“ After all I love Tokyo.” a friend of mine said after returning from her friend’s daughter’s wedding party in Tokyo. She stayed over night in the room on the 21st floor of the hotel in ODAIBA. “Underneath us the night view was spread out like the sea. It was so beautiful.” She looked excited.
Tokyo is proceeding with a reorganization program currently. A lot of old buildings are being rebuilt. Some buildings have a clear concept of attracting people, even office buildings such as ROPPONGI HILLS and MARUBIRU. They are shapely and stylish.
There are many characteristic downtowns in Tokyo. For example, HARAJUKU is a very fashionable and trendy place especially for teenagers. SHIBUYA is for college students. There are many colleges and schools around there. There are a lot of electric appliances stores in AKIHABARA where there is a unique OKAKU culture ( OTAKU is people who are crazy about something, Computer-OTAKU, Anime (animation) -OTAKU or Game (TV game) –OTAKU, etc. ). They support the Maid Cafés there.
I should not forget to mention a distinguished area, it is GINZA. There are many established stores, high-class bars and restaurants, some department stores and famous brand shops such
as CHANEL, LOUIS VITTON, HERME’S, GUCCI, etc. It used to be a pronoun of downtowns. There are many such-and-such GINZA throughout Japan. Of course, we have NYUZEN-GINZA.ODAIBA is a new downtown. It is very refined. The mono-rail train takes us there from the nearby JR (Japan Railway Company) stations. It weaves its way through about the 4 or 5th floor of the surrounding buildings. No operator is on it, it is automatic. It reminds me of the picture on the wall of Nyuzen elementary school which my children graduated from titled “ The Future City “ which was painted by children many many years ago.
Beauties of a big city consist of long straight metallic lines of buildings, the lights and people, I think. It is the intelligence and energy that has created Tokyo that attracts me to it. TOKYO is always evolving and I can not take my eyes off it.
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東京に住んでいる人にとっても、今の東京の変わりようは日々の生活とはかけ離れた所で起きているという点では、地方の人々と変わりないと思いますよ。
たまに遊びに行くにはなかなか面白くて飽きさせないけど、田舎者には疲れる町です。
昔は東京へよく行きました。すべての人のあり方を受け入れてくれる街という感じが好きです。今年の夏はコンサートに行くつもりです。
I was so nervous to visit Tokyo the first time because it's so big...but like you said, there are so many cities and neighborhoods within the BIG city of Tokyo, that it doesn't feel so big. I love exploring all the different areas of Tokyo because each one has something different to offer! And it's a nice change of pace after living in Nyuzen...there are lots of people and the city feels alive!
Otaku are weird (I think) but I might be one at heart. Maybe I should move to Tokyo to make new friends?
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