Sightseeing in Tokyo / 東京観光

Last weekend, my American friends and I did sightseeing in Tokyo.  They just arrived in Tokyo few weeks ago to study at one of our universities, and I wanted to show them around before their university starts and they get busy.

We met up for lunch and had teishoku or a set meal.  Many Japanese restaurant have a selection of teishoku that is usually in a good deal, and it usually comes with a main dish, rice, miso soup, Japanese pickles and sometimes salad or desert.  This is fried fish teishoku.

Then we went to Nippon Buddokan (see more info here), Imperial Palace (see more info here) and then headed to Tokyo Tower.  We should have taken a train, but someone said we could walk so we did.  Wrong decision!  It was maybe about 6km from there to Tokyo Tower, and we got so tired.  My American friends are still young, both in early 20s, but hey I’m in 30s! lol  All of us got tired after a long walk, but I was even more tired on the following day.  Next morning, I woke up feeling like a broken robot walking like a duck.  We will take a train next time!

Here are some of the pictures I took while heading to Tokyo Tower.

National Diet Building

When we got Tokyo Tower, the sun was about to go down.  This is Tokyo’s symbol, Tokyo Tower built in 1958, 333m tall, at night (see more info here).  Beautiful, isn’t it?

We went up to the observation deck to see the night view of Tokyo.  I know I’m so bad at taking good pictures, but I didn’t know I was that bad! lol  I took lots of pictures, but this is the only one good enough to share with you. lol  Every time I took one, my friends laughed at me because it was so bad.  Haha.

After that, we went to a Hiroshima style Okonomiyaki restaurant.  Okonomiyaki is like a pancake containing variety of ingredients like seafood, vegetable, meat (you can chose which to have) etc., and there’re some different styles according to the region (see more info here).  This time we went for Hiroshima style one.  It was really delicious!!! :D

If your friend is visiting you from another country, what kind of food would you recommend him/her to have in your country? I usually first ask if there is anything they can't eat like my Singaporean friend didn't eat any Halal food which we eat a lot, my Canadian friend couldn't eat raw fish etc., and then decide where to take them for eating out. Most of my foreign friends liked Okonomiyaki, so I usually take my friends there. :)  Have a nice day!

 

先週末、アメリカ人の友人二人を連れて、大学が始まって忙しくなる前に、と思い東京観光をしました。お昼を一緒に定食屋さんで食べました。私はそんなにボリュームのある定食だとは思わなかったのですが、二人はかなり食べきるのに苦労していて少し驚きました。２０代前半の男性って、もっとモリモリ食べるものかと・・・。それとも私が食べすぎなのか（笑）

 

前から行きたいと言っていた日本武道館、皇居のお堀と見学し、次に目指すは東京タワー。苦学生の為、電車賃を節約したかったようで『５キロ位なら余裕で歩ける！』と・・・。そりゃ、あなたたちは歩けるかもしれないけど、三十路の私には非常に大変なのをお忘れか（＾＾；でも、いい運動になるし！と思い歩き始めましたが、やっぱりすごく疲れた。あんなに大丈夫！と言っていた二人もだんだん無口に（笑）ちなみに、私は翌日の筋肉痛の方が辛かったです。ぽんこつロボットになった気分で、歩き方はまさにアヒル。次は絶対に電車に乗るぞ！

 

１９５８年に完成した東京タワー。素敵ですね。展望台に上がり、東京の夜景を楽しみました。写真は相変わらず残念な仕上がりですが。その後、広島風お好み焼きを食べに。広島出身の友達が連れて行ってくれました。広島風は初めてでしたが、ボリュームがすごかった。広島風は基本的に自分で焼かないんですね。とっても美味しかったです（＾＾） 

 

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