Honeymoon in Japan or Thailand?
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Yeah, we both loved Tokyo. We love food too so it was a dream. Pretty much all we did was eat and drink.
We stayed at the Granbell in Shinjuku. Not a super fancy hotel, but the more expensive rooms are nice. Still pretty affordable. It's designy. Get the inclusive breakfast.
We did a bunch of random stuff: batting cages around the corner, Shinjuku Goyen (massive garden), sushi (the hotel had a list of good places nearby, along with good ramen places). It's also right near Golden Gai, which is a warren of tiny bars (probably over 100) in a few blocks. It's very cool and we met an amazingly nice bartender and had drinks spilled on us with some very nice Japanese family in a bar the size of a closet. Piss Alley is also close, similar concept, but more food focused.
Honestly the best thing we ate was at the weekend festival at the Hanzono temple next to Golden Gai. Tons of stalls with yakitori, takoyaki, sweets, beer, snacks, all sorts of weird shit.
We saw a baseball game at the Tokyo Dome which was cool, went to the museums in Roppongi (2121 Design Sight, Mori, the FujiFilm museum). The National Museum and Zoo in Ueno. Walked a ton. Checked out Shibuya. Spent too much time in Uniqlo (free WiFi). The song will drive you insane.
My wife switched to T Mobile before we went to get the international roaming for free. The cell network there is 3G and can get overloaded easily in dense areas. But Google maps was a lifesaver when we did have service which was about 80% of the time and will give you train and subway info down to what # car you should get in. The translate app wasn't much help though.
It was an amazing trip and we already want to go back. It was intimidating when we first got their not really knowing how to talk to people, but you can just kind of point at stuff and some basic english and most people are really helpful.
Have an awesome time!