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While Yohann took the lead of France from Shanghai, I had the opportunity to make a short stopover in Tokyo before joining my parents for a good month in New Caledonia. I landed at Narita airport distant mid-afternoon, and I got to Tokyo itself as the dark, in heavy storms. After having wandered some time in the pretty park Ueno, I joined Shinjuku, the heart of Tokyo nightlife. The neon lights, neon signs and giant screens are legions above the streets teeming with pedestrians, which must request a cost Electrical proper staggering! There are vending machines for everything in this high-tech city, including distributors of Haagen Dazs that I'm obviously felt compelled to test.

The beautiful park Ueno

change of scenery with the Shinjuku area and its ubiquitous neon

After a nice walk in the neighborhood ultra modern I joined Shibuya, the neighborhood a little more classy and trendy nearby, where bars, restaurants and shopping luxury mall occupying the edges of the streets. The Hachiko intersection at the exit of the subway station, is topped by huge screens that project commercials multiple and varied.

The Shibuya and Hachiko intersection

It was then time to reach my hotel for the night, one of the famous capsule hotels in Tokyo. These hotels have tiny individual beds, mostly for the Japanese too drunk who missed the last metro. He better not be claustrophobic if you want to sleep in these capsules, but it was a very fun experience, can be like being in a spaceship!

My capsule hotel for the night

The next morning I headed to the old historic district of Asakusa , where the oldest temple in Tokyo, Senso-Ji , which had to be rebuilt many times through the wars. This temple is very pretty and unfortunately very little we very quickly made the tour!

The Senso-ji in Asakusa

I then resumed the RER to go to the local Shinto shrine of beautiful Meiji-Jingu . This sanctuary, built entirely of wood, has beautiful doors, finely carved and imposing entrance gates. Pretty paper lanterns, painted, occupy the edges of large avenues leading to them.

The Shinto shrine, Meiji Jingu-

I obviously could not go to Japan without going to eat some sushi! I went for it near the fish market Tsujuki , reputed to be the largest fish market in the world, and I could taste extra delicious sushi fresh a typical restaurant in Tokyo!

sushi restaurant Tsujuki

I finally went to the city 's electrical Akihibara , one of the wildest places in Tokyo. This landmark sale of high-tech devices packed with computer shops, it feels like Montgallet street in Paris! Between the deafening jingle, large posters of video games, and young Japanese Cosplay disguised as heroines of manga, we really feel that they have entered another world ...

electric town Akihabara

It I was left only to return later to Ueno me walk a while before resuming the train to Narita, where my plane was taking off to Noumea and New Caledonia. I appreciated this passage from Tokyo, which despite being very short, I still allowed to have a very good overview of this crazy city. Tokyo is very expensive, the 2nd most expensive city in the world after Moscow, but I still found the cost of living more affordable than I expected, especially as regards accommodation and food. Naturally I was still a shock to Asia South East and even China, so cheap, a good way to get used to the exorbitant prices of the Western world ...