Tokyo is an incredible place to visit! This is what I read in many sites when I searched for ‘Places to see in Tokyo’ in google and Yahoo. It is almost 10 days since my brother landed in Japan. We visited around 15 places in and around Tokyo. The visiting schedule is hectic and he has 3 more days in Japan.I asked some of my friends for their recommendations. Most of them suggested places like Tokyo Tower, Yokohama China Town, Kamakura, Asakusa Sensoji temple, Ginza, Harajuku Meiji Jingu Shinto shrine, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Mount Fuji, Five lakes, Hakone, Akihabara Electric city, Odaiba, Ueno Gardens and Zoological park etc. We could complete our schedules one by one except the Mount Fuji Trip. There is no point in travelling all the way to Mount Fuji only to view the mountain. Mount Fuji is open for climbing on July and August.
A first time visitor will definitely get excited by seeing Tokyo and its surroundings. The technological development Japan could achieve is amazing and significant. A short time visitor will be interested to watch the Japanese discipline and obedience to the law. The pin-drop silence at many of the crowded railway stations is another noticeable thing in Japan that a first time visitor will get astonished. Japanese people are silent due to the disciplined nature at public places like railway stations and bus-stops. They are even silent inside the train also. Most of the times we later realize people talking inside train and public places are foreigners!Visiting Japan itself is an experience for foreigners! Probably we can not see a place like this at any other part of the world except here! Let me confirm once more that Japanese people are unique! We have many things to learn from Japan. The places we visited are not many, but everywhere we could observe some of the common things like discipline, silence, Obedience, Politeness, Smiling faces etc.
Today, we are planning to go to Imperial Palace. Tokyo Imperial palace is a great place to visit in Tokyo and it is the residence of Japan royal family. Imperial palace was built during the 250 years long Tokugawa Shoguns rule at the center of Tokyo as a fortress for protection. East Gardens of the Imperial palace is open to public daily except on Mondays, Fridays and on national holidays and this is the only par to the palace that is open for visit. For a visit to the imperial palace, we need to book in advance. If you plan your visit to Imperial palace click on this link and book in advance. Imperial Household Agency Homepage
Now, I can suggest some of the places to visit in Tokyo during your short trip next time.
1. Tokyo Tower
2. Mount Fuji
3. Hakone – Gora – Sounzan – Togendai – Ashi Lake trip
4. Odaiba
5. Kamakura
6. Ueno
7. Shinjuku
8. Shibuya for shopping
9. Akihabara Electric city
10. Yokohama China Town
11. Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea
12. Asakusa Sensoji Temple
13. Harajuku
14. Tokyo Imperial Palace
15. Ginza
The list goes without ending here with just 15 places, but I have just listed some of the major attractions in and around Tokyo, which we have visited with the advices of our friends. Just do searches in google or yahoo. They will give you more insights about the places to visit in Tokyo. However, I think, the above places in Tokyo cover a good trip to Tokyo.
Tokyo is a unique and wonderful tourist destination. Tokyo is not only to be read, but also a place to be experienced by walking and riding throughout the length and breadth. It is curious to learn how the ancient Japanese culture transforms slowly to modern technological advancements.
Thanks for this information. Hope I'll visit the places that you have mentioned in the above poisting on a trip to Tokyo, China. I am definitely looking forward to more such interesting postings from you.
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Hope you will cover more parts of Japan during your stay in Japan. Thanks for your good comments about Japan and its people. We are basically good people! Not praising my own country, but it is a fact I have heard from other foreigners too.
Contrary to the comments on other websites against Japanese attitude towards foreigners, I could read a different opinion in your blog. I am sure you have great days in Tokyo so far. There are good and bad people everywhere as is true with here also. The thing is on the percentage of good and people. I know you well understand this fact.
I suggest, next time you visit Osaka and Kyoto and if possible Nara. Another trip you can plan to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. During summer, the best place is Okinawa if you like to enjoy seashore and Hokaido if you like to enjoy mountain and a bit of cold.
I did enjoy reading your blog. Best of luck!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments. As you told people are not same everywhere and they vary from too bad to too good. In every society, we can see a mix of good and disciplined people. In Japan, the percentage of self disciplined people are more compared to any other country. This may be due to years of obedience and discipline the Bushido implemented throughout the social network in Japan. Japanese discipline and obedience to the law is well known to the outside world.
I can definitely say, the outside world is more curious to know how Japanese people became disciplined and obedient to the level that external agencies to force discipline and obedience are not required to control the crowded places in Japan.
As far as discrimination towards foreigners is concerned, I am not the good person to comment on this issue. To write about Japanese discrimination towards foreigners, I must feel it at first hand from Japanese people. Since I do not have any experience, I may not be a good judge on this issue. Many people say they face some problem, but surprisingly, I could not notice much of such feelings in Japan. I have witnessed one or two incidents in the subway against people of different color. I wrote about that discriminatory behavior of that racist in one of my postings. Otherwise, during more than one and half years stay in Japan, I could hardly see any racist. Japan is not so racist compared to many other countries. People are really good here.