Tokyo
So far, we stayed mainly in Tokyo. The city is pretty ugly, but so big that all the crazyness makes up for it. Every part of the city is like a little town and there are countless subwaystations and most are bigger than the central station in Munich. Its not easy to find the right way and its even harder to try to ask Japanese people. Theyre very polite, but usually have no clue what we~re trying to ask. A lot of nodding and smiling without much useful information. The food is probably the best thing here. So much variety, even though we dont really know what we are eating most of the time. Luckily Japanese like to have pictures in there menus or wax displays of the dishes... Everything is a lot cheaper than we thought and there is no tipping, either, makes it easy. There are vending machines everywhere, its amazing and they sell all kinds of drinks, hot and cold. SevenElevens are really cool, too, because they have cheap fresh trあditional food (at least it looks traditional, but what do we really know...) in take out boxes. Every meal is a surprise and for the most part positive. Some of us had to have some McDonalds, though...
The next pictures are taken at that famous crossing where they walk across the intersection at the same time from all directions. The lighted buildings and billboards are pretty crazy, too. And people say Americans waste energy... Its kind of like Times Square but times a hundred.
This picture is from the top of the city hall. The biggest city hall in the world, not surprising with 16 million inhabitants. Sometimes I feel like in the middle of an ant hill.
On top of an island called Enoshima, an hour and a half from Tokyo. We had the freshest and best grilled squid, ever! Afterwards we bought little dried fish with a honey/sesame crust for an afternoon snack. They also had tiny sugarcoated crabs in their shells, but I was the only one who showed interest and by myself it was too much crab candy...
Trying to get information in Tokyo, that sign sums it up...
Even though, the city is super modern, there are shrines and temples everywhere. Here a new years ceremony. They pretty much closed down the city from the 1st to the third. This temple was dedicated to cabage or so it seemed... People brought cabbage and put it inside the temple. Outside they had free cabbage broth boiled in Sake. Again, I think thats what it was...
The picture are pretty random, but right now I dont have access to all my pics, but dont worry Ill make you see them all or at least some more... Tonight we are off to Kyoto and then finally some skiing!
The next pictures are taken at that famous crossing where they walk across the intersection at the same time from all directions. The lighted buildings and billboards are pretty crazy, too. And people say Americans waste energy... Its kind of like Times Square but times a hundred.
This picture is from the top of the city hall. The biggest city hall in the world, not surprising with 16 million inhabitants. Sometimes I feel like in the middle of an ant hill.
On top of an island called Enoshima, an hour and a half from Tokyo. We had the freshest and best grilled squid, ever! Afterwards we bought little dried fish with a honey/sesame crust for an afternoon snack. They also had tiny sugarcoated crabs in their shells, but I was the only one who showed interest and by myself it was too much crab candy...
Trying to get information in Tokyo, that sign sums it up...
Even though, the city is super modern, there are shrines and temples everywhere. Here a new years ceremony. They pretty much closed down the city from the 1st to the third. This temple was dedicated to cabage or so it seemed... People brought cabbage and put it inside the temple. Outside they had free cabbage broth boiled in Sake. Again, I think thats what it was...
The picture are pretty random, but right now I dont have access to all my pics, but dont worry Ill make you see them all or at least some more... Tonight we are off to Kyoto and then finally some skiing!
Leo Lutz - 1. Jan, 10:38
