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Misc. notes from Tokyo trip

There are some items I missed in the2 posts about my Tokyo trip.  The first is that I did not mention that me and Ken went to walked around Kabukicho before meeting up with Ryosuke. I did not have anything in particular that I wanted to do but it was nice being in Shinjuku again.  [...]

No sleep Tokyo trip (Part 2)

After wandering around Takeshitadori in Harajuku, I went to Akiharbara for abit before meeting up Ken.  I was not looking to buy anything, but rather I was there to kill time.  I checked out some electronics and also I saw some India stores….I guess there are more Indian population in Japan now with more demand [...]

No sleeping Tokyo Trip (Part I)

This weekend I am in Tokyo to take care of some personal business.  Taking a train to Tokyo is really expensive, so to save money, I took the overnight bus running between Osaka and Shinjuku.  I boarded the bus at 21:20.  The bus made a couple of stops at Ibaraki, then a several more on [...]

Going to Tokyo tonight

Tonight I am going to take the overnight bus to Tokyo to take care some personal business and will be back in Osaka on Sunday morning. The return ticket only costed 9500yen and I bought it at the ticket agency at Hirakata. I will be broading the bus in Umeda just across the [...]