Meguro is more of a residential area in the South West of Tokyo. Contrary to its name, Meguro station is actually nto located in the Meguro Ward but slightly off on its eastern border. I believe the main attraction Meguro is known for is its beautiful Sakura viewing spot in Naka Meguro during spring. Naka […]
Formerly known as the downtown area of Edo-Tokyo and main commercial center, the Chuo Ward continues to build on this reputation today. Makes sense to name it Chuo (中央) where both Kanji mean ‘center’. Ginza shopping street This street offers a lot of named brands which are all located in tall buildings though not as
Bunkyo (文京) uses the Kanji for culture (文) and capital (京) and indeed has some very fancy aristocratic gardens and is home of the Tokyo University – the first imperial university and now known as one of Japan’s most prestigious universities (wiki, 02.11.2019 ). Bunkyo City Hall The Bunkyo City Hall is in its core
Seen as a wide green area on google maps in central Tokyo is the Imperial Garden and together with the Yasukuni Shrine, Hibiya Park and National Museum of Modern Arts it actually makes up for 22% of Chiyoda’s area (wiki, 01.11.2019). Imperial Palace East Garden There is a huge green area on the map of
Today the in the west located Shinjuku ward is the commercial and administrative centre of Metropolitian Tokyo. A variety of areas can be found here ranging from business, shopping to leisure and food. Docomo Tower As of 2019 the Docomo Tower with its 240m is the fourth tallest building in Tokyo right after the Tokyo
Shibuya is probably one of the more famous wards in Tokyo. Hearing that name, one of the world’s most busy crossroads and streets filled with blinking advertisements and clothing brands come to one’s mind. However additional to that busy shopping part, there is also this big busy greenery park offering ahuge space for recreational activities.
Minato is located in the south of Tokyo and is home to various embessies and domestic companies such as Honda, Sony, NEC and Toshiba. One of Tokyo’s symbol, the Tokyo Tower, is located her not far away from the KEIO university which i used to attend in my exchange semester (wiki, 02.11.2019). Tokyo Tower The
In my personal opinion Taito is the best wards out of all wards in Tokyo, though of course i might be biased since i used to live here for 3 months. The popular district of Asakusa and Akihabara are located here as well as the Ueno park and Shinobazu pond which look great everytime i
To complete this list of short trips around Tokyo the destinations of Yokohama, Kamakura and Hakone should be mentioned here as well. I only passed them on my Tokaido hike so i am not able to give an in depth description but rather just give some teasers why so many people like to go to
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Using Keio’s template of “Useful Information and/or advice from the Former Exchange Students” (keio.ac.jp, accessed 07.11.2019) i also want to give my 2 cents to the troubles i encountered. Things to bring from home: I found it really convinient to bring a socket distributor for my electronic devices since Japan has another socket interface. Else
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