Left My Heart In Tokyo

A month or so ago now my Uncle married his wife for the second time, and my parents and I were invited to join them on their special day. The catch was marriage pt2 was in Japan. As you can imagine I jumped at the chance to visit part of the world I've never seen before, and despite being hit rather hard by the jetlag and a total lack of sleep for 2 weeks the trip as a whole was a success.
During the 2 weeks we visited 3 cities/regions of Japan, Niigata/Sado, Kyoto and Tokyo. All were very different experiences, with their own pros and cons, but one thing all had in common was how very safe they felt to a lone traveller (I ditched the family as soon as I could to preserve my mental health!) with next to no understanding of the local language.

Despite visiting Tokyo last, it was probably the place I enjoyed the most. It was every bit as crazy as I expected it to be, but finding a quiet park to hide in for half an hour away from the mass tourist hysteria was much easier than in Kyoto. Therefore when I got back and realised I had ~2000ish photos to go through, I started in Tokyo and worker my way back to the start of the holiday.

 Tokyo metropolitan building.

 The view from the top of the South tower of the Tokyo metropolitan building.

 Shinjuku

 Shinjuku gardens

 Shibuja

 Pedestrian Scramble by day.

 View from the hotel room.

 Shibuya by night.

 Asakusa, an old Edo era style market place.

 Bridge to the imperial residence.

 Maranouchi district.

 

Odaiba, the rainbow bridge and the statue of liberty.