Tokyo Diaries: A Walk to Remember

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Tokyo Diaries: A Walk to Remember
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I've written about some places we visited in our trip to Japan. Here is another one and I translated some words and phrases in Nihonggo from what I learned in my lessons in Duolingo πŸ˜€

We visited a lot of places in our recent trip to Tokyo. Before going back to our country, we dropped by [Ameya Yokocho](https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3012.html) which means Candy Store Alley since candies were traditionally sold there. Our goal is to buy "pasalubong" in Tagalog or "Omiyage" (γŠγΏγ‚„γ’) in Nihonggo to bring home to our friends and relatives. Omiyage means souvenir but this is a loose translation because we bought consumables like chocolates and cup noodles which are popular in Japan. From Gotanno station we alighted in Ueno station and walked a bit...or actually a lot. We usually walk a lot in Japan to take in the sights. 

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There are a lot of items you can buy here from food stuffs to vitamins like Collagen.


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The narrow alley is very crowded and teeming with people. Amazingly, it's still pretty clean as usual in Tokyo.

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Here you can find claw and gacha coin machines which are very popular in Japan. You can spend a lot of coins without noticing it.

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We found some unique strawberries or "ichigo" (いけご). I haven't seen white and pink strawberries before.

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There were a lot of dining options in the area but it's still too early for lunch so we opted for snacks. There were a lot of crepe varieties to choose from. We picked the one with strawberries.

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We roamed around the area until lunch time then we walked in the direction of [Akihabara](https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3003.html) which is famous for electronic products. In this case, it's not the destination but the journey that matters to us. We saw a lot of sights as we took the long walk from Ameya Yokocho to Akihabara.

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Stairs leading to Ueno Park but we didn't go there that day.


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Just as we crossed the street we realised it's already time for lunch so we took a detour and decided to try the famous Kobe beef. [ゆうめいγͺ こうべうし]

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When I saw the menu I realised we made a mistake. The prices were outrageous. [γ¨γ¦γ‚‚ι«˜γ„γ§γ™!]

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Thankfully, there was a cheaper option. We picked the set meal or teishoku [ていしょく].

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Lunch is served. Itadakimasu! πŸ™


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Outside the restaurant is a nice view overlooking the street so I took some photos.

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After lunch it was time to walk again. Akihabara, here come!

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While walking, I saw some relics that seemed to still be operational in Japan, a payphone and a mailbox. 


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We saw some ladies in cosplay handing out leaflets. These are pretty common in Japan.

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There are rows of gacha coin machines to the right where you can get your favorite collectibles.

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Finally we reached Akihabara area but we did not buy anything from there.

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After spending some time roaming around we took the train from Akihabara station to head home.

It was a long walk but due to the cold weather I did not sweat and didn't notice I was tired. It was only when we reached home that I felt my legs are killing me. It was a fun and enjoyable day even though I regretted the expensive lunch. πŸ˜… 

Thank you very much, see you soon! [γ‚γ‚ŠγŒγ¨γ†γ”γ–γ„γΎγ™, γ˜γ‚ƒγ‚γ­!]

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