The original plan was to spend a day in Asakusa earlier, and then spend a day in Akihabara by itself. But they were relatively close and we didn’t have too many planned activities so we just combined it into one day. We also planned to do Asakusa first, and then Akihabara last, since it seemed more lit in Akihabara, the electric or otaku town. But we switched it since it seemed to make sense that way. We got to Akihabara,…

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Today, our plan was to check out the Shinjuku national garden, and then check out the main attractions of Shinjuku. We started the day off early so we could get a head start on our day before the rain. We decided to walk to Shinjuku, since it would only be about 40-50 minutes. We got some food from Lawson or Family Mart after a while of walking, and then we tried to go into the Akasaka imperial property. It was…

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After we got back to Shinjuku, we had lunch at a Japanese westernized place in MyLord tower and went back to our Airbnb after. After dropping off our stuff, we took the subway to Odaiba, and we walked across the rainbow bridge. However, it was not lit up at the time because it was daytime. And even if it had been lit up, you can’t see the lights from the inside. We were going to Odaiba because they have a…

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Today, our plan was to leave Tokyo and take the train to Hakone, a mountain hot springs town near Mt. Fuji that is known for its hot springs. There’s a spa theme park that has a lot of fun pools, and we also booked a night at a high-end ryokan to treat ourselves. In the morning, we got to the Shinjuku station after a bit of mixup on my part about Shibuya vs. Shinjuku, and then we picked up some…

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Today, we woke up early. It was rush hour so I said we should walk to Harajuku and Shibuya. It would take us about 40 minutes, which was not bad at all. Harajuku was so pink and girly! I got lured into eating Santa Monica crepes by the pink exterior and the beautiful fake food display. It was pretty good, but not worth what we paid for it because most of its volume was whipped cream. Everything was pink and…

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On the plane, I played solitaire on the screen for 8 hours straight. We got off the plane and took the train to Tokyo station. We started downloading Didi and Japantaxi to go back and check into the Airbnb. Ubers were only Uber black and they were kind of expensive. We started walking back to the Airbnb. They said it would take like 40 minutes. It was low stress cuz it was a lockbox type of check in. Also we…

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