Coopers Green wrote:I was going to suggest Kyoto! Everyone I know who has been says it's great. Never made it that far myself. If you fancy a half-day trip out of the city, head to Kamakura. It's the monastery district, really nice area. It's a bit of a contrast to Asakusa, in central Tokyo. I found Asakusa to be a bit of a tourist trap, and didn't like how it felt a bit fake and over-crowded. Kamakura is touristy, but there seemed to be a lot more locals there.Â
You could do that in the morning (probably best to bring a bite), have a walkabout, ogle the massive buddha, feed the friendly squirrels, then head back to Tokyo and head to a quality sushi/ramen bar.Â
Since you might be away during the euros – if you're absolutely desperate to catch up on the footy, go to The Footnik. http://www.footnik.net/ Full of gaijin, as you'd expect, but also plenty of friendly locals. It's not far from Shinjuku, iirc, so there's plenty of other places to wander to.Â
It's been 14 years since I was there, so there's not much in the way of restaurants, etc, I can recommend! Would love to go back, though. Tokyo is awesome.
Mod74 wrote:We need to sort a honeymoon. Have asked, if people want to, for holiday vouchers for wedding gifts so the plan is to see how much that generates and take it from there. A lot of people are saying Greece is cheap but maybe I'm being overly cautious but I don't fancy that plan much. Or a holiday in Greece, frankly. Would like to go Eastern Europe again but most of the places don't have the Euro so I'm not sure if it's bargain time or not. Certainly in Serbia they tied their exchange rate to the Euro so it probably is.
g.man wrote:"The Fat Badger." nice g.man
Nina wrote:Pff, it's not "seedy" here. Expensive, yes, depends where you go though.
Coopers Green wrote:Nexx wrote:Just 5 days. I'm planning to do a day trip to Nikko but don't think I really have the time to visit somewhere like Kyoto.Coopers Green wrote:How long are you going for? Any chance of heading to places outside of Tokyo?Maybe later in the year...tigerswiftly wrote:Korea, you bastard.
I was going to suggest Kyoto! Everyone I know who has been says it's great. Never made it that far myself. If you fancy a half-day trip out of the city, head to Kamakura. It's the monastery district, really nice area. It's a bit of a contrast to Asakusa, in central Tokyo. I found Asakusa to be a bit of a tourist trap, and didn't like how it felt a bit fake and over-crowded. Kamakura is touristy, but there seemed to be a lot more locals there.Â
You could do that in the morning (probably best to bring a bite), have a walkabout, ogle the massive buddha, feed the friendly squirrels, then head back to Tokyo and head to a quality sushi/ramen bar.Â
Since you might be away during the euros – if you're absolutely desperate to catch up on the footy, go to The Footnik. http://www.footnik.net/ Full of gaijin, as you'd expect, but also plenty of friendly locals. It's not far from Shinjuku, iirc, so there's plenty of other places to wander to.Â
It's been 14 years since I was there, so there's not much in the way of restaurants, etc, I can recommend! Would love to go back, though. Tokyo is awesome.
Nina wrote:Pff, it's not "seedy" here. Expensive, yes, depends where you go though.Â
My holiday's been pushed back to September, way too long a wait. Not even sure where we're going anymore, UK will probably be too rainy for a bike trip.
Nina wrote:Wow, you've been very close to my work then... Not the RLD, just to make myself clear.
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