Autumn in Tokyo

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ribbon shop @ 日暮里Nippori, Japan

カラフルなゆかたがけで散歩

Japanese Village in Bukit Tinggi_ 

I had a fun time with my sister and Su-young wearing U-Ka-Ta, the Japanese customary summer dress.

Tokyo City

早5年が過ぎたね. 東京のきらめく夜景.

ah, Japan

in Tokyo_ 2010

i really miss the time in Tokyo such a beautiful city.

i really wish everything gets back to normal shortly.

funny things around Tokyo_ 面白おかくて 楽しい 日本

chicken-shaped winter hat, ㅋㅋ

even the price is not bad,,, should i get one? ha ha.

volkswagen minivan snack bar   

"え,,, 本当に, かわいいじゃないですか?"

the little tiny bistro at Ginza

people eating noodles at the standing bar. there's no chair.^

    

a little cute window for ordering food.   "済みません, ふたつ ください~."

non-smoking sign table at the coffee shop.

 the dessert after eating しゃぶしゃぶ
it's very chewy and icy cold noodles dipping into the black sugar syrup. 
taste was very new to me, but definitely one of my favorites. ;-)

営団地下鉄

subway route map in Tokyo is terribly busy.  

this is one of the popular line, Ginza-Sen(if i remember well). 

the guy grabbing the red flag seemed communicating with the driver for the safety, reminded me of the countryside train station in the olden days.

city night_ Ginza. Tokyo

fun time

at the caricature shop in Asakusa

both of them asked me in shock, "oh my gosh,,, do i look like this, really?"

the Japanese beers we tried at the hotel room, ㅋㅋ

Asahi green was my favorite.  it was very clean and fresh taste.

Textile Street_ Tokyo

excuse me or すみません!

none of us can speak in Japanese. 

sometimes even body language dose not work in Japan(-.ㅡ;;), 

but we still have got to go, got to eat, hah.^^

the ticketing desk at the train station(probably Sinkiba St.)

every time we transferred, we made sure the way with the counter officers.

most of them were willing to help us. thank you guys all. -.=

in front of the hotel we stayed.

we were discussing about which way to go base on the travel book.

at the counter to order for lunch.  

it was the small Tempura Udong shop near the hotel, Hatchobori.
Ah-hh, can't forget such a pleasant taste of the pumpkin tempura there.
humm,,, so yummy!

in Fuji Broadcasting Corporation, Odaiba.  

we found the interesting vending machine displaying all kindda cute key-chain accessories.

"かわいい~~~~." : )

yay! we can see the Big Observation Wheel.

Yup! no matter what, finally we had a great food and great great memories there.

photos by Darrin,  thanks, oxox!

photogenic town, Nippori

Rainbow Bridge day and night_Tokyo

きもの kimono in the city

DOUTOR coffee shop with nostalgia_ Tokyo

i used to go to one of the DOUTOR coffee shops very near by the Catholic church in Myung-dong, Seoul.  it's about more than 15 years ago.  there were so many branches of this shop in everywhere, Seoul before Starbucks and Coffeebean or so.  the price and coffee taste was very reasonable compared with the others, and the most thing i like about was the shop was very cozy rather than fancy.  almost every Sunday morning right after the church service, i spent time with the church friends having a cup of coffee there.  it's one of the great memories for me.  i remember very vividly how much i felt sad when i found the shop's gone.

guess what! in Tokyo, wow!!  you will see it everywhere.
i really enjoyed having some coffee in DOUTOR, not because of taste but for reminisce the past.

Ginza_ Tokyo

i tried on Japanese trendy winter earmuff.  

i look like a poodle dog, haha.~

one of the popular bakeries especially for the sweet-red bean buns. 

at ITO-YA stationary store_

i didn't know this family business company runs more than 100 years.  

wow, no wonder it had everything i needed. 

on the way to MUJI store_

walked around Ginza area all day, but one day still wasn't enough to take a look at the huge busy shopping town.  

the places in Giza we've been to_ 

• Wakai Tokeidai
• Yurakucho Marui
• Muji store
• Mitsukoshi
• Ginza core
• Apple store
• Kyukyodo store
• Matsuzakaya

築地漁市場 Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo

the place is held a public tuna auction every early morning.  when we got there unfortunately we couldn't see it because the auction temporarily closed down for 2weeks. bummer!!!! :-(

but, no matter what, the fish market was still full of energy even though it's only about 5:00am.  there're so many early birds to get the most fresh stuffs. 

the fishes with the price tags were patiently waiting to be sold.

the guy(probably the owner) displayed the anchovy in front. everything in the shop looked so clean and organized, and each box filled in with different size and a different color of anchovy. some of them were very bright transparent color, hmm,, looked so yummy!

believe or not, we had a huge breakfast around 6:00am(-_-;;) in the market, having Omakase おまかせ with Clam Miso soup.  it was awesome fresh sushi ever had.


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