Tokyo

I arrived in Tokyo at 3:20 p.m. and met from friend Philip, from Germany, at the airport. He was nice enough to fetch me from the airport to show me to the hostel and escort me around the city. It took about an hour from the airport to get into the city. This is a picture of Shinjuku station - the busiest station in Tokyo. Or as Philip says, the busiest station in the world.



Thankfully for him, I was able to find my way around. If it weren't for him, I probably wouldn't have found my hostel.

So the first day I was here we did a lot of things. First of all the hostel wasn't what I expected. We found the manager in his office which looked like a garage. He showed us to our rooms which was located in a separate building. Actually, it was in a completely hidden place, in between a restaurant and a shop.

It cost 16,00 yen to stay per night which converts to about $22. The only thing there is hardly any space. In one room here are 5 people staying and, as I expected, the bathroom is puny!

After dropping off my suitcase at the hostel, Philip and I wandered around looking for food. I heard that the noodles here were cheap so I decided that noodles would be in the best interest of my wallet.




We ate shrimp tempura. It's interesting because you purchase your ticket for your meal from a vending machine outside of the restaurant. Then, you bring your ticket inside the restaurant and then they ask you whether you want it your noodles hot or cold. It's great because you don't have to pay for tip or order in Japanese, which I'm scared of doing. lol!

After that we paid a visit to Akihabara, a.k.a. Electric Town. There are many electronic shops and arcades around here. We also found many manga shops, some seemed a little sketch bag because you would only see men in them. I don't really wanna know what they were looking at. -_-"

We called it an early night because both of us were tired, especially me. My head kept jerking on my train because I dozed off every second. It was horrible. As soon as I got to the hostel, I crawled into bed with a coma.




















Right: streets close to Takanobaba station in Tokyo
Left: View from the top of city hall