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October 13, 2014

Bunkyo Civic Center

The Bunkyo Civic Center is the government building for Bunkyo City, in Tokyo. Its 25th floor houses a free observatory.

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Posted in japan, sightseeing
Tagged bunkyo, city, japan, koishikawa, observatory, tokyo
October 13, 2014

Tokyo Disney Resort

Tokyo Disney Resort is an entertainment complex in Chiba, just east of Tokyo. It has 2 theme parks (Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea), a large shopping mall (Ikspiari Town) and hotels. I went there to have a quick look when I was in the neighbourhood.

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Tagged chiba, disney, japan, park, resort, summer, theme, tokyo
October 13, 2014

Kiyosumi Garden

Kiyosumi Garden (清澄庭園) is a traditional Japanese garden located in Fukagawa, Tokyo. The central pond has a large number of turtles.

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Tagged fukagawa, garden, japan, kiyosumi, nature, pond, tokyo, turtle
October 12, 2014

Gojoten Shrine Festival

Gojoten Jinja (五条天神社) is a shinto shrine located inside Ueno Park. It holds its annual festival in May. In 2014, it was at the same time as the Yushima Tenmangu shrine festival: I was walking away from that festival when I saw another mikoshi parade just across Chuo Dori.

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Tagged festival, gojoten, japan, matsuri, shinto, shrine, spring, taito, tenjin, tokyo, ueno
October 12, 2014

Yushima Tenmangu Shrine Festival

Yushima Tenmangu (湯島天満宮), also known as Yushima Tenjin (湯島天神), is a shinto shrine in Bunkyo, not far from Ueno Park. It holds its annual festival in May.

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Tagged bunkyo, festival, japan, matsuri, shinto, shrine, spring, taiko, tenjin, tokyo, yushima
October 11, 2014

Takuzousu Inari Shrine

Takuzousu Inari Engi (澤蔵司稲荷 縁起) is a shrine (with some buddhist influence) in Koishikawa (Bunkyo).

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Tagged buddhism, bunkyo, inari, japan, koishikawa, shinto, shrine, spring, tokyo
October 11, 2014

Waseda University

Together with Todai, Waseda University is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. Its main campus is in Shinjuku, with 2 other sites in the area (Nishi-Waseda campus and Toyama campus).

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Tagged campus, japan, shinjuku, spring, tokyo, university, waseda
October 7, 2014

Toyama Park

Toyama Park is located in Shinjuku. Its best known feature is Mount Hakone: At 44.6m, it is the highest mountain inside the Yamanote Line. It also has lots of flowers and a few sport grounds.

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Tagged goat, japan, park, shinjuku, tokyo, toyama
October 6, 2014

Shoyu Ramen at Aoshima Shokudo in Akihabara

Aoshima Chashu (青島チャーシュ) ramen.

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Tagged akihabara, aoshima, food, japan, ramen, shoyu, tokyo
October 5, 2014

Hanazono Shrine Festival

Hanazono Jinja (花園神社) is a shinto shrine in Shinjuku, right next to Kabukicho. It holds its annual festival in May. As usual in Japanese festivals, there are many food and game stalls on the grounds of the shrine, while the mikoshi are paraded around the neighbourhood.

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Tagged festival, hanazono, inari, japan, matsuri, shinjuku, shinto, shrine, tokyo
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