2> 98 <p>If you’re into baseball, consider booking tickets to a 99 <a href="https://www.giants.jp/en/schedule/">Yomiuri Giants</a> game.</p> 100 <p>If you’re into football/soccer, consider booking tickets to a 101 <a href="https://www.jleague.co">J-league</a> game.</p> 102 <h2 id="anti-recommendations">Anti-recommendations</h2> 103 <ul> 104 <li>If you’re planning to visit Kyoto, get your temple/shrine fix there, and skip 105 Sensoji/Kaminari-mon in Asakusa.</li> 106 </ul> 107 </article> 108 </main> 109 110 <footer id="footer"> 111 <div class="copyright"> 112 <span xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"> 113 The content of this site by 114 <a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="https://chris.bracken.jp/about"><span rel="cc:attributionName">Chris Bracken</span></a> 115 is 116 <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">CC BY 4.0</a>. 117 </span> 118 </div> 119 </footer> 120 </body> 121 </html>