Exploring More of Tokyo

Spending the week exploring more of Tokyo.  Here are some pics of our latest escapades in Japan.

The Games, Oh My the Games!

Our first full day in Tokyo was spent with a friend who gave us a fantastic tour of downtown Tokyo, took us to Akihabara (Electric Town), put up with our dismal singing at Karaoke, and got us pretty drunk.  All-in-all it was an amazing day.  But for me the highlight was Akihabara.  A place I've dreamed of going to since I first picked up a video-game controller.  I won't go into too much detail, other than it lived up to the hype - much nerding was done.

In A Daze.

Well, we made it.  It was a long, tiring journey of over 24hrs, but we are finally in Tokyo.  We checked out our apartment, took a zombified stroll around the local area, which unexpectedly led to us stumbling across Shibuya Crossing, and then bought our first meal, noodles from a vending machine - how appropriately Japanese.  Here are a  few random pics.  Stay tuned for more coherent posts in the future.

Beauty.

Indeed.

Still Alive.

Well, I guess I'm resurrecting my blog.  I wanted to have this as a travel blog, but since I've got back from China, I haven't done much travelling.  With starting a new job, adjusting to life back in the West, and various other things, I've let the blog side.  Well, with a trip now planned and booked to Tokyo next march, I thought it's time to start blogging again.

The missus and I will be spending about ten days in Tokyo and hopefully a few days in Kyoto.  We managed to get an apartment right outside Shibuya Crossing in the heart of Tokyo, so I'm really exicted.

If our view is half as good as this picture, then I'll be a happy man.  With going to Hong Kong in May, and Tokyo this coming March, I'll have hit two bucket list destinations in the space of a year.  I hope to make regular updates to this blog, but I'm sure I'll slack off, and be my normal unproductive self, but here's to optimism.

Bringing Sexy Back.

I can't really stay in my room too long; I should of got the one with air conditioning . . . doh!  So here is a short and sweet update of stuff in Hong Kong.

Statue Square on Hong Kong Island with the colonial court house in the background.  Although the Japanese kinda ruined the term Statue Square by nicking them all, but one, during WWII.

The same court house with the Bank of China (I think) building in the background.

One of the few remaining old school letter boxes.

Stephen and Stitt, the two lions outside the Bank of HSBC headquarters on Hong Kong Island.  They are both riddled with bullet holes and shrapnel scars from the defence of Hong Kong Island during WWII, as seen below:

Also, on a side note, apparently ice cream is bringing sexy back in Hong Kong.  As demonstrated by these ladies hawking a new brand of ice cream:

And lastly, I visited Ngong Ping Plateau on Lantau Island.  At the top is a huge bronze buddha.  This and the 20 minute cable car ride are definitely worth the journey.

Well, two more days and I'll be home.  Until next time folks.