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• JamesCullen

  I'm going to be in Tokyo this September for a week or so. Seeing as the city is so big, is there one part of the city I should be looking to stay in? Shinjuku?Shibuya? maybe somewhere else...thanks in advance

  Mar 14, 10, 3:56 a.m. – Permalink

• whereRI

  i was there this year, i stayed in akasaka. its a business district but its inbetween all the good stuff. easy to get around on the underground.

  stayed at chisun grand hotel, was really nice and pretty cheap ( bout 60 euro a night)

  ill post some stuff to check out in a bit

  • hotel is right opposite subway entrance too– whereRI1/3

    +1 for akasaka– inteliboy2/3

    Thanks for the info!– JamesCullen3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 5:24 a.m. – Permalink

• PaulM74

  I too stayed i akasaka – don't confuse with asakusa when hopping in a cab like I did! Amazing city...

  • hehehe or even akihabara– whereRI

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 5:59 a.m. – Permalink

• whereRI

  akasaka is right near rippongi, check out the Mori tower , awesome gallery on top best exhibition ive ever been to. also if you like being hastled by nigerians to see strippers, check out rippongi at night.

  go to the tokyo fish market at 5 am, its mind blowing.

  might not be on in septemeber but try go watch sumo, its awesome. beer, popcorn and sumo wrestling!

  harajuku is awesome for shopping and eating, also check out the park on sundays. the crazy kids are there all dressed up and around the corner you can see the 50's / elvis rockabilly dudes dancing n singing.

  shibuya is good for night out too. there is a bar right near the crossing called gas panic, its bit touristy but quite fun.

  akihabara is awesome for shopping and go to a maid-o cafe, pretty fuckin funny. there are some crazy sex shops and stuff.

  i cant remember what they called, but there are these awesome bars in this grid of tiny streets in shinjuku. tiny places but very cool.
  also some naughty stuff going on in shinjuku at night...

  go have a drink in the last in translation hotel, its got quite a view

  if you have time, jump on the train and go to kamakura for the day. coastal town, loads of temples and a giant buddha!

  weird, we did so much its all turned into a blur, ill post more stuff as i remember it...

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 6:29 a.m. – Permalink

• whereRI

  here are some photos from my trip

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/_19…

  • amazing photos..what camera were you using?– JamesCullen1/2

    lx3– whereRI2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 6:32 a.m. – Permalink

• whereRI

  aaah also, check out the ghibli museum (spirited away, ponyo etc)

  • +100– sebastianfrench

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 6:32 a.m. – Permalink

• plash

  bring money

  • no doubt– linearch

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 8:19 a.m. – Permalink

• whereRI

  ^ yes. bring lots. it is moooocho expensivo

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 9:38 a.m. – Permalink

• stoplying

  I stayed at my girl's sister's apartment in Ebisu. I would just say to stay somewhere close to the Yamanote train line. That's your best bet for getting around tokyo.

  • subway network there is also epic– tOki

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 12:08 p.m. – Permalink

• Peter

  re: "bring money",

  Public transportation almost works as a charm here. Trains & subways comes/leaves frequently and aren't normally delayed.
  So instead of staying at big pricey stations like Shinjuku or Shibuya you'd save some good yen just staying a couple of stations away.

  Tip 2: use that money to buy things.

  • Get metro card– sebastianfrench

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 6:48 p.m. – Permalink

• BettyBotox

  Stay anywhere near the Yamanote railway line - it gets you to all the main places and it runs in a loop so if you miss your stop the first time you can wake up and get off next time around...

  • Or...get off next station and take the coming train back one stop, instead of wasting half an hour doing nothing?– Peter

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 6:57 p.m. – Permalink

• DrBombay

  Hey Peter sorry about calling you at 540am today. For some reason it looked like you were sending me a msg at 340pm my time!

  • Hehe, it's all right. Actually I think I accidentally called through Skype the other day.– Peter

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 7:17 p.m. – Permalink

• DrBombay

  Oh and I am staying at the sunroute shinjuku in about 2.5 weeks. I got a serious deal on the hotel. That hotel is often less expensive than others in the area. It is 1 block from shinjuku station south exit.

  Peter knows what he is talking about as far as not staying in shinjuku/shibuya though. It is an expensive area, but I am worth it. For the most part I would try to stay somewhere near the Yamanote line train though.

  Speaking of that, I did this over the weekend; showing someone how flash and audio/video work together and made something kinda neat.

  http://www.rickbenedict.com/jams…

  • Yeah, true, Yamanote is all right. But any station on the other half of the loop have almost nothing in terms of fun. Vouching for the "West" part of the loop.– Peter1/6

    ...vouching for the "West" part of the loop.– Peter2/6

    West siiiiiide http://bonvivantonli…– DrBombay3/6

    http://www.sannoheda…– Peter4/6

    2000 yen cover with mankini-clad bartenders, 2 drink tickets– DrBombay5/6

    haha, Steven Segal bought a Bacardi and Coke for 1800 at that odd place.– DrBombay6/6

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 7:22 p.m. – Permalink

• RoyBoyII

  I stayed in Shinjuku, great vibrant district. We found it easy to get around by train..

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 7:40 p.m. – Permalink

• DrBombay

  In this economy, you could stay in a Super Mario themed love hotel in Kabuki-cho for a week cheaper than most major hotels. ;)

  • And have your own butler for just a few hundred yens:
    http://www.butlersca…– Peter1/4

    Sounds like a great night job for you.– DrBombay2/4

    きもちわるい。。。– tOki3/4

    haha– DrBombay4/4

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 7:45 p.m. – Permalink

• Frosty_spl

  Can you stay in a love hotel for a week? I went to one for a night stay. =P 100 bucks a night and they are pretty big.

  • Never go alone, social skills fail.– tOki

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 8:36 p.m. – Permalink

• sebastianfrench

  Capsule hotel
  note some place 'No Gaijin Allowed' 'No Foreign Allowed'
  I love Japan

  • yeah sometimes you get the feeling that they hate foreigners - especially from the older folk.– inteliboy1/5

    My wife's Japanese and she explained that Japanese ppl are just amuse by Foreigners.– sebastianfrench2/5

    LoL they're always smiley n friendly to us, but really they are just amuse by us. Dumb white boy– sebastianfrench3/5

    yeah actually japan has some pretty strong racial undercurrents, I've experienced first hand!– tOki4/5

    I got yelled the f*k out of in the subway once by some random old guy - I guess war related issues...– inteliboy5/5

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 10, 10:18 p.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  I have a cousin in the navy who is stationed over there. SHe says that yeah, she'll walk into a shop and the keeper will just start yelling "You leave now! No Gaijin!"

  Pretty awesome.

  • It's better to tell them ur European.– sebastianfrench1/2

    It was in the news, group of Navy men raped a 14yo girl and got away with no punishment. Bunch of assholes. No Gaijin!– sebastianfrench2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 4:07 a.m. – Permalink

• Machuse

  lol why dont they like gaijin in the sotires ... if anything take advantage of them or something

  • Big hairy white douche bag I guess. LoL.– sebastianfrench

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 4:16 a.m. – Permalink

• DrBombay

  I was called Baka gaijin by 3 salarymen on the ginza line 2 years ago. I don't think they thought I understood what it meant.

  • 'Baka Gaijin' = 'Stupid foreigner'
    But I still love them!– sebastianfrench

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 6:31 a.m. – Permalink

• JamesCullen

  thanks for the info guys

  • dunno if you saw above, it was a lx3– whereRI1/2

    Yep, quality photos...really captured the true nature of the place.– JamesCullen2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 7:19 a.m. – Permalink