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==== Harajuku ==== | ==== Harajuku ==== | ||
Harajuku is an excellent place to get clothes. | Harajuku is an excellent place to get clothes. | ||
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Sunshine 60 (located in Ikebukuro, tickets ¥700 weekdays, ¥900 weekends) has a "park" at the top with a very nice atmosphere, mounds of artificial grass with children playing on them, soft chairs, not very busy, reviewed [https://open.substack.com/pub/tetraspacegrouping/p/sunshine-60-observatory-tenbou-park here]. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (located in Nishishinjuku, tickets ¥0, 5-30 min line reported live [https://www.yokoso.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/tenbou/index.html here]) is located in a denser part of Tokyo and is more tourism-oriented. | |||
=== Osaka === | === Osaka === | ||
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=== Getting there === | === Getting there === | ||
Zipair ([https://www.zipair.net/en/ticket/fare#tokyoSanFranciscoLine pricing information]) operates a San Francisco to Tokyo Narita ( | Zipair ([https://www.zipair.net/en/ticket/fare#tokyoSanFranciscoLine pricing information]) operates a San Francisco to Tokyo Narita (SFO→NRT) flight and how far ahead a flight is booked generally does not affect its price on Zipair. Chinese air carriers (Air China, China Eastern, China Southern) operate the cheapest flights from London to Tokyo which are also not particularly variable in price, typically with layovers of a few hours in China and flight times of about 18 hours. | ||
=== Housing === | === Housing === | ||
Hotels are generally cheaper than | Hotels are generally cheaper than AirBnB. Space tends to disappear than in other locales, so book ahead to save money and have more options available. | ||
Distance to a train station is one of the important metrics for finding housing; the two steep slopes in travel-effort are the slope in walking distance from the hotel and then the step from having to get on a train. When booking ahead it's possible to get cheap housing in the commercial area surrounding the train station. Point-to-point travel in Tokyo usually requires at most one transfer. The [[commons:File:Yamanote_Line_(April_2020).svg|Yamanote line]] contains a lot of the good places to go in Tokyo: Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku, Ikebukuro, Akihabara. | |||
=== Food === | === Food === | ||