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The best part of going to a museum is often to visit the museum shop afterwards (shhh, don’t tell anyone I said that! ), and there are so many good ones. Often you don’t even have to visit the museum or pay an entrance fee to browse in the shop. The museum shops usually have a really […]
February 19, 2011
On my first visit to Tokyo in 2008 I was looking for an affordable hotel. I was told that Tokyo is very expensive (which might be true compared to the rest of asia, but not to european capitals like London and Paris!) You get so much more value for your money in Tokyo when it […]
January 25, 2011
If you´re in Tokyo, you must visit the Tsukiji market (Tokyo wholesale fish market). Not only is it one of the few things in life which is for free, but also a sneak peek into japanese culture. The auctions start at 5.30 a.m., but to be honest I just couldn’t get out of bed that early (I was […]
November 13, 2010
On a trip to Tokyo, we could not resist staying a night at the Park Hyatt Tokyo in Shinjuku, famous from the movie Lost in Translation. It did not disappoint! We checked in and stayed in a room on the 43rd floor. We had an excellent dinner at the world-famous New York Grill restaurant which is worth […]
October 23, 2010
If you are going to Tokyo please, please, please visit one of the Gonpachi restaurants, which is rumored to have inspired Quentin Tarantino for the famous showdown scene between O-Ren Ishii and The bride in the Kill Bill 1 movie. The traditional japanese food is excellent, reasonable priced and the atmosphere is unbeatable. I recommend to make […]
April 27, 2012
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