Get use to the speed mode. Or...
by shiran_d
Get use to the speed mode.
Or just relax like you would in any nice city.
Lots to see.
Take your Japanese translator (BOOK) with you. On your first trip to Tokyo you will undoubtedly be surprised at just how modern (and sprawling) the city really is. It shouldn't come as a surprise considering that large portions of the city have been demolished and rebuilt during the 20th Century.
Try not to be shocked by the realization that the Tokyo you came to see was probably leveled in an earthquake or blown up during the war
Please go to Karaoke!I love...
by asami
Please go to Karaoke!I love karaoke!
there are English and Chinese songs,too.But of course not so many.
I often sing Maria Carry and Madonna and Cardigans and.....
Any way, Karaoke is a very popular,especially for Students(high school or uni)Becouse that is reasonable amusement for us.
I go Karaoke at least 3 times a month.
So i mean I love to sing!
Please experience real Japanese Karaoke.
Meiji Jingu.
by Sharrie
Take a stroll & experience Shintoism in the most important Shinto shrine in Tokyo, MEIJI JINGU (IMPERIAL SHRINE) (1920). This is where the Emperor Meiji (reigned 1868-1912) & Empress Soken are enshrined.
SHINTO is Japan's oldest religion.
State religion from 1870s-1940s.
Core concept: Deities (kami) preside over all things (including dead & inanimate) in nature & are worshiped at shrines (jinja) erected all over Japan, be it on the hills or along waysides.
Rituals & habits originating from Shinto: purification & austere aesthetic.
Torii: Icon of Shinto. Gateway to the sacred precincts of the shrine.
Getting There: Harajuku Station (Yamanote Line).
Open Daily: Mar-May, Jul-Oct: 9 am - 4.30 pm; Jun: 8 am - 5 pm; Nov-Feb: 9 am - 4 pm.
Walking under the canopy of cedars which leads into the shrine grounds is a very pleasant experience. The tranquility experienced here makes one forget that this is right in the center of one of the most dynamic cities in the world!
The are many wooden torii & the most impressive is one that the Japanese calls Otorii which was built in 1975 from huge logs that came from a 1500-year-old Japanese cypress on Mt. Tandai in Taiwan!
umbrellas everywhere when it's raining
by Kai_desu
Japanese are part of buddhism, shintoism. Most beliefs are connected to buddhism and being good and gracious. The saying, what goes around comes around lives spectacularly in harmony with shintoism. So if you see an umbrella on a rainy day and you need one, use it and then leave it somewhere for the next needy person to use it.
Restroom gadget
by tuff
This device is found inside the hotel lobby’s female toilet compartment ( my daughter took this picture). I am told the purpose of this device is to produce a “water gushing” sound that will override whatever other noise you are making inside your compartment to cover up your embarrassment.
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A more traditional method of moving fish
Lake Ashi, Japan
The delicious tenderloin
