The Shoto Grand Hills is close to some super nice museums, shops and restaurants. So I took the train and went to Bunkamara.
It was amazing! The architecture here is uber modern and not very "Japanese" but it is definitely a cultural center. This building houses an art gallery, art museum, cinema, a modern movie experience theater (you have to see it to believe it: nice seats, food and drinks served to you and a movie presented in parts!), French and Italian restaurants, book store, French owned flower shop and an Austrian jewelry store. Fabulous!
This is the uber modern movie theater. It was super cool! I watched some show about Utopia. It was about salvaging treasure under the sea. It looked great on the huge screen in this theater.
From there I took the train to nearby Daikanyama district.Daikanyama (代官山) is one of the districts of Tokyo, Japan’s Shibuya ward. Known as a hot spot of shopping for locals, Daikanyama is home to a wide variety of fashionable boutique shops and sidewalk restaurants and cafes. Multiple courtyards are located between restaurants and homes and the low rise buildings give the neighborhood a more subdued classic style than the hyper-modern high rises of Tokyo’s other shopping districts (one of which I had just come from).
Some of the shops in this area include Jean Paul Gaultier, Paul Smith, Vivienne Tam, and Martin Margiela hold court in Daikanyama alongside local designer shops converted out of old homes and vintage clothing shops spilling out onto the sidewalks. Main streets with well known names such as Kyu Yamate Dori and Hachiman Dori are well traveled but side streets and alleys often have just as many if not more shops of their own.
Some of the more trendy shops.
Ok. Folks I need help deciding where to go to next. I will give you two options and you pick which one you think sounds best and why. You see I am not a decision maker so I need you to really sway me one way or another.
Your choices are... Ueno Park
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this place looks awsome with all the places to eat and the things to do such as going shopping. i would love to try all the different exotic foods that their is to offer. i would go to Tokyo Dome City because you could go watch some baseball or sports there. Then head to the amusment park they have there.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of a question is this? Tokyo Dome City! Besides having more to do, this city has a massive hotel towering 155 meters above the city! it has over one thousand guest rooms, and seven restaurants and lounges! Plus it has an amazing view of the Imperial Palace, Mount Fuji, and Tokyo Bay. Joe, you could practically just stay there.
ReplyDeleteBut, you also have to visit Tokyo Dome to see the Yomiuri Giants!
Not to mention the amusement park, featuring the Tower Hacker, an 80 meter drop of pure terror.
Go to Tokyo Dome City next!
I think you should go to Tokyo Dome City!
ReplyDeleteI looks pretty cool there and i think the night life would be the funnest part. I looks like it has more to do there when what Ueno Park does. If i were you i would go to Tokyo Dome City!
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ReplyDeletehey i love the pics the museans are great but i think you sholud go to tokyo dome city . the park sounds great wish i was there with you japan sounds great.
ReplyDeleteHey the theater looks awesome with the seats and the design. Your expensive condo looks really sweet to be staying at. Next, you should go to Tokyo Dome City! The park and concets will seem really exciting.
ReplyDeleteThis place looks awesome. The theater looks pretty cool. Not to mention all the shopping you could do and the different foods you could try. I think that the Tokyo Dome City looks like it has more to do. So go to Tokyo Dome City next.
ReplyDeleteTokyo looks amazing. all the shopping looks like it would be a blast. and the theater looks interesting how it is all set up. i would go to Tokyo Dome City because the amusement park looks fun and look like it has more interesting to see.
ReplyDeleteTokyo Dome City for sure!! Theres a ginormous amusement park that if it were up too me, i would live in for about a month or until i rode so many rides I've puked, whichever comes the quickest..haha!!
ReplyDeleteTokyo looked pretty cool, i seriously can't wait until I take my first flight to Tokyo!
Hopefully after I graduate :):)
Gona have to save up some cash money because im
pretty sure I'll come home with 5 more suitcases than i actually brought with me!! The pictures of the shops are making me anxious already!! I just want to jump into the computer screen and be in that picture, FOREVER :)
Hey!! The places look really cool and awesome. I think you should go to Tokyo Dome City. You can watch sports, concerts, and go to festivals! After that you could go to the spa and amusement park!
ReplyDeleteAll those places look really neat. I think you should go to Tokyo Dome City, but only if you like amusement parks. That would be the reason I went there, and for the shopping. Sounds like it would be a blast. And after you had a fun day of riding rides of shopping you could go to the spa and relax! :)
ReplyDeleteTokyo looks like a very nice city. If I ever got the chance to go there, I would. I think you should go to Ueno Park because it has a rich historical background. It also has some pretty nice views, especially in the spring when the cherry blossoms come out.
ReplyDeleteI would Choose Tokyo Dome City.
ReplyDeleteTokyo Dome is Japan's first domed stadium, opened on the March 17,1988.Baseball games and various other eventsare held at the dome throughout the year.
Tokyo Dome is the franchise stadium for the Yomiuri Giants, hosting More than 60 games yearly. It is also one of the leading stadiums in the world, having hosted Japanese-American baseball games, and the first MLB opening match held outside America (Mets vs Cubs) in the year 2000.
Theres Also Amusement Parks!!
The park is equipped with many attractions providing for fun and entertainment in the middle of the big city.
The Main Attractions include:
Linear Gale: 800 yen
The world's first hanging-type linear roller-coaster
Skyflower: 600 yen
A parachute-type attraction going up and down from a height of 61 meters to the ground,
commanding a magnificent viewof city streets and buildings.
More Attraction include the Baseball Hall of Fame && lots of Restaurants and Shopping Centers!!
Okay. I'm definetly going to have to agree with pretty much everyone else. Tokyo Dome City owns compared to Ueno Park. What with all the amusement parks, restaurants, shopping, lounges. Ueno Park looks uber BORING compared to Tokyo Dome City. So if it's not obvious already, i think you should go to Tokyo Dome City next! :)
ReplyDeleteBy the way! 492846337 is Chelsea :)
ReplyDeleteWow! sounds like you are having alot of fun. I wish i could go there. I think you should choose Tokyo Dome City. There seems to be alot of things you can do there from shopping to seeking your crazy side by going on some rollar coasters and eating amusement park food. sounds like a blast i hope you make a good decision.
ReplyDeleteWell it looks like your having a great time at Tokyo. So my decision is go to Tokyo Dome City cause it would be fun to ride all of the rides. Especially when it's in Tokyo.The theater looks like fun, it's huge!!!
ReplyDeleteKelsi
If I was you and having an experience of a lifetime I would definately go to Tokyo Dome City. There are plenty of things to do there like go to the local shopping centers, eat there incredible food, go to an amusement park where you can have tons of food. For the most part you can learn so much from being there not only about the people but there culture!
ReplyDeleteIm very jealous that I am not there with you, but next time I would love to join along! :)
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ReplyDeleteThis place looks SWEET! I am soo jealous that I couldnt go with you. You could go shopping and eat lots of GREAT FOOD while your there! I would love to see the night lights. I wish I could go with you to eat lots of GREAT FOOD!
ReplyDeletethis palce is interasting and fun we laern about both past and perasent places and tradtion and how the too have combined.
ReplyDeletewell that looks awsome i would love to gothere. Also i would love to ride all of those rides.I would love to go shopping there even though i dont like shopping!
ReplyDeleteKelsi
Well i am very happy you got ur own ofuro or bathtub i would hate to spend that time in the bathroom with a lot of people it would be very distubing and other people would see you naked who want that!! Privacy thenk you!! Okay well i would like to see the food. I wouldn't like if i had to ride it for 8 hours.
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