Showing posts with label helpful links. Show all posts
Showing posts with label helpful links. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Planning, planning ... links to information about sightseeing in Tokyo


I started putting out post-it-notes on the big paper map with the places I want to visit, to see if I could then make up my mind on which area on Tokyo to stay in.  But, I then did another try with Google maps instead and suddenly I understood what to do. 
It is really easy to create a custom map with Google maps where you can plot all the places you want to visit and when it's finished, just print the map or check the map with a link in your mobile.

There are lots of high scores online with things you "should" do in Tokyo and when I skimmed through them, it is clear that there are a lot of common points. Good lists are for example:
- Tripadvisor's " 3 days in Tokyo "
- Time Magazine " Top 10 for Tokyo "
- Lonely Planet " Things to do in Tokyo . "

One of the activities that tops almost every list is a visit to the Tsukiji Central Fish Market - where, if one is in place around 4:00 in the morning, you can get one of a few (60 per day) places reserved for tourists who gets tickets to enter the busy fish auction in a special section for tourists only.

Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market