My first ever visit to a maid cafe was probably one of my most memorable experiences in Tokyo. While wandering the streets of Akihabara, we found a maid cafe that I had found online. I honestly had no idea what to expect from the maid cafe. We went up a few flights of stairs, passing […]
Tokyo 2018
Akihabara – Overview
While visiting Akihabara we first went into a bookstore. It looked pretty small, but it had 9 floors to make up for the lack of space. It was a little grueling to have to take 9 escalators to get up to the top floor, but it was interesting to experience. The top floor, known as […]
Takeshite Street – Harajuku
The brightly pastel colored Takeshite street is home to dozens of “kawaiI” style cafes, little crepe shops, and cute boutiques on every corner. We took a long walk and a small side street to get onto the main street. I immediately spotted a crepe shop with what looked to be over 100 flavors of crepes. […]
Genki Sushi – Conveyor Belt Restaurant
On our way to Harajuku, my family and I decided to go to lunch in Shibuya. We barely knew our way around, and it took seemingly forever to get there. However, it did give us an opportunity to explore and walk around the area. We passed dozens of restaurants and stores, but we were pretty […]
The World’s Busiest Station
Shinjuku station was the biggest station in the world, and it certainly lived up to its title! Luckily, our hotel was pretty close to one of the entrances to the station. We walked down a long staircase into the station and figured out how to use a subway pass card that my mother had purchased […]
Shinjuku – Overview
Shinjuku, a bustling district, with the busiest subway in the world, was an interesting place to stay at for the first trip to Japan. We were in the airport bus to the hotel. Immediately upon arriving in the area, you could instantly notice a few aspects of the Japanese culture. Thousands of men and women, […]