Tag Archives: places to Visit in Japan

X2Y | P2V: Beppu & Beppu Jigoku

Posted on November 2, 2019 by

Beppu [別府] is a city in the Ōita Prefecture, to the east of the island of Kyuushu in the south of Japan. It has so much geothermal activity that they had to build “chimneys” into the ground to vent the … Continue reading →

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X2Y | P2V: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (TMGB)

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building or TMGB [東京都庁, Tōkyō Tochō] is basically Tokyo’s city hall, so you might think about giving it a miss, but here’s a well-known secret: one of the buildings has two free observation decks, and they are … Continue reading →

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X2Y | P2V: Samurai Museum Shinjuku (Tokyo)

Posted on July 27, 2019 by

東京都新宿区歌舞伎町2-25-6. Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Kabukicho 2-25-6 (Map) Website: https://www.samuraimuseum.jp/ Twitter: @MuseumSamurai Facebook: Samurai Museum Instagram: @samuraimuseumtokyo TripAdvisor: Samurai Museum   1900 ¥ (R: 800 ¥) The Samurai Museum is located in Kabukicho, in Shinjuku, about 10 minutes walking from the station. … Continue reading →

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X2Y | P2V: Rainbow Bridge (レインボーブリッジ / Reinboo buriiji), Tokyo

Posted on September 30, 2017 by

The Rainbow Bridge connects the artificial island of Odaiba (jokingly referred to in SemiRandom as ShoppingCentreLand) to mainland Tokyo above Tokyo Bay. It is anchored between Shibaura Pier (Shibaurafuto) and the Odaiba waterfront. It was completed in 1993 by Kawasaki. … Continue reading →

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X2Y in Japan

Posted on October 8, 2016 by

We’re going to start a new section on the blog that we’re going to call X2Y: X to Y in Japan. It will have two main subsections: places to visit (P2V) and food to eat (F2E). Here we’ll talk about … Continue reading →

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