Evolution Japan Tour

From today, new posting will be on each Sunday.

Nezu shrine is a must place to visit in Tokyo.

Kagurazaka is neighborhood in Shinjuku ward, Tokyo. It is one of the popular shopping streets which is not located along Yamanote line. Stations serving Kagurazaka are Kagurazaka of Tokyo Metro Tozai line and Ushigome-Kagurazaka of Toei Oedo line. Also it is possible to walk from Iidabashi station which is served by Tozai line, Yurakucho line, Namboku line and JR Sobu line. Main steet of Kaguraza is Kagurazaka which is a part of Waseda avenue between Okubo avenue and Sotob

Tokyo metropolis is one of the 47 prefectures in Japan and it is the current capital of Japan since 1867. Before 1867, the capital was Kyoto and emperors lived in Kyoto. Greater Tokyo area is considered as the most populous metropolitan area in the world, which population is more than 37 million inhabitants. Not only as political capital, Tokyo serves as the global cultural and business centers in Japan. There is one of the global stock markets, Tokyo Stock Exchange and th

Shakujii park is located in Nerima ward, Tokyo and it is public park which belongs to Tokyo metropolis. It opened in 1959 and the area is 201,374.83m2. There are two large ponds located at the park and these two ponds were created before the establishment of the park. You can ride boats at one of the pond which boating scenes appear on several manga. The park is also famous for cherry blossom and there are many visitors during cherry blossom season. It is open daily withou

Shibuya station is one of the busiest stations in Japan, has the fourth highest number of passengers in Japan, most likely the fourth in the world too. JR, Tokyu, Keio and Tokyo metro are operating at Shibuya station, total 8 lines are available at Shibuya station, including most busiest line JR Yamanote line and oldest subway in Asia, Tokyo metro Ginza line. JR has three lines; Yamanoto, Saikyo and Shonan-Shinjuku lines but platforms of Saikyo and Shonan-Shinjuku lines are f

Imperial palace is located in the very center of Tokyo, at the former Edo castle which all shoguns from Tokugawa Shogunate resided. After Yoshinobu Tokugawa abolished the status of shogunate and returned the power to royal family, the emperor changed the seat from Kyoto to Tokyo. During the Tokugawa Shogunate, Japan had two capitals. Nominal capital, Kyoto and Edo(Tokyo) which was de facto. There are 13 subways running through the city of Tokyo but none of them are running be

May be Maricar is the only activity in Japan, which ordinary Japanese cannot participate. Although you have a proper driver's license of Japan, in case you do not understand English, you cannot do it. Actually it written on the doors of their offices that Japanese are not allowed. The reason is simple. The all instructors speak only English and mostly are non-Japanese who does not even understand Japanese! On the other hand, foreign tourists who have vaild International dr

Tokyo Skytree is located in Sumida ward, not so far from Asakusa district in Tokyo. It is 634 meters high and not only tallest tower in Japan but it is the tallest tower on earth. Then it is second tallest building on earth. Tokyo Skytree is a radio mast/tower and transmitter station of Greater Tokyo metropolitan area, covering around 14 million households. All 8 TV stations and 5 FM radio stations in Tokyo use Tokyo Skytree to transmit their signals. There are two observati

Tennozu Isle is a river island waterfront redevelopement area in Shinagawa ward in Tokyo, not far from Haneda airport. Tokugawa shogunate started to built the No.4 battery, one of the 8 batteries - fortresses to protect Tokyo during Edo period. However the project had to be interrupted due to financial reason. Later the interrupted battery was sold to private entrepreneur who built a dockyard at the place. Then, the area was landfilled and connected with the Shinagawa dis

Tokyo is known as the most populated city on Earth. Actually 23 municipalities(special wards) make up the core of the city of Tokyo. The official population of City of Tokyo(23 special wards) is less than 10 million, which should be less populated than Seoul, Shanghai, Mumbai, Delhi or Mexico city but the metropolitan area of Tokyo is more than 37 million inhabitants and it is the biggest in the world. Other major cities over 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area