Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.stanford.edu!shelby.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Am I unusual... Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:25:21 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Subtlties R'nt Us Lines: 35 Sender: Mike Fester Message-ID: References: <1g4kb6q.osxy4gim95okN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> <1g4kwmb.4c1ki5sft3y8N%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> Reply-To: mtfester@netscape.net NNTP-Posting-Host: haven.stanford.edu X-Trace: news.Stanford.EDU 1069079121 19384 171.64.19.149 (17 Nov 2003 14:25:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.stanford.edu User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-981225 ("Volcane") (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.35 (i586)) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:7819 Louise Bremner wrote: > wrote: >> > So I suppose the next question is: what would you suggest gaigin go and >> > see on their one free day in Tokyo? >> >> If they've got money, everyone enjoys the Ginza. > Really? It just seems like a boring old shopping area to me (except at > weekends when at least they have "pedestrian heaven"). Or at night, when all the neon's lighting the place up. >> The Ueno Zoo and National Museums are always cool. > Yup--took my sister to the museums, but not the zoo. Everyone liked the panda. >> If they're younger, and you want to avoid Shibuya and Shinjuku crowds, >> Kitchijoji is cool. > Ah, but the whole point of Shibuya and Shinjuku is the crowds.... Check out Kitchijoji. >> And if it's the right season, and you don't take them for hanami, you're >> doing them a disservice. > Yup. And if you hit Kitchijoji, you can walk quickly over to Inogashira Koen; pretty any season. Mike