20th Today is a little on the cool side, but no rain. We spend the day exploring the Shibuya area and its very famous pedestrian crossing. Shauna is delighted to be able to finally see the statue of Hachiko, famous Japanese dog. We aimless wander the streets taking in the sights and sounds. 21st Our apartment in Tokyo is quite normal. It consists on bathroom, kitchen and bedroom/living room. Total space is about 12 square metres. You certainly cannot swing a cat...

10th July Spent the first hlf of the day visiting the newly completed Roppongi Hills Complex near Tokyo. It was nice but lacked character and people. We found a busy little restaurant in a back street to have lunch at. It seems it is better value to have lunch as your main meal. The restaurants offer specials including soup, main meal and drinks for one set price which can be half the price of just the main meal for tea. The other day we ordered lunch in a mal...

8th In Shinjuku there is the Tokyo Government Building. It offers a roof top observatory for free, so off we went to the top floor. The view was pretty amazing. Wandered the streets of Shinjuku and then headed to Yoyogi park. A really beautiful park with many interesting sights. A lot of people want to be seen here and have various acts they perform to entertain others. Our next stop was Omotesando. It has a wide tree lined boulevard thats reminiscent of the Ch...