tokyo: intro

i’ve been looking over the tokyo pictures and thinking over the last few days, and i still don’t know where to start. that can explain the metropolis itself as well because there’s so many things to do in such a ginormous place that you don’t know what to do with yourself. but i’ll just put it like this… i <3 new york. new york was my favorite city on earth. was.

tokyo just shitted all over it. i've been to and through many cities and never once found one that would take me away from seattle. i could definitely see myself living in tokyo. the place - hectic yet serene at the same time. new york has about 2 million people living in manhattan, tokyo has about 12 million in the central part of tokyo... yet it is as quiet as the streets of seattle. coming from a loud-mouthed country where everyone wants to be heard, it was shocking to see so many people minding their own business. which brings me to my second point... the people - kind, respectful, and hardworking. this being my first time experiencing a language barrier, everyone was so understanding and more than willing to help. they have the best and fastest service, yet they refuse tips. al;kj9f8hq all of this reminiscing is making me miss this damn place too much so i'll just turn it over to the pics.

first things first, some sort of map is needed when entering this behemoth. i purchased superfuture's since it shows you points of interests, popular stores, and gives you suggestions on things to do.

it gives a fairly detailed map of each of the more popular districs of tokyo. this is crucial because of how huge this place really is. if you’ve ever been to new york city, you know there are districts within the city like soho, noho, lower east side, etc. well tokyo’s districts are like a bunch of new yorks.