Terrific Train Transit in Tokyo
About 75% of my transportation in Tokyo was on the train, so I got a pretty good feel for the local train options that they...
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More from Tsukiji Market
I really cannot get over just how much fun I had wandering the stalls of the Tsukiji market, taking in the tuna auction and otherwise...
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Serenity and punk fun in Tokyo
It is hard to find more contrasting areas in Tokyo than the Imperial Palace and the combination of the Shibuya and Harajuku districts. I visited...
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There’s more to Tokyo than sushi
Though it might be hard to tell from some of my earlier posts (and some later ones that I have in the works) there really...
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What are the symptoms of mercury poisoning?
With as much tuna as I’ve eaten over the past 48 hours I would not be surprised if the mercury levels in my body are...
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The glory of the Tsukiji tuna auction
A visit to the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo has been on my to-do list for a while. Yes, that list is longer than it...
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So, why exactly am I on my way to Tokyo?
By the time you read this I’ll be somewhere in Tokyo, having arrived after an almost 14 hour long flight from Houston. But right now...
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Tokyo really is on the way home from Seattle
I’ve been trying to convince myself of this for the past few days now. It isn’t working and I believe that I will just give...
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Tsukiji opens back to tourists
I posted a few weeks ago about my disappointment of the Tsukiji fish market closing its doors to tourists. It seems that the powers that...
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Faster than a speeding bullet (train)
The Japanese have long been regarded as having one of, if not the, most efficient, functional and downright speedy national train grid in operation. So...