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Tourist attractions of Tokyo
There are a lot of interesting places to visit in Tokyo. I’m sure you can find the ones that you’ll love regardless of what kind of person you are. I’m a computer geek and seldom visit attractions, but I found some. In this entry I’ll introduce some of them.
Rikugien garden
Rikugien is a famous Japanese style garden. You can enjoy a peaceful walk through the woods and the beautiful lakes in the spacious garden. I lived 5 minutes away from Rikugien, so I often went there and walked around to reduce endless job stress in that big city of asphalt.
The most beautiful thing in Rikugien garden is cherry blossoms at its best season that is typically from mid March to mid April. While they are nice to see in the daytime during that season, an especially notable thing is that it is worth a visit again at night because the trees are lit up beautifully.
There’s another best season to visit Rikugien - it’s late November. At that time the leaves start losing their color gradually, and turning into autumn colors. it’s beautiful as well as cherry blossoms in April.
The entrance fee of the garden is 300 yen at the moment. Check their website for further information.
Disk Union
Disk Union is a famous record chain store in Japan. If you are a music lover or a vinyl record collector, it is worth a visit. There are some stores that specialize in some specific genre. My most favorite one is a store in Shibuya which features Punk, Hardcore and Metal.
Other recommendations
This is the list of places I think it would be nice to visit especially for an overseas tourist but I’ve never been.
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Asakusa: You can catch the most symbolic sceneries of Japan here because it’s probably one of the most famous tourist attractions of Tokyo
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Tokyo Skytree: A recently opened observatory that you can look down at the entire Tokyo
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Ghibli Museum: If you like Hayao Miyazaki’s movies definitely it’s the place to go
Posted at 05:11PM May 08, 2016 by Kohei Nozaki in Tourism | Comments [0]