8 ways to see Tokyo from different sides Bashny.Net

In Japan, there are two Tokyo. The first - a glossy city of the future where office workers crowd stormed the high-tech metro daily. And the second - a traditional, full of spicy flavors and ringing bells of ancient temples. We have compiled a list of things to do in the Japanese capital, to see her in all their diversity.

1. Climb up to heaven




634-meter Tokyo Sky Tree with a pointed spire, which flashes every second postcard from Tokyo, is considered to be the highest tower in the world. In clear weather from the viewing platforms at the height of 350 and 450 meters visible snowy peak of Mount Fuji. Brave note: the last five meters from the upper vantage point would have to go through a transparent spiral staircase. When descend from heaven to earth, do not regret it: on the ground floor of the complex you will find the Sumida Aquarium, where seals swim, whale sharks, and another 10 thousand sea inhabitants

. 2. stare at the street fashionistas



Central Tokyo's Harajuku district - a treasure trove of ideas for designers and fashion designers. Here on Takeshita-Dori street, gather adherents of the Japanese street fashion, fantasy which hit the stratosphere. Keep up with creative youth and buy a couple of T-shirts in the style of "Kawai" (in Japanese - "cute") in stores Wego and Milk. To improve mimimishnosti blood, try colorful dessert at the famous Cafe Kawaii Monster, decorated cakes in human growth.

3. To visit the fish auction



Tokyo's Tsukiji Market is the title of one of the largest fish markets in the world. Local shelves littered with giant crabs, shrimp and meaty Ocellata Rybin, the existence of which you never knew existed. Do not miss the spectacular show - the morning auction for the sale of tuna. Huge long frozen carcasses lie on the floor in orderly rows - go under the hammer for a couple of minutes. However, to see this spectacle is not given to everyone: let no more than 120 people a day. To become one of them, do not be lazy and come here to the five in the morning.

4. To spend the night in a capsule



To try on the role of the Japanese workaholic, missed the last train, spend the night in a capsule hotel. Before you forget righteous sleep in the room, the cell size 2 × 1 × 1, 25 meters, see anime on TV mounted in the ceiling. Necessary things we recommend to bring your suitcases have to leave at the entrance to the cell. Another feature that is worth to know - in most capsule hotels are only allowed men (but there are pleasant exceptions). Night in a futuristic capsule is from 2200 yen in fiscal Hotel Asakusa & amp; Capsule to 13,000 yen in Nine Hours to Narita airport

. 5. Arrange the hunt for land



For the most delicious sushi in Tokyo go to restaurants kaytendzusi, better known as "Carousel sushi." They can be easily identified by a conveyor belt with multi-colored plates that go in a circle. To order does not need to - grab your favorite sushi until they went to a neighbor. When you have finished the meal, the waiter will spread plates by color and count the final cost. In Ganzo Sushi chefs are well produced sushi with eel, Genki Sushi famous onigiri rice balls and sushi with tuna in Sushi Zanmai - simply Yum

! 6. Relax in a hot bath



A pleasant way to plunge into the Japanese culture in the truest sense of the word - to visit the onsen. So called hot spring with healing water, where you can remove the accumulated fatigue and cure many diseases. Right next door residents of Tokyo is famous onsen Ooedo Onsen Monogatari - huge bath complex, designed as a medieval city. Sweating will be in the buff, but to leave the patio you will be given a traditional cotton yukata robe. A couple of hours in the pool with hot herbs - and you'll be good as new

! 7. Check your destiny



In the depths of the scenic Yoyogi Park (Yoyogi) hidden Meiji Shinto shrine erected in honor of the 122 th Emperor of Japan. Throw a coin in a wooden box and get Omikudzi - a piece of paper with the prediction that the governor wrote. If the future is uncertain, go to Otori temple dedicated to the god of good luck Japanese Dzyurodzin. The more you leave fingerprints on the laughing face of the deity, the well disposed toward you will be fortune. Fans of Buddhist architecture sin to miss the oldest temple in Tokyo Sensodzi, which protects the goddess Kannon mercy. To get to its palaces, go through the ritual Kaminarimon gate, the tutelary deity of wind and thunder.

8. pump up to level 80



A couple of minutes walk from the train / railway station of Tokyo - and you are in a parallel reality with giant robots, fantastic creatures and beauties, skillfully owning a two-handed sword. Welcome to Akihabara - electronic paradise for fans of anime, video games and gadgets. Activate the boom mode and wander through the 8-storey shop Mandarake in search of his beloved figure transformer, spend a couple of hours with burning eyes in a huge Taito Station Game Center and try not to blush when the waitresses call you master, in Maid Cafe.