東京 T O K Y O Part 3.

Hello everyone, this is my last post of my Tokyo series!

On the last day, my friend Hikari showed me around again. In the morning, we went to としまえん (Toshimaen), a theme park in Tokyo. It's a pretty old one, and the rides aren't that intense. What I really liked about the park was that there were very little tourists, so we could go on the rides as many times as we wanted. Most of the tourists were in the water park. We said we would go there next time. 

This year's advertisement for the water park. It says "teriyaki"  there... meaning it's time for people to grill themselves under the summer sun?

東京 T O K Y O Part 2.

Hello everyone, this is part two of my Tokyo 2014 series.

On the second day, we revisited a few places I went the previous summers, because it was my brother's first time visiting Tokyo. In the morning, we went to 浅草 (Asakusa). 浅草 is a very traditional place, famous for its temples and 祭り (matsuri) festivals. It's definitely one of the hottest locations to visit for tourists all across the world.

東京 T O K Y O Part 1.

Hello everyone, I've returned from my trip to Tokyo. It has been 3 years in a row that I go to Tokyo during my summer vacation, showing just how much I love that city. I had 3 full days to explore Tokyo. There's always too much to explore but too little time...that's why I still haven't been to other places of Japan, yet.

I would like to split my trip into three posts. Enjoy reading! 

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On the first day, I finally met up with my Japanese friend from high school, Hikari. She kindly spent an entire day to show my aunt, brother and I around. We went to 原宿 (Harajuku) and 表參道 (Omotesando); both are very famous shopping locations full of tourists, though the former is mainly for younger people, and the latter is more high-end. 

竹下通り (Takeshita Street) in Harajuku.

It's usually really crowded, but this was taken at around 10am.