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Tokyo National Museum

The Tokyo National Museum, also known as the 東京国立博物館 (Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) or TNM in short, is an art and history museum. It is home to Japanese cultural properties of modern art, archaeology and ethnology, and cultural properties. Let’s check out the museum with an exploration. Museum in a park The museum is situated within Ueno Park in the Taitō ward...
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Checking out Tokyo DisneySea Japan

Tokyo Disneysea is a themepark located in the city of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the two Disney parks here in Tokyo comprising of 6 main sectors, themed to a Seafaring element. Located right in the heart of Tokyo, the theme park is one of the must-visits if Theme parks are your thing. Let’s check out Tokyo DisneySea...
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Enoshima Island, Tokyo

Enoshima is a small offshore beach island location off the Shōnan coast of Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture. It is known for its sandy beaches, Shrines and ocean side caves (Iwaya Caves), with breath-taking views. Let’s check it out today with an on-ground day exploration. Physically, Enoshima island spans about 4 km in circumference, making it smaller than Singapore’s Sentosa island. It...
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A look at old Tsukiji Market Tokyo

The Tsukiji (築地) Market, also known as Tsukiji shijō, is a massive open air fish market and one of the largest wholesale fish markets in the world in Tokyo, Japan. If you had seen giant premium tuna cube blocks being auctioned in the wee hours in Japan, chances are this is where it happened. I had been to the...
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Tokyo Skytree and Ginza street

Lets check out Japan's tallest building and the 2nd tallest in the world, the 32-floor broadcast, restaurant, and observation tower, Tokyo Skytree observation deck today!
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Touring the Tokyo Auto Salon 2020

Tokyo Auto Salon (東京オートサロン Tokyo ŌtoSaron) is an annual mega car show held in Tokyo Japan. Unlike car show we are accustomed to, it is one or the biggest annual automotive event with focus on the aftermarket parts. Tokyo Auto Salon 2020 saw events ranging from performance and custom dress-up parts and technology displays by major Japanese automakers. Not...
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Deer fest at Nara Park Japan

Nara park Japan is chill little city in the capital of Japan’s Nara Prefecture, located in south-central Honshu, Japan. Established in 1880, notably, the city of Nara sits at the foot of Mount Wakakusa and is known for their open free-roaming Deer. It is surrounded with lush vegetation and devoid of tall skyscrapers typically seen in Japanese capital cities like...
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Kyoto city, Japan

Kyoto is chill city in the central-western part of Japan on the island of Honshu. It is a city of history and culture. Also, Kyoto used to be the capital city of Japan before it moved to Tokyo in 1868. Moreover, the city itself is well served by a good network of underground metro subway and above ground buses. Buses...
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Shibuya Tokyo sights, Japan

Shibuya is a ward in Tokyo, Japan with a buzzing nightlife, shopping and cheap great sushi and cool shrines. You might also know it for their crazy scramble crossing junction. It is a district area situated right beside the Shinjuku ward, which too is also quite a beast of its own which I am covering in a separate post....
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Tokyo Shinjuku Musings, Japan

Tokyo Shinjuku is a ward of entertainment, business and shopping area. It is one of the 23 city wards of Tokyo and one known for its buzzing nightlife. You might also know it for their Godzilla street. Let’s see what’s on at Shinjuku and visit catch some great sunset views of Mt Fuji too. Buzzing Nightlife If the nightlife is what...
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Akihabara Tokyo musings! Toys Mangas Radio shack!

Hail the Akihabara district in Tokyo Japan. If collectable Japanese toys and model toys, comics and doujins are your thing. This district is a hobby dream wonderland for you. There are rows and rows of shops on the district here with shops offering vast collections of electronics, toys, books and all those of the second-hand kind. Let’s check it...
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Taipei Maokong Tea Village Gondola Cable car, Taiwan

Maokong is a quaint little hilly village located at the top of an evergreen mountain overlooking the city of Taipei. The highland spot is widely known for Maokong Tea Village and Gondola Cable car. It is one of the most scenic spots in Taipei (the other being Elephant hill) providing breathtaking views of Taipei City. These views can be often...
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Yang Ming Shan, Qixing Mountain, Taiwan

Yang Ming Shan is one of the few scenic and nature sites located with a short travel away from the city of Taipei. It is located about an hour plus at a national park in northern Taipei City of the same name- The Yang Ming Shan National Park. The park spans 114 square kilometers and is highly accessible from...
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Taipei IT malls, Guanghua Mall and Syntrend Creative Park, Taiwan

Taiwan is the home of global electronics, or at least most of them call home here before being shipped to all parts of the world. If you are in the DIY computer scene, big component brand names you may be familiar with like ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, etc. all have one thing in common- They all originate from Taiwan with...
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Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village Amusement Isle, Nantou Taiwan

Following on the Aboriginal villages of the theme park, we come to the southern end of the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village Amusement Isle. This is where all the fun and thrilling theme park rides reside. Amusement Isle (Theme park) and rides It is not long after leaving the Aboriginal section of the park where you can start hearing people screaming from...
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Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village, Nantou Taiwan

Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village is a massive theme park located in the highland hills of Nantou Taiwan near the Ita Thao region of Sun Moon lake- another popular scenic and tourist spot in Taiwan. The Cultural Village was founded in 1986 by Mr Jung-i Chang. He is the park’s current president with the vision to establish a fun location...
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Tokyo Dome City and LaQua Luna park, Tokyo Japan

Tokyo Dome City is a massive open concept mixed-use shopping mall and theme park located in the heart of busy Tokyo city. In addition to an attached amusement theme park, it comprises of an events space housing the world's largest roofed baseball stadium, a shopping mall, spa and fitness center. It is easily accessible it by travelling to Suidobashi...
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Fuji-Q highland Themepark, Yamanashi Japan

Fuji-Q highland is a Japanese theme park located not too far from Tokyo at Yamanashi, getting there involves about an two hour bus ride from Shinjuku central bus station, served by Kieo/Chūō Kōsoku bus services costing about 7800 yen for a return trip. You can purchase the bus and park tickets at an inclusive discounted fare on the day...
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Nagashima Spa land in Kuwana, Mie, Japan

Nagashima SPA land is a theme park not too far off Nagoya Japan in in Kuwana, Mie. With a large number of roller coasters, a waterpark and hot spring resort all within the theme park grounds by the Ibi River bay, Nagashima spa land is synonymous to almost to like the Cedar point of Japan- the park is one...
Automotive

Tokyo Auto Salon 2017

Fancy a giant car show which covers nothing but the best Japanese aftermarket parts? Come the Tokyo Auto Salon (東京オートサロン Tokyo ŌtoSaron). It is an annual mega car show that has been held for the past 37 years in Tokyo Japan. Also, it is one or the biggest annual automotive event with focus on the aftermarket parts. The event...
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