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We
flew down the next day to Tokyo's national airport, Haneda. We took
a monorail, train then subway to our U.S. Military Hotel, the New
Sanno. |
Located
in downtown Tokyo, not far from the Roppongi entertainment district,
and very close to a subway terminal, it is a great spot for exploring
Tokyo. |
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We bought
subway tickets from a vending machine, and then went underground.
It is very easy to navigate around Tokyo by it's subways and rail
ways. |
There are
many magazine, food and other shops in most of the subway terminals. |
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The
superscripted "S" symbol means an entrance to the underground
subway stations. |
Our
first visit was to the world famous Ginza Shopping area. It is famous
for its high priced items. |
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Tall buildings,
lots of little shops, and fine imported luxury items abounded. Tersa
was astounded to see a several hundred dollar umbrella for sale. |
Thomas
and Lynn used alot of disposable cameras, and fortunately were able
to restock many times from shops like this one all over Tokyo. |
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Although
large and full of people, Tokyo is not a hard place to navigate
around, and it is pretty clean. |
I thought
this row of shops and resturaunts was cool...it is built under the
railroad tracks passing thru Ginza. |
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Here
is the other side of the same rail road tracks |
Thomas
and I saw this clothing shop with this old car in it, and got the
sales ladies to pose for us. |
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A shot
of Teresa, Thomas and Lynn in downtown Tokyo, Ginza Shopping area! |
Many of the buildings
were very colorfully lit up. At night, the streets look like magic. |
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We
walked well into the night, exploring street after colorfull street. |
A different kind
of crowd started to emerge at night. We got hungry and wound up
finding a McDonalds. We ate at a number of McDonalds in Tokyo. |
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Finally
we were too tired to go any more. We decided to call it a night
had head back to the subways before they shutdown...usually around
11pm at night. |
Lynn and Teresa
stop for me to take their picture for a moment just outside the
New Sanno Hotel. |
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More
shots from the Tokyo Nightlife scene |
I
think this shot was of Ginza at night |
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I wish we could have had another week or
two to explore. There is just so much to see, and so little time
to see it all. |
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