MY FAVOURITE TRAVEL MEMORY

IKEBUKURO, TOKYO, JAPAN

22nd March 2016

This morning is one that will stick out in my memory forever, I made a full post featuring pictures of Ikebukuro in a post around a year ago, you can find that here.

In the evening of the 21st I found out I wouldn't be able to interview for my dream graduate job. I'd been shortlisted, but the interview took place whilst I was still in Japan as at this point I still had almost 3 weeks left in the country. I was pretty much told to not bother contacting them anymore as if I wasn't in the UK at the time of interview, I was out. This was the first of MANY rejections I received when searching for a grad job, I got used to it pretty quickly, but this one stung.

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TRAVEL MASTERPOST

Here's a complete list of every post on places I've visited around the world:

B U D A P E S T // H U N G A R Y

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

T O K Y O // J A P A N

Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo

Yoyogi Park

Ikebukuro

Shibuya

Meiji Jingu

Tokyo Disney Sea- Part 1

Tokyo Disney Sea- Part 2

Tokyo Disney Sea- Part 3

ARTNIA Cafe

Tokyo Tower

Capcom Bar

Odaiba

Free! Cafe

The Imperial Palace

Intro to Asakusa and Conveyor Belt Sushi

Ueno Park, Harajuku's Owl Cafe and Shibuya's Movie Bar

Tokyo Skytree

O S A K A // J A P A N

Osaka Castle

Kaiyukan Aquarium

Dotonburi

K Y O T O // J A P A N

Cloudy Afternoon in Kyoto

Arashiyama

Kinkaku-Ji

Fushimi Inari Shrine

H I R O S H I M A // J A P A N 

Hiroshima - Peace Park, Memorials and Museums

Miyajima Part 1

Miyajima Part 2

O S L O // N O R W A Y

Oslo Part 1

Oslo Part 2:The Royal Palace and Vigeland Park

Oslo Part 3: Holmenkollen

Oslo Part 4: Bygdoy Peninsula

Oslo Part 5: Akershus Castle + Fortress

Oslo Part 6: Oslo Opera House

S T O C K H O L M // S W E D E N 

KOH PHANGAN - STOCKHOLM'S GLOW IN THE DARK THAI RESTAURANT

THE ROAD TO GAMLA STAN - STOCKHOLM'S OLD TOWN

GAMLA STAN - STOCKHOLM'S OLD TOWN

MUSEUM OF MEDIEVAL STOCKHOLM // SNOW COVERED TREKS

ICE BAR + AIFUR VIKING RESTAURANT

L I V E R P O O L // U N I T E D  K I N G D O M

ExDirectory | Liverpool's Secret Bar

Docks by night

OH ME OH MY // GOODNESS GRACIOUS

Staycation #1

Staycation #2

Staycation #3

Yard Bird

The Liverpool Guide: Views




L O N D O N // U N I T E D  K I N G D O M


Best Ramen in London

Crosstown Doughnuts

24 hours a Londoner

A Week a Londoner

A Month a Londoner

2 Months a Londoner

6 Months a Londoner

20 Fenchurch Street's Sky Garden

Greenwich Park + the Royal Observatory

Christmas in London

London

P A R I S // F R A N C E 

Paris

M I L A N // I T A L Y 

DUOMO DI MILANO - PART 1

DUOMO DI MILANO - PART 2

NAVIGLI CANALS

TERAZZA APEROL

BAR LUCE



L A K E  C O M O // I T A L Y 

COMO

T H E  E D E N  P R O J E C T / / U N I T E D  K I N G D O M

THE EDEN PROJECT, ST AUSTELL

S K E L L I G  M I C H A E L / / R E P U B L I C   O F   I R E L A N D 

Real Life Star Wars - Skellig Michael, Ireland

COMING LATER THIS YEAR:

H E L S I N K I  / / F I N L A N D 

T A L L I N N / / E S T O N I A 

R I G A / / L A T V I A

S I A U L I A I / / L I T H U A N I A 

V I L N I U S / / L I T H U A N I A

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Tokyo Skytree

The final post. 

Well, sort of. The next post will be a collection of photographs from my phone that don't really fit anywhere.

*Lady Gaga A-YO voice* Here we go!

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Asakusa Sensoji Temple + the road to the Skytree

Today we head off to Tokyo's Sensoji Temple. 

Sensoji is not only one of the premiere tourist spots in Tokyo, it is actually the oldest temple in the city, dating back to the year 645. 

The gate you can see above is known as the Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate), and is the first gate you enter on your journey to Sensoji's main grounds.

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Ueno Park, Harajuku's Owl Cafe and Shibuya's Movie Bar

Back in Tokyo, and after 26 posts, we are nearing the end of these finally!

On one of my final days I met up with my friend Eggy, we've known each other on Twitter for a really long time, so it was amazing to finally meet her! She came all the way down from Sendai, because she's the true MVP! I also met Eggy's friend Ayu, who was really lovely also!

I passed this shrine whilst on my way to meet Eggy in Shinjuku, I'm just throwing it in here as all torii gates are pretty.

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Back to Tokyo! An intro to Asakusa and Conveyor Belt Sushi

Welcome back to Tokyo! The final leg of our trip to Japan.

After visiting Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Miyajima, we came back to Tokyo for a few days before our flight.

We started in the Asakusa area of Tokyo, and we booked a hotel this time! The hotel was bloody incredible, it wasn't expensive, but it housed a mall, and hosted weddings whilst we stayed.

This was the view from our room!

THIS!

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The Imperial Palace

Let's kick this post off with some Pokemon!!! The Gen 4 starters are some of my favourites.

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Free! Cafe

Today let's take a trip to the now closed Free! cafe in Akihabara!

The Free! cafe had been open for months, however it shut its doors a few weeks back. I'm sure some variation will open again, anime cafes come and go extremely often, I think they usually stay open for 6 or so weeks.

And damn if they aren't popular! You often reserve a seat via a lottery system, you apply for slots and if you're lucky enough to get a seat at a certain time, you can go!

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Odaiba!

Hello and welcome to Odaiba! 

Odaiba is a manmade island located within the Tokyo Bay, initially built for defensive purposes 160 years ago!

Odaiba is famous for being the setting/basis for Digimon, among other things!

Here is Palette Town, a huge shopping plaza, alongside the Daikanransha (the ferris wheel), which is technically a part of Palette Town itself.

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Capcom Bar

Today I'm covering our visit to the Capcom Bar in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

The aptly named bar is themed with all sorts of Capcom games, such as the Phoenix Wright series, Sengoku Basara, Street Fighter and Resident Evil.

I'm not the biggest gamer, and whilst I've dabbled in a few of these, I wouldn't say I were a fan of any and so a lot of the charm was lost on me. It was an interesting restaurant/bar to visit anyway!

I don't have many pictures of this as the lighting was not great, plus it was rather cramped, so it wasn't easy to get up and move around for photographs.

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