An evening in Shin Juku Tokyo, Piss Alley, Robots and all things Kitch...and Pocket WiFi, Rugby World Cup 2019, Japan
Whilst researching Japan for this trip, I quickly realised that there was a lot to do.
The information on Tokyo alone was mind blowing.
I got a lot of information from Vlogs by Paolo;(or the Funky Zebra) his information was current and really good-especially his information about food.
The information on Tokyo alone was mind blowing.
I got a lot of information from Vlogs by Paolo;(or the Funky Zebra) his information was current and really good-especially his information about food.
Due to our limited time scale this trip was pre-planned like a military operation, we almost needed to coordinate our watches!
The All Nippon Airways flight landed mid afternoon on the 4th October 2019.
The flight had been fantastic, the Crew amazing, the food =the best in-flight meals ever, I will definitely be looking to fly with ANA again.
Once we had collected our bags, cleared immigration and customs, we had to find the post office in the airport terminal to collect the 'pocket WiFi' I had pre ordered and paid for.
During my research the subject of WiFi in Japan seemed confused. there were suggestions that WiFi was not readily available and the general consensus was that you needed to rent a pocket WiFi, as it was £70.00 rental for the duration of our stay I ordered one. The pocket WiFi was a small router that fitted in you pocket- or in our case in a backpack. This devise was invaluable and we used it from this moment on. I wish the rest of the world had this system-it made our travel experience so easy. There was WiFi freely available in Japan in the Hotels, Starbucks etc, but this devise was great as we did not have to keep logging on and off and we could use it all the time for things like Maps, Translate and everything else whilst on the move.
Our first mission was to find the Keisei Skyliner train into Tokyo. This train is more expensive than other ways of getting into the city, but it was fast and took us to Keisei-Ueno Station, a short walk to our hotel.
The flight had been fantastic, the Crew amazing, the food =the best in-flight meals ever, I will definitely be looking to fly with ANA again.
Once we had collected our bags, cleared immigration and customs, we had to find the post office in the airport terminal to collect the 'pocket WiFi' I had pre ordered and paid for.
During my research the subject of WiFi in Japan seemed confused. there were suggestions that WiFi was not readily available and the general consensus was that you needed to rent a pocket WiFi, as it was £70.00 rental for the duration of our stay I ordered one. The pocket WiFi was a small router that fitted in you pocket- or in our case in a backpack. This devise was invaluable and we used it from this moment on. I wish the rest of the world had this system-it made our travel experience so easy. There was WiFi freely available in Japan in the Hotels, Starbucks etc, but this devise was great as we did not have to keep logging on and off and we could use it all the time for things like Maps, Translate and everything else whilst on the move.
Our first mission was to find the Keisei Skyliner train into Tokyo. This train is more expensive than other ways of getting into the city, but it was fast and took us to Keisei-Ueno Station, a short walk to our hotel.
http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/tickets/subway.php
The Best Western Fino Tokyo Akihabara was a 30 minute walk from Ueno Station. We thought the room was small (we later noted that it was a large room by Japanese's standards!!) it was clean, quiet, we had a none smoking floor, a compact bathroom, with a bath and was in a great location.
I had booked The Robot Restaurant 21.00 show, and wanted to eat in Memory Lane - or Piss Alley- before the show, so we quickly headed to the Metro and made our way to Shin Juku.
The area of Shin Juku was just what I was expecting from Tokyo we encountered Pachinco, Godzilla, delicious smells, fabulous bars, we ate at one of the stalls in Piss Alley or old school restaurant lane/ memory lane, it is a tiny alley on the northwest side of Shinjuku Station and is a great place for
a taste of old Tokyo. It looks like I imagine much of Tokyo did right after the
war. The easiest way to get there is to get to the north end of the station on
street level where Shinjuku-dori runs under the train tracks – the entrance is
just on the west side of the underpass.
In this area we found a bar and I had Beef Tongue Cider; it tasted just like normal Cider.
We then made our way into the area where The Robot Restaurant was located.
In this area we found a bar and I had Beef Tongue Cider; it tasted just like normal Cider.
We then made our way into the area where The Robot Restaurant was located.
The Robot Restaurant was really a tourist trap.
It was underground and very, very loud, with lasers and fireworks, not a Robot in sight ..................a totally weird experience that I will not be repeating!
It was however very much a westerners idea of what Japan should be like or maybe the Japanese view of what they think Westerners want whilst in Japan.
It was underground and very, very loud, with lasers and fireworks, not a Robot in sight ..................a totally weird experience that I will not be repeating!
It was however very much a westerners idea of what Japan should be like or maybe the Japanese view of what they think Westerners want whilst in Japan.
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| Robot Restaurant Tokyo |
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| Robot Restaurant Tokyo |
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| Robot Restaurant Tokyo |
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| Robot Restaurant Tokyo |
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| Robot Restaurant Tokyo |
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| Robot Restaurant Tokyo |
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| Robot Restaurant Tokyo |
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| Robot Restaurant Tokyo |
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