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Ginza Tokyo Shopping Entertainment

You gotta love the Ginza

Ginza Tokyo Shopping Entertainment

Ginza Tokyo Shopping Entertainment

Ginza Tokyo Shopping  Entertainment, a square meter of land in the district’s center is worth over ten million yen, making it one of the most expensive real estate in Japan.

Ladies in traditional dress.

Ginza Tokyo Shopping EntertainmentIf you want to see more people wearing a Kimono just visit the shrine in Asakusa.

Lunch at Shabusen

Ginza Tokyo Shopping EntertainmentShabusen has a very high TripAdvisor rating, #96 of 7,835 Restaurants in Chuo.

From one extreme to the other.

Ginza Tokyo Shopping EntertainmentCalled 300BAR 8 it is one of 3 bars in Ginza serving all drinks for 300 Yen + tax.

Quite small but great value.

Ginza Tokyo Shopping Dining EntertainmentThe Margaritas were a bit on the small side but still very good value.

Ginza Tokyo Shopping Dining Entertainment & Super cars.

Ginza Tokyo Shopping Entertainment

A fabulous Nissan concept car.

One more look at the beast.

Ginza Tokyo Shopping Entertainment

The Nissan Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo vehicle on display at Nissan Crossing showroom in the Ginza.

New shopping mall Ginza 6

Ginza Tokyo Shopping Entertainment

There are a number of luxury shopping malls in the Ginza, this one seems to be much the same with all the luxury labels.

Ginza Tokyo Shopping Dining Entertainment

Ginza Tokyo Shopping Dining Entertainment

Ultra modern concept as you would expect.

If you want a great Sushi restaurant look no further than Sushizanmai

Ginza Tokyo Shopping Entertainment

Fifteen minutes walk south near where the old fish market was.

Dinner with my friend Claibourne Jones.

Ginza Tokyo Shopping Entertainment

Our chef in the background recognised me from previous years.

My YouTube clip has been viewed 62,000 times.

Fantastic chaotic Sushi restaurant in Tokyo.

This gives you a sample of the chaotic atmosphere at Sushizanmai. Thanks for visiting my Ginza Tokyo Shopping Entertainment photo blog.

kabuki theatre tokyo

Ginza Tokyo Shopping Entertainment

The building was destroyed on October 30, 1921. Since it burned down from an electrical fire, the second building was designed to “be fireproof, yet carry traditional Japanese architectural styles”, and at the same time using Western building materials such as lighting equipment. The reconstruction commenced in 1922, and was uncompleted when the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake struck and caused it to burn down. It was rebuilt in a baroque Japanese revivalist style, meant to evoke the architectural details of Japanese castles, as well as temples of pre-Edo period. The theater again burned down in the Allied bombing during World War II. It was restored in 1950  preserving the style of 1924 reconstruction, and was until recently one of Tokyo’s more dramatic and traditional buildings.

Tawaramachi Station

Ancient Buddhist Temple Asakusa Tokyo

This trip I stayed at the Agora Place hotel which was a wonderful location close to 3 metro stations Tawaramachi, Ueno & Asakusa. You can get an express train direct from Narita & you can catch the Shinkansen from Ueno. Tawaramachi Station is on the Ginza line so it’s direct to the Ginza in 23 minutes.

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Author: David Herd

My history, particularly over the last 30 years is dominated by overseas travel. I sold my home in Australia October 20th 2011 and have have been living in Thailand since then. I don’t know where the time has gone? It seems like you go to sleep one night, wake up the next morning, and 20 years have flashed by. Not sure how many years I have left, however I have enjoyed a wonderful charmed life, and if it all ended today I would leave this world with no regrets. I was born in Sydney halfway through the last century, started my travels in the 60s with the usual U.K. Europe adventure at the age of 20, back to Australia and worked in Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide in Sales & Marketing with multinational companies including Sanyo, Canon & Remington. Engaged to be married 3 times and never quite made it to the alter, finally realized by the mid 90s I was not cut out for "long term relationships" so I moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland in January 1987, worked for a couple of banks as a Financial Planner, I took a year off work in 1998 to travel and never went back to full time work again, after 25 fun filled years on the Coast I packed up and moved to Thailand. What is the purpose of this blog? Well I really want to use it to record my travel experiences & to display my photographs, give and receive travel tips, comment on places I visit, restaurants I eat in and use it to replace the autobiography I intended to write, apart from all that it helps me fill in my day. :) I moved to Thailand mainly because I wanted to keep travelling while my health allowed me to, there are huge advantages being closer to all the places I want to visit. Cost of living in Thailand is around 35% of the cost in Australia, plus flights are 50% cheaper because you are much closer to everywhere. ???? Consequently I am able to travel to many more places compared to living in Australia. Having said all that, it is & has always been my intention to return to Australia when my travelling is finished, I predict this will happen around 2021.

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