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Tokyohands
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Hi there Psychobilly, I'm originally from Shoreham but have lived in Tokyo for the last 11 years and have a couple of little girls(4.5 and 1.5 years) and live in Koenji, just a 10 minute train ride from Shinjuku, so you're welcome to come and spend an afternoon with us, chill out and see a different neighbourhood.
You've been given some very good pointers, just to add to some of them; Asakusa is worth a visit for the big shrine and there's a small amusement park next door good for kids, it's a really interesting neighbourhood to walk around especially in the evening. You can take a river boat between Asakusa and Hamamatsucho if you wish.
A couple of people mentioned Kamakura which is nice, i'd recommend jumping on the tram from there and riding along to Enoshima (some interesting stops on the way) and take a walk around the little island, you can get a train back to Shinjuku from Fujisawa easily enough.
Kidzania was mentioned, which is at Odaiba on Tokyo bay and there are other indoor attractions there such as Sega Joypolis, Legoland.and shopping malls.There is a beach there to hang out on if the weather's ok but only good for paddling as you wouldn't want to swim in Tokyo bay and I don't think they allow it there anyway. The best beaches are a 3 hour train ride away from Tokyo around the Shimoda area on the southern tip of the Izu peninsular.
There is an amusement park and Japanese garden at Tokyo Dome city, it's also worth trying to see at least part of a baseball game if possible, you can see the Yomiuri Giants play at Tokyo Dome or the Yakult Swallows play at Jingumae (I prefer going to the Yakult).
If you need a Mount Fuji fix, you can get a train to Hakone from Shinjuku or a bus to Kawaguchiko from Shinjuku, which are best for an overnight stay. If you don't have time for that and it's clear enough, you can see Fuji from up the metropolitan towers in Shinjuku, which is free so don't bother paying to go up the Tokyo Tower or Skytree.
Get Pasmo or Suica cards for the train/metros for the week, it will make your life much easier and you'll be able to find out about those at the airport when getting into town.
Please give me a shout if you need any more info.
You've been given some very good pointers, just to add to some of them; Asakusa is worth a visit for the big shrine and there's a small amusement park next door good for kids, it's a really interesting neighbourhood to walk around especially in the evening. You can take a river boat between Asakusa and Hamamatsucho if you wish.
A couple of people mentioned Kamakura which is nice, i'd recommend jumping on the tram from there and riding along to Enoshima (some interesting stops on the way) and take a walk around the little island, you can get a train back to Shinjuku from Fujisawa easily enough.
Kidzania was mentioned, which is at Odaiba on Tokyo bay and there are other indoor attractions there such as Sega Joypolis, Legoland.and shopping malls.There is a beach there to hang out on if the weather's ok but only good for paddling as you wouldn't want to swim in Tokyo bay and I don't think they allow it there anyway. The best beaches are a 3 hour train ride away from Tokyo around the Shimoda area on the southern tip of the Izu peninsular.
There is an amusement park and Japanese garden at Tokyo Dome city, it's also worth trying to see at least part of a baseball game if possible, you can see the Yomiuri Giants play at Tokyo Dome or the Yakult Swallows play at Jingumae (I prefer going to the Yakult).
If you need a Mount Fuji fix, you can get a train to Hakone from Shinjuku or a bus to Kawaguchiko from Shinjuku, which are best for an overnight stay. If you don't have time for that and it's clear enough, you can see Fuji from up the metropolitan towers in Shinjuku, which is free so don't bother paying to go up the Tokyo Tower or Skytree.
Get Pasmo or Suica cards for the train/metros for the week, it will make your life much easier and you'll be able to find out about those at the airport when getting into town.
Please give me a shout if you need any more info.
Mental Lental
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Hopefully I can wear a Brighton & Hove Albion top and people will know who we are by then because we maybe a "Premiership team"
They still wouldn't have a scooby who we are even then. Only once we've been in the PL for a while and played a few games against the bigguns would we even begin to appear on the radar. Basically we'd almost need a "Leicesterish" season that sees us around the top 4 to get noticed by the locals here.
Unless we bought a Japanese player of course. Then we'd instantly be one of the most popular teams in Japan. Until we sold/released him.
W.C.
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and if you do go to Odaiba please try out the Haunted House on the 4th floor of the shopping mall Decks. Let me know if it's still as terrifying.
Oh my, I can see it now, an NSC trip to Japan!
Who would be in charge of passports?
Who would be responsible for entertainment?
Provisions?
Tour Guide?
Accommodation?
On second thoughts ... Butlins!
In case anyone is interested, Qatar Airways are doing a flash sale for Brussels to Tokyo in business class for around 625euros per person, return. This is of course via Doha but exceptional value
http://www.headforpoints.com/hfp/qatar-airways/
http://www.headforpoints.com/hfp/qatar-airways/
There's probably a good solid 3 nights/4 days worth there and if I were you I'd bookend it with maybe a trip down to Hiroshima - genuinely about 2 hours by bullet - which should not be missed.
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HellBilly
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Cash points are hard to find, not like this country.
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HellBilly
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A week is definitely too long , as someone earlier said 2-3 days no more.
We are doing 10 days in total split between Tokyo, Osaka then Hong Kong.
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HellBilly
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Tokyo is amazing and a week is not long enough to see everything, get a JR train pass, they seem expensive but so worth it in the long run and includes the bullet train to Kyoto, we found we could get everywhere on the JR lines around Tokyo and did not need to use the tube/underground.
http://www.japanspecialist.co.uk/product/ordinary/?gclid=CMS4ifql1tQCFVRAGwodwMwETg
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Personally I'd bin off Osaka if you only have a few days in Japan. Kyoto is well worth a visit as is Nara if you have the time. That said, Osaka is right next door to Kyoto, so...
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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How was your trip?
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HellBilly
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Very good thank you, so much to see and do a week was definitely not enough time to take it all in and we ran out of time.
The humidity was something to get used to when walking about, none of us suffered from jet lag which was surprising.
Amazing food (apart from the raw chicken I tried, it was more the texture in my mouth that it actually being raw.
Fantastic place your a lucky man, living in such a clean, enchanting well run country.
Tokyohands
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ATMs are in the vast majority of convenience stores in Japan and convenience stores are absolutely everywhere and open 24 hours, so it's very easy to get cash once you know that. 7Eleven store machines accept most overseas cards but you shouldn't have too many probs in most stores. If you do need to use a bank ATM they are inside the bank, you will very rarely find an ATM on the street.
Tokyohands
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Pleased you had a good time Psychobilly, when were you actually here?
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