Tokyo.

Safest city I've ever been in.

My favourite place in the world.

It's very well organised and people are respectful of personal space both physically and in terms of noise. Remarkably clean too. If you're walking down a busy street, people will keep to the left hand side of the path, like on the roads. It works well because the people make it work.

Hong Kong is very similar too. Extremely dense (Second most dense to Dhaka) but so well organised that you'll never feel overawed.

I love the Toyko because of their hard working people. They don't engage in others' stuff. Secondly, I love the cherry blossom trees of Toyko. The third and last love of Toyko are their anime and manga.

My son lived there for 8 years, he speaks reads and writes the lingo fluently.

I saw his apartments, and one of them might possibly have fitted into my living room. It was specifically designed and built to house singletons. But it was in a beautiful area of Tokyo, called Oji. It has beautiful parks and riverside walks.

He brought me to a street in Oji, not too disimilar to the one in your photo, and there was a small plaque - easily passed by without being noticed. It marked one edge of land that was the domain of William Adams - the Englishman marooned in Japan who became a samurai. His life story is worth a read. Or you can watch Richard Chamberlain in Shogun, which I believe was loosely based on Adams' life.

Anyway, despite what you might think, the locals don't go nuts because of the close quartered living conditions. I think that is why they have developed the strange to us behaviour of being in their own little bubble while out and about. But when you do interact with them, they (in my experience*) were all very helpful and polite. My son says I view them through rose tinted glasses.

Even though he's now home, I might still try to engineer another holiday there. Even with my fairly good local knowledge (ie, where the cheap hotels are!) its still a very expensive trip. But unforgettable. I am of course not confining that to Tokyo, which has its own fascinating places to visit, I have also crammed in Hiroshima, Yokohama,Kyoto, Osaka, Morioka (where? you ask :D) and Tokyo into a 2 week visit. Nearly killed me. Didn't help the bank balance either. But enough of the bragging!! (no, honestly, I just like remembering it).

Was there a few years ago. Mighty spot, if a little overwhelming due to the sheer size of the place. Exceptionally good food as well.

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Always amazed at how populated Japan is for it's land size and yet have nearly 70% forested

KilOit wrote: »

Always amazed at how populated Japan is for it's land size and yet have nearly 70% forested

Thats what you get with a culture that doesnt value over sized mcmansions

Though people love Tokyo because of its manga, anime and culture, but I love it because of its people because they care a lot about feeling. I also respect their honest and introvert personality traits. Secondly, I love Tokyo because of cherry blossoms. Before this coronavirus pandemic, we had plans to visit Tokyo in April. But unluckily, we missed it. But I can share some of my favourite Tokyo places here:





Hopefully, next year, we can plan to visit Tokyo in the Spring season. By the way, Tokyo isn't a city but a big prefecture with 26 cities 23 wards and many remote islands, and you can read more from here https://www.jluggage.com/blog/japan/is-tokyo-a-city/. In my opinion, instead of visiting different places in Japan, it is better if you only visit more cities in Tokyo Metropolis state. You can explore more about travel guides from this place https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page4e_001053.html.

Other places that must be visited could be Ginza District, The Sensō-Ji Temple and Ueno Park and Zoo. I would also be willing to click photos with my favourite characters in the Ghibli museum, but I heard its still close. I think Tokyo authorities should open it when Disney lands around the globe are beginning with SOPs.