Live from Kyoto!

First week in Japan is finished! The entire time was spent in Tokyo and to put it gently, it was a CRAZY time. I haven't walked around this much in a long time. Here's a quick summary of each of the various areas I was able to explore.

Ikebukuro: Visited the Sunshine City Observatory on the 60th floor! It was a pretty awesome way to view the city (which really seemed to never end).

Shibuya: Hot girls. Lots, and lots, and lots of hot girls. Oh and there were lots of people (mostly hot girls).

Akihabara: Electronics paradise! Although I still can't find my arcade stick Sanwa parts which is very dissapointing. The girls dressed up in all of their maid uniforms trying to lure you in are mega cute.

Shinjuku: Lots of awesome skyscrapers in this district. The Metropolitan Buildings, Cacoon Building and some NTT Docomo tower really stood out. Kabukicho (red light district) was a little dissapointing but that was probably because I was there during the day.

Asakusa: This is the area I stayed in. The "older" part of Tokyo, there were lots of street markets and the entire area has a kind of older city vibe to it.

Roppongi: WIERD. The entire area seems to not only be full of night clubs and bars, it's also filled with hundreds of black guys trying to get you to go to their clubs. Seriously. They will walk blocks with you and hold a conversation to get you to come to see the "Titties and Beers".

Shimbashi: Didn't really get to explore this area but I did go to the Fish Market in this district. Pretty awesome to see everyone hard at work preparing the fish for the stores just a block away. I had the frest sushi I've ever had. The one that stood out the most was a raw shrimp one that I had. Typically in NA all you get are the cooked cocktail shrimp. But this thing was uncooked and delicious! Oh, and the warm sake to go with it was also pretty amazing too :D

I think those are the major ones I got to get around too. Other than that there was a lot of trains, a day trip to Matsumoto and Nagano and a short jaunt to Shinagawa-ku (which was pretty awesome). I will eventually get to summarizing some of my thoughts that I've written in the little notebook I've brought.

Japan is a crazy amazing place. I love the trains, the people, the GIRLS, the culture, ack! It's going to be difficult to going back to not having cute girls yelling at me to come to their stores and tipping poor service. Funny how in a place where bad service doesn't even exist you don't have to tip 1 yen.

This week is Kyoto and then next week Hiroshima and a few free days. Hopefully my feet will not be as sore in the next little while as I'm going to rent a bike to get around Kyoto!