OH the joy of walking around alone at night in a safe, safe, safe city! I rocked it, hardcore: 5 miles clear across the city of Tokyo, 3 maps in hand, from 6pm to 9:30pm. Yum, yum, yum. I think I’m sort of catching this photography lust thing that my friends have.
Now the delicious facts: The only “catcall” in 4 hours: A gentleman softly saying: “Oh.”
The only “being hit on” in 4 hours: When I was waiting for my friend at the train station a businessman politely asked: “Are you waiting for your boyfriend?” I lied, “Sure,” and he said, “Ok then,” and walked kindly away.
Ever traveled in Latin America? OH we love (love to the love love LOVE) Latin America, but you cannot walk down a mili-inch of pavement around those parts without a hoot, grope, piropo, menacing leer, major or minor stalking, etc! Japan is the most relaxing, let-you-be place to travel!— minus the insanely giant (yet logical) Tokyo subway.
Oh, and my fave-orino pic of this bunch is the heavily suited policeman inside the perpetual motion machine, trying gently to fix it! Gorgeous. I’m also real proud of that first rainbow riot of neon (there are about ten million different squares like that in Tokyo, since it is basically Times Square in a cloning machine on speed).
The author, Lillie Marshall, is a 6-foot-tall National Board Certified Teacher of English, fitness fan, and mother of two who has been a public school educator since 2003. She launched Around the World “L” Travel and Life Blog in 2009, and over 4.2 million readers have now visited this site. Lillie also runs TeachingTraveling.com and DrawingsOf.com. Subscribe to her monthly newsletter, and follow @WorldLillie on social media!
Glenn Barker
Sunday 14th of April 2013
Hi Lillie,
Very cool perspective of an awesome city! I loved out visit to Tokyo and was amazed by how polite and orderly everything was, down to places to wash your hands before ordering in the fastfood restaurants crowding downtown. Thanks for sharing!
Glenn
Lillie
Sunday 14th of April 2013
Love your description of your experience. Thanks for reading!
Deanna Anderson
Thursday 9th of February 2012
I always wanted to go to the city of Japan just to look at all of those lights! I heard that Japan has really modern buildings, furniture, ect. :-) I also heard that there are a lot of stores that have amazing clothes!
Jackie Phung
Monday 10th of October 2011
Wow! Now I really want to go to Japan. It looks so amazing and beautiful. I watch a lot of anime, but it doesn't looks as good as the pictures you taken. I've always wanted to learn Japanese and go to Tokyo, Japan.
Genesis Lumahan
Monday 28th of March 2011
I really wanted to go to Japan. It just seems so beautiful there. I love the simplicity of it too. I'm really interested in their technology. I was honestly fascinated by Japan. Then I the tsunami came. I was crushed. But maybe when I'm old enough to travel myself, Japan will be okay again.
juan
Tuesday 15th of March 2011
I wonder how recked it all looks now. It's really depressing what happened over there.
Lillie
Wednesday 16th of March 2011
It is so sad about the tsunami and earthquake in Japan! With regard to your comment, my guess is Tokyo looks relatively the same now as it did when I wrote this article; it was the Northern part of the country that was most affected by the natural disasters. That said, there are still possible dangers for all parts of Japan. Here's sending our love and positive wishes their way!