JAPAN | Tokyo Part 2

Hey guys, welcome back to my blog! I talked about our first day in Tokyo in my previous blog, so check it out if you haven't yet :) So in Tokyo we walked A LOT. I mean like 4 hours a day of walking. And it's not because we're cheap and don't want to take the metro (we take it sometimes when it's way too far), but we thought walking around allowed us to see more of the city. We walked from Roppongi to Tokyo Station, and coincidentally passed by the area where the government buildings are. It was reallly nice, the landscaping was on point, and the streets were very well-maintained. There was police guards at every corner of the streets, which was interesting to see. Then, we reached Tokyo Station, and we were pleasantly surprised by the architecture of the building. It was one of the few historic/European style building that still remains in the city. But even coming from Montreal, a city filled with historic colonial buildings, I was still impressed with the Tokyo Station building since it was hugeee and the style of architecture is quite different than the one we find in Montreal. Also, underneath the station, there is this really big shopping street where they sell a lot of Japanese goods. They had a Pokemon Centre and shops that sell cute stuff from animes. There was also a lot of restaurants to choose from, and one of them sells the (allegedly) best tsukemen in Tokyo. We tried it out, and I'm going to make a blog post about it soon!

Tokyo Station

After Tokyo Station, we walked to Ginza (which was about 5-10 minutes wakl from Tokyo Station). If you know your shopping, Ginza is well known for branded goods and expensive stores. Though we didn't plan on buying anything, we still looked around and very much enjoyed the vibe that the area has. They also had other stores that were more affordable like UNIQLO (which had like more than 7 floors). 

Ginza Main Street

After another day of a lot of shopping, we walked back home and decided to rest a bit until dinner time since we were still pretty jet lagged. For dinner, we went to this Italian restaurant near our apartment since we heard that Japanese people make really good Italian food. I ordered spaghetti with a side of uni, which I've always wanted to try. It was pretty good, but to be honest it wasn't anything special so we didn't even remember the name of the restaurant haha. But we did eat other amazing Italian restaurants during our stay in Japan, which I will talk about in another blog post :)

Spaghetti with a side of uni