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Quote: Tokyo is a different culture, blending high technology and trains with old- culture living in very small place that is the most expensive in the world.
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The best things to go see are Hanayashiki, Tokyo Disneyland, Toshimaen/Hydro Polis, International Aquarium, Nippon Ham Fighters, Yomiuri Giants, Akihabara (Electric Town), Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tsukiji Fish Market, East Garden, Hama Rikyu Garden, Shinjuku Garden, All-Japan Judo Federation, Japan Karate-do Federation, Asakusa Kannon Onsen, Beer Museum Yebisu, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Drum Museum, Edo Tokyo Museum, Fukugawa Edo Museum, Goto Museum of Art, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Kite Museum, Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of Western Art, National Science Museum, Nezu Art Museum, Ota Memorial Museum of Art, Shitamachi ...Read More
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Kanamara Matsuri Festival (aka The Penis Festival or The Festival of the Steel Phallus) dates back from the Edo period (1603-1867), a 2-day celebration is held annually on the weekend closet to April 15th, confirm this with Tokyo Tourist Information, to coincide with spring and the Cherry Blossom Festival in Kawasaki, a suburb between Tokyo and Yokohama. The festival began as a celebration of the vanquishing of a mythological sharp-toothed demon that resided in a fair maiden's vagina and bit off the penises of her suitors. A local craftsman fashioned a steel phallus that broke the demon's teeth....Read More

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Kanamara Matsuri Festival
Wakamiya Hachimangu Shinto Shrine
Tokyo, Japan

NRT - Tokyo Narita International Airport Photo - Tokyo, Japan
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NRT - Tokyo Narita Airport is a major international gateway hub, handling some 25 million international passengers yearly. The airport is 66km northeast of Tokyo and has excellent rail and bus connections. Routes to Narita International Airport by a...Read More
Showers and Day Room Photo - Tokyo, Japan
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Narita International Airport

There are showers and day rooms where you can take a shower and/or sleep at a reasonable cost ($5 for 30 minutes use of a shower, $10/hr for a day room; last visit was $3 for a shower) at Tokyo/Narita International Airport.

Facilities are small and clean. There are eight shower rooms, seven single day rooms, one twin room, two Internet-access computers, a lounge area for six, and complimentary newspapers and magazines.

Hours: 8am-9:30pm, shower closes at 9pm, day room at 8:30pm

Northwest WorldClub Lounges Photo - Tokyo, Japan
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Northwest WorldClub Lounges are private membership lounges available to those holding memberships, through a pre-arranged agreement with another airline/lounge, or guests of one. You may join independent Priority Pass which includes Worldclub lounges.There are two lounge locations fairly close to each other: #2 Satellite in Terminal 1, 4th floor (Phone: 81-476-32-7491 Fax: 81-476-32-0104), and New Central Terminal Building, Terminal 1, 3rd floor (Phone: 81-476-32-4992; Fax: 81-476-32-0342).Of the two locations, the one on the fourth floor is much more desirable. ...Read More
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Tokyo Tourist Information Center assists the traveler with questions, suggestions, and information. It opens daily from 9:30am to 6:30pm, except year end through New Year's holiday.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
(Main Building No.1, 1F) 8-1,
Nishi-Shinjuku 2-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

Telephone: 81-03-5321-3077, fax 81-03-5321-3078

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