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Old Posted Jul 6, 2016, 11:31 PM
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Return to Tokyo //opportunity strikes

What was originally supposed to be a camping trip to Yosemite or Zion National Parks turned into a 6 day trip to Tokyo once tickets hit <$600 RT from NYC. I was able to hit up a few spots outside the city as well, including Kamakura and a Kowloon Walled City-themed arcade in Kawasaki. Tokyo remains one of my favorite places in the world. The city and its residents just ooze that paradoxical weirdness of being a broadly conservative culture with the utmost imaginative, escapist forms of expression possible. I can never get enough . Enjoy!

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Old Posted Jul 7, 2016, 12:38 AM
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Decent catches of Tokyo, I may need some time to digest.

From camping trip to Yosemite into a 6-day trip to Tokyo huh, that was a huge jump and only a real super mind changer could make such MAGNIFICANT switch.
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Old Posted Jul 7, 2016, 2:59 PM
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Such an incredible city.
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Old Posted Jul 9, 2016, 5:17 AM
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Wow. I think this might be your best ever. Go visit more cities....
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Old Posted Jul 9, 2016, 8:04 AM
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Astonishing. This really is one of your best.
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Old Posted Jul 14, 2016, 2:12 AM
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The whole time I was just wondering if anyone - even in Japan - still plays DDR.
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Wow. These photos are awesome!!

As someone who lives in Tokyo, it's easy to fall into the rut of route (work/home/7-11) and forget the quirkiness and soul this city possesses; while at times conservative and homogenous but others progressive, down-to-earth, and a city everyone should experience at least once.

Thank you for these! Hope your experience in Japan was one of awe.
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I really hope I get to Japan at some point...
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Old Posted Jul 14, 2016, 6:16 PM
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Nice photos from Tokyo!
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It's all modern there. The very same thing that your average French or random person finds ugly where I live will be taken as something kind of sexy, super modern and advanced over there, by the very same buttholes.

It's disgusting. That's why I live the most frustrated place in this universe.
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Stunning set. So many pictures, must have taken you forever to put this together!
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Great set of pics!!
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Old Posted Jul 15, 2016, 2:25 AM
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The whole time I was just wondering if anyone - even in Japan - still plays DDR.
I think I might have seen a few people playing, but most have moved onto the Kinect based games that have more full body integration or other rhythm games.

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It's all modern there. The very same thing that your average French or random person finds ugly where I live will be taken as something kind of sexy, super modern and advanced over there, by the very same buttholes.

It's disgusting. That's why I live the most frustrated place in this universe.
Wait, most people find higher-end contemporary architecture ugly?? Do most French prefer more traditional forms?
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Wow. These photos are awesome!!

As someone who lives in Tokyo, it's easy to fall into the rut of route (work/home/7-11) and forget the quirkiness and soul this city possesses; while at times conservative and homogenous but others progressive, down-to-earth, and a city everyone should experience at least once.

Thank you for these! Hope your experience in Japan was one of awe.
I can say the same about NYC!
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Amazing as always. What lens are you using for the handheld night shots?

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Superb. Which airline did you fly to get such a good deal?

How did all those people let you take so candid shots of them?
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Not sure for him, but Delta/AirCanada regularly has ridiculous deals to Tokyo, HK, Seoul and Shanghai. I have done the following:

HK- Delta SEA through NRT $495cdn all in
Tokyo - AC YVR - $525cdn all in
Tokyo - AC YYC - $625cdn all in
Shanghai - AC YVR - $595cdn all in

Here we use yegdeals.com (avail to other cities as well).
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