Earlier this year, three of my brothers, my sister, and I went to Tokyo for five days. I took lots of pictures but never put them anywhere. I’m posting them here with a small learning of mine.
Tokyo was my first time traveling to a “English isn’t very common”-speaking place. Everywhere else I’ve been either spoke Spanish, or had English as a second language/taught in schools. When I landed, I was almost caught off guard. All the metro signs were in Japanese. The ATM was in Japanese. At Disney Sea, the rides and safety instructions were in Japanese. Menus were in Japanese (we did a lot of pointing to photos, totally guessing what we were ordering). It might sound naïve: “Duh Emily. You’re in Japan. They speak Japanese.” and perhaps next time I will download the Google Translate app beforehand. But adjusting wasn’t hard. Communication is communication. It was a really valuable experience. Konnichiwa.
Bakeries knew how to do it Tower of Terror at DisneySea View from up the Tokyo Metropolitan Building classic Koi pond
officially landing DisneySea rope drop snacking Shinjuku Garden & Patrick outside the Sensoji temple
classic theme park ride photo walking down Hozomon Gate Sensoji temple bar tab at Disney farmer’s market
my sister and I went to a cat cafe the Emperor’s house…we think
we went to this insane show… …where we had to walk down a shroom-like staircase… …and were giving light-up batons… …to wave around…. …and it was insanely loud…. …but the performance was good
my name in Japanese Godzilla Statue
they had such interesting things there Meiji Shrine