So on Tuesday we went to Akihabara to meet with Miika (who went training again) at about 1 p.m. We had some tea and coffee and continued onto find electronic city in Akihabara. We really wanted to find the huge department store we went to last year but just couldn't remember the name of the place. We ended up going up and down the other side (the way the station map said the electronics would be at) and there were loads of shops in all sizes... but not the one we...

So, before we went to see the Tokyo Tower, we had a little lunch dessert in a nearby park. We bought some pasteries from apparently Scandinavian bakery (with best bread message), which boasts their "Tomte" help them to bake. Tomte are elves etc. in Scandinavian folklore and it worries me that they are making the goods. Anyway, we got a muffin for Miika (which he didn't eat in the end), a bun shaped like a teddy bear's head (filled with vanille cream) an...

Ohayoo!!! This is our second day in Tokyo, we arrived here yesterday in the afternoon. We`re staying at Hotel Edoya again as we liked it last year and it`s relatively close to good connections. Yesterday we went shopping in Harajuku. Well, actually we tried to go to Meiji-jingu first but it would have cost us something so we decided not to as we were somewhat tired as well. Anyway, we then proceeded to angle ourselves to Takes***a dori for some socks and silly t...

Konban wa! Yesterday we went to Bonsai Village near Omiya station... I didn't realize that Tomi really meant a village as it was an area where a group of men decided to start growing bonsai in their backyards. It was quite overwhelming to see all those bonsai lined up... unfortunately we weren't allowed to take pictures of them. Today we've been to Ghibli Museum near Mitaka (near Tokyo). It was amazing! Well I'm a fan so anything related to Studio Ghibli is won...

Hi　all! Here we are for the third day in Tokyo. We didn't get to see much of Osaka as we stayed in Shin-Osaka (north from Osaka station) and we were a bit sleepy after the nine hour flight and an hour spent in the passport check... On Sunday we went to Shinjuku to see the night life (as well as for a bite to eat) as now we're staying in Ueno or Akihabara, depending on which map you read... Yesterday we went to Akihabara's electronic city to get a camera for ...