I’ve visited Japan most years since 1991 or so, and have complicated feelings about the place. Let’s start with a lucky GESO taken in '96 with a little Nikon pocket film cam: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/05/12/Fuji24http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/05/12/Fuji24
So, in no particular order: 1. Tokyo is a street-shooter’s paradise. Lots of funky cool people and they’re too polite to object. 2. The single best tourist attraction in Tokyo is Asakusa; easy to get to, too. Take your camera! 3. Good places for a walk include Shibuya and almost any direction around Shinjuku. 4. Places that you read about but I don’t like include Roppongi (greasy and sleazy), Ginza (global brands, yawn). 5. Japanese department stores are pretty mind-boggling. 6. The single best out-of-town tourist attraction within easy reach is Kamakura. A whole lotta walking but worth it if your legs are good. 7. If you have a local colleague, they’ll want to take you somewhere fancy. You can get decent sushi anywhere in the world these days, but yakiniku and shabu-shabu are less-exported and worth sampling. But you know, you can do a lot worse than just hitting an izikaya (pub, more or less) at the nearest train station. The competition is fierce and the quality good. Have a drink or five, and stumble onto the subway home; it's the thing to do. 8. The big camera stores have mind-boggling selection but not terribly great prices. There are thousands of words and hundreds of pictures about Japan on my blog: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/What/The%20World/Places/Tokyo/ http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/What/The%20World/Places/Japan/Shimane/ On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't remember any PDMLers who live(d) in Japan, at least recently. > However, my brain is so overloaded now that I might be not be just > rememembering correctly. > So, just in case: is anybody on the list in Japan? > > I will be in Japan for a short business trip very soon for the first > time in my life, and I am looking for ideas on what could be good > places to see/visit in the areas of Tokyo, Nara/Kyoto, Sendai. > It is always interesting to see something that is "off the beaten path". > > It would also be cool to meet some locals there. > > I'd be happy to hear those recommendations on or off the list. > > Thank you, > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
