Throwback Thursday – Tokyo 2012

This week’s Throwback Thursday goes back to January 2012 – When I and a group of my friends visited Tokyo, Japan for our very first time.

Walking the streets of Tokyo

Pop singers at Shibuya

Japanese noodles, YUM!

Hachiko statue

Inside the Tokyo International Forum

The trail to the Ghibli museum

Shinjuku nightlife

Cats as Sensō-ji temple

Outside the main doors of the Hondō

Sensō-ji temple grounds

Hozōmon, Sensō-ji temple

Adding to the prayers at Hondō, the main hall

Sunset at Sensō-ji temple

Harajuku crepes!

Hotels at Disneyland Tokyo

It’s a small world after all 🙂

Cinderella’s castle

The spires of Cinderella’s castle

The magic inside Cinderella’s castle

The Disneyland parade

It was everything I imagined it to be… AND MORE. I miss all the choices of sushi, the vending-machine filled streets, spending hours in humongous stationery stores, the heated toilet seats and even traveling on the perfectly-timed trains. Japan has easily become my most favorite place in the world!

All the sights & sounds and all the youth culture that Tokyo had to offer just blew me away. I can’t wait to go back to Japan and visit the rest of it.

Shibuya Crossing
source: Wikipedia

During our visit, I managed to tick something off my Bucket List too!! Which was to walk across the famous Shibuya Crossing – one of the busiest crosswalks in the world.