For the last full day of The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift, I decided to spend the day perusing a selection of Tokyo’s famous secondhand goods stores like Book Off, Hard Off & Hobby Off, Nakano Broadway or the well known Super Potato store in Akihabara looking for all sorts of Japanese domestic treasures – from old games consoles like GameBoys and Famicoms to vintage electronics like classic and quirky cameras and even collectibles like model cars. I also stopped by a Pokémon Centre, had breakfast at the popular chain Cafe Gusto – featuring the quirky robot waiters, ate a sizzling lunch at the appropriately named Pepper Lunch and capped the trip off with one last Katsu Curry at my beloved CoCo Ichibanya.Continue reading →
The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift is still in Osaka Drift mode for one more day, and we’re Keeping it 100 on the Land, the Sea, the Sky with some walking around for shopping and eating in Universal CityWalk, Tempozan & central Osaka; trips on the sea at the port of Osaka with the Tempozan Ferry and the Captain Line Universal City Port Shuttle Boat and views of Osaka from the sky onboard the Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel and atop the iconic observation tower of Tsūtenkaku.Continue reading →
A quick taste of what’s to come in my #Japan #Vlog Series, The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift. This trip includes flights between London Heathrow and Tokyo Narita via Istanbul, Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, Universal Studios Japan, Nakashima Spa Land, Fuji-Q Highland, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, journeys on the Shinkansen, a load of Japanese food and more!Continue reading →
