5 Tips when you travel to Tokyo for the first time

Spotted these 5 tips on gotsaga.com that were not too bad. I'm leaving for Tokyo in a few days and might post a few tips of my own!!!

53 ways to explore Tokyo on foot

While preparing our trip to Tokyo, I found this resource.

http://www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp/english/tourists/guideservice/route/list.html

I'm sure I'll try one or two of these routes if the weather is not too bad (or cold).

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Picking up where I left off.

It's been 14 September since my last blogpost. I underestimated some projects among other my Japanese class. So this meant I neglected this blog for far too long. What happened?

I struggled through until my midterm exams of January. I wanted to pick up the slack during the xmas period but the flu sabotaged those plans. Luckily after cramming for 2 weekends, I still managed to get a 70% on the exams.

I'm still trying to reserve some time on a weekly basis to study Japanese but it isn't always easy. The good news is that my trip to Japan is in 2 weeks!!! And I will use this blog to keep a travel diary. We will start off in Tokyo and the surrounding area (for example Nikko) and then move on to Osaka. From there we will visit Kyoto and Nara etc....

I'm really excited about my first trip to Japan. Since we will spend some considerable time on planes and trains, I will use the time to study some of my Japanese.

So finally, this blog will finally get some updates.

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Looking for travel information

Well, I wanted to look up some travel information for the upcoming trip to Japan. Where could I find information about hotels, places to visit, local customs, restaurants, etc....?

There are probably a lot of websites but I started with Virtualtourist.com. It's a site by and for travelers. You can make a profile and describe all the places you visited (or lived in) and provide useful information.

Their main categories are:

• Hotels
• Things to do
• Restaurants
• Local Customs
• Nightlife
• Off the beaten path
• Tourist traps
• Warning or dangers
• Transportation
• Parking lists
• Shopping
• Sports Travel
• General tips