Louise Bremner <dame_zumari@yahoo.com> wrote:
> <mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote:

>> Or at night, when all the neon's lighting the place up.

> HAven't been to the Ginza for a while, but does the lighting have
> anything over the garish overload of Shinjuku? 

Yeah; it's less crowded. A different group of people.
 
>> >> The Ueno Zoo and National Museums are always cool.
>> 
>> > Yup--took my sister to the museums, but not the zoo. 
>> 
>> Everyone liked the panda.

> I find them resistable....

Try them deep-fried, with a bit of soy sauce and lemon.

>> >> 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.

> Deliberate spelling? Maybe it's because I live so near, but I don't

:-)
> think much of Kichijoji as a tourist sight. (Mind you, Inokashira Koen
> during the hanami Sunday might be interesting to an innocent gaigin). 

I lived there (actually, Inogashira), and still never got tired of it. 

Anyway, I thought the question was where to take people, not where to lead
tourists.

Mike