Once again I made a visit to Tokyo, Japan this past Spring! This was in part to see one of my Japanese friends who was in Japan at the time (he current is a resident elsewhere) and also just to enjoy another visit and eat a ton of great food!
After a crazy episode trying to sort out a hotel reservation error (I never found out who's fault it was, the hotel or the booking website), in the end I was able to get a proper room at the original rate I had booked. A month before I had booked a non-smoking room at a very affordable rate on the east side of town but a few days before I was about to depart the hotel had emailed and said they did not have my room type! A month advanced notice and just two days before my room type had disappeared? This was quite curious to me. I ended up having to book another hotel in another area of town for more than $100 more than my original reservation. After a back-and-forth with the booking website for weeks after the trip, I was finally refunded the difference. ANYWAY, the hotel I eventually ended up at was in a great location and was decent, however the room seemed on the small side even for Japanese hotel room standards.
After checking into the hotel room, I met up with my friend for dinner and an adventure in the Golden Gai area of Shinjuku. Our dinner was at a nice conveyor belt sushi restaurant where I tried an animal I had never eaten before...by accident. Check out a few pictures below!
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| Tuna Tuna Tuna! |
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| ..."Whale"... |
Next was a stroll around the Golden Gai area and finding a small bar to enjoy a drink.
This area is known for its narrow streets and many small bars, restaurants, and clubs. It is said to look like old Tokyo during the middle 20th century. The place we went didn't charge foreigners a cover but I think they charged my Japanese friend >.< We didn't stick around too long as the place could only seat about 5-6 people and the other patrons were smoking quite a bit so we headed out early to get some fresh air and take a stroll.
That was about it for day 1! Stay tuned for more to come very soon!
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