Facts and History, Tokyo

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Favorite thing: Before japan was famous (or notorious) for it's squat toilets wherein you just squat to tke a dump or pee but nowadays japan is now popularly known for its bidets and anus washes (lavatory) and it is an experience to use this bidets and *** washesas every hotel room is equipped with this high tech stuff and in public bathrooms, look for the bidet sign as they are separate from ordinary toilets ok! these high tech toilets include many advanced features rarely seen outside of Asia. Depending on the exact model, these bidets are designed to open the lid when they sense a user nearby, wash the anus or vulva of the user, dry afterwards with warm air, flush automatically and close the lid after use.

Fondest memory: The most basic feature is the integrated bidet, a nozzle the size of a pencil that comes out from underneath the toilet seat and squirts water. It has two settings: one for washing the anus and one for the bidet. The former is called posterior wash, general use, or family cleaning, and the latter is known as feminine cleaning, feminine wash or simply bidet. At no point does the nozzle actually touch the body of the user. The nozzle is also self-cleaning and cleans itself before and after operation. The user can select to wash the anus or vulva by pressing the corresponding button on the control panel. Usually the same nozzle is used for both operations, but at a different position of the nozzle head, and using different openings in the nozzle to squirt water at a different angle to aim for the correct spot. Occasionally, two nozzles are used, each dedicated for one area. The control logic is also attached to a pressure switch in the toilet seat, and operates only if there is pressure on the seat, indicating that the seat is occupied.

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Favorite thing: One in four Japanese smoke. Smoking is popular among high school students, who can easily get hold of cigarettes despite a law banning children from buying them. About 1/2 of Japanese adults smoke too so you can see lots of cigarette vending machines. There is a law in Japan that bans smoking in public and air conditioned areas except in designated smoking areas. the fine if you are caught smoking in public outside of these designated areas is 20,000 yen ($ 208) so would strongly advise smokers to just smoke in the designated areas, you can ask people on where these smoking areas are.

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Favorite thing: the japanese yen is the main currency of Japan since the Meiji period in the 1870's. It has ¥1000, ¥2000, ¥5000, and ¥10,000 notes and has 1, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 yen coins. It is the third most popular currency after the US Dollar and the Euro. the present exhange Rate between the US Dollar to the yen is $ 1= 87 yen in money exchange shops and $ 1= 82 yen at hotels and $ 1 = 89 yen at post offices so I would recommend that you exchange US dollars at post offices and if no post office nearby then at money exchange shops ok since they have better exchange rates than hotesl!

Fondest memory: don't always compute the US dollar equivalent of prices as you will just be dissapointed with the high prices in japan!

Favorite thing: Japanese Old town still you can see in Tokyo!!

If you have a time, pls try to visit Japanese old town, Yanaka where you can go there by subway, senndagi or nezu or you can also go there by JR, "Nippori station".

It is very good for a walk.

Favorite thing: Japanese Old town still you can see in Tokyo!!

If you have a time, pls try to visit Japanese old town, Yanaka where you can go there by subway, senndagi or nezu or you can also go there by JR, "Nippori station".

It is very good for a walk.

Favorite thing: Japanese Old town still you can see in Tokyo!!

If you have a time, pls try to visit Japanese old town, Yanaka where you can go there by subway, senndagi or nezu or you can also go there by JR, "Nippori station".

It is very good for a walk.

Favorite thing: Japanese Old town still you can see in Tokyo!!

If you have a time, pls try to visit Japanese old town, Yanaka where you can go there by subway, senndagi or nezu or you can also go there by JR, "Nippori station".

It is very good for a walk.

Favorite thing: In fact, there is no name of the place "Tokyo". This may make you being embarrassed. But I'm honest. The word just "Tokyo" as a name of a place can be used only for "Tokyo-to", or for "Tokyo Station" as far as possible, on a map or an atlas.

Tokyo-to is one of the 47 prefectures (ken) in Japan that possesses the metropolitan of Japan. It consists on the 23 wards (ku) and several other cities, town and villages.

When we call "Tokyo", we are generally referring to the area within the 23 ku. The aggregate of the 23 ku is the metropolitan and is considered as one city.

The names of the wards of the 23 ku are...
Chiyoda-ku
Chuo-ku
Minato-ku
Shinjuku-ku
Bunkyo-ku
Taito-ku
Sumida-ku
Koto-ku
Shinagawa-ku
Meguro-ku
Ota-ku
Setagaya-ku
Shibuya-ku
Suginami-ku
Toshima-ku
Kita-ku
Arakawa-ku
Itabashi-ku
Nerima-ku
Adachi-ku
Katsushika-ku
Edogawa-ku

Fondest memory: ref: Tokyo Metropolitan Government's site
and Tokyo Tourism Info

Fondest memory: Japan is the nation of vending machines. You can buy almost anything from them - condoms, sanitary towels, batteries, tobacco, soft drinks, beer, hundreds of varieties of canned tea, train tickets, instant noodles, sandwiches, you name it.

Favorite thing: At that time, the old name of Tokyo City was replaced with Tokyo-to or Tokyo Metropolis and it was designated as a special administrative unit similar to a prefecture, the largest unit of local government in Japan.