Dinner time!
Shibuya
The infamous pedestrian crossing. Not quite a Saturday night, but it does become a nice way to while away an hour or so over a cup of coffee at starbucks
It's also the first Starbucks I've been to which doesn't offer free wifi. My iPad could detect a dozen networks but without a Japanese phone number you can't sign up for a free account - the activation code is sent by SMS or email (which they actually expect you to use 3G data to retrieve). Seriously?
On my last evening I met up with a Malaysian friend and we headed to the Tokyo tower - A 54 year old structure that's still standing strong as one of Tokyo's icons.
Much like the Skytree which overshadowed it, it also has two observatory decks. Again, we went with the main (lower) one.
A far more down-to-earth lift takes visitors to the observatory decks. I much prefer this one as it has windows.
The Skytree is visible from here
Shibuya
The infamous pedestrian crossing. Not quite a Saturday night, but it does become a nice way to while away an hour or so over a cup of coffee at starbucks
It's also the first Starbucks I've been to which doesn't offer free wifi. My iPad could detect a dozen networks but without a Japanese phone number you can't sign up for a free account - the activation code is sent by SMS or email (which they actually expect you to use 3G data to retrieve). Seriously?
On my last evening I met up with a Malaysian friend and we headed to the Tokyo tower - A 54 year old structure that's still standing strong as one of Tokyo's icons.
Much like the Skytree which overshadowed it, it also has two observatory decks. Again, we went with the main (lower) one.
A far more down-to-earth lift takes visitors to the observatory decks. I much prefer this one as it has windows.
The Skytree is visible from here
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