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Tokyo Day 1 Part 3 — Kabukicho, Hanazono Shrine

We had our first taste of Shinjuku (Tokyo Day 1 Part 2). After that, we explored the Hanazono Shrine and  the red light district Kabukicho. After dinner, we decided to take a look around Kabukicho. We somehow wandered into a crowded Hanazono Shrine. There was a fair going on – tori no ichi (open air [...]


Tokyo Day 1 Part 2– Shinjuku Station, Shinjuku, Depachika Dinner

In our previous post, we wrote of our arrival at Narita Airport (Tokyo Day 1 Part 1). Shinjuku Station We didn’t know that Shinjuku station is the busiest station in the world so imagine our shock when we arrived and saw the sheer number of people there! There were so many people! And they were [...]