{"id":146,"date":"2010-09-09T04:09:57","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T09:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2016-06-16T13:28:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T13:28:47","slug":"tokyo-the-first-steps-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo &#8211; the first steps in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A nice heat wave and a wet taifun welcomed me in Tokyo this week. Add a decent jet lag to all of this and some pretty slow days turned out at the beginning of my trip to Japan. Enough complaining! This city is awesome so far: strange, happy, busy, tidy, freaky&#8230; just the way I like it:-) And these impressions are a summary of just seeing the areas of Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku and Ikebukuro. See and read for yourself&#8230;<br \/>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f-146\">\n\n\n\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n    \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-680\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-001-lx_zrh-nrt.jpg\"\n               title=\"LX to Narita (front), SQ to Singapore (taking off) and LX to Pudong. Plenty of options to escape to Asia around midday.\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"680\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-001-lx_zrh-nrt.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-001-lx_zrh-nrt.jpg-nggid03680-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"LX ZRH-NRT\" data-description=\"LX to Narita (front), SQ to Singapore (taking off) and LX to Pudong. Plenty of options to escape to Asia around midday.\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"LX ZRH-NRT\" alt=\"LX ZRH-NRT\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-001-lx_zrh-nrt.jpg-nggid03680-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-681\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-002-shinjuku_overview.jpg\"\n               title=\"Still a bit sleepy looking out of my room. Ohh, I&#039;m in Tokyo!\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"681\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-002-shinjuku_overview.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-002-shinjuku_overview.jpg-nggid03681-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Shinjuku overview\" data-description=\"Still a bit sleepy looking out of my room. Ohh, I&#039;m in Tokyo!\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Shinjuku overview\" alt=\"Shinjuku overview\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-002-shinjuku_overview.jpg-nggid03681-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-682\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-003-shinjuku_towers.jpg\"\n               title=\"Business area on the west side of Shinjuku. Let&#039;s have a closer look...\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"682\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-003-shinjuku_towers.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-003-shinjuku_towers.jpg-nggid03682-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Shinjuku towers\" data-description=\"Business area on the west side of Shinjuku. Let&#039;s have a closer look...\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Shinjuku towers\" alt=\"Shinjuku towers\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-003-shinjuku_towers.jpg-nggid03682-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-683\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-004-shinjuku_highrises.jpg\"\n               title=\"I&#039;ll try to keep the architectural pictures to a minimum.\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"683\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-004-shinjuku_highrises.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-004-shinjuku_highrises.jpg-nggid03683-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Shinjuku highrises\" data-description=\"I&#039;ll try to keep the architectural pictures to a minimum.\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Shinjuku highrises\" alt=\"Shinjuku highrises\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-004-shinjuku_highrises.jpg-nggid03683-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-684\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-005-shinjuku_sompo.jpg\"\n               title=\"Shinjuku - Sompo Japan Building\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"684\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-005-shinjuku_sompo.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-005-shinjuku_sompo.jpg-nggid03684-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Shinjuku Sompo\" data-description=\"Shinjuku - Sompo Japan Building\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Shinjuku Sompo\" alt=\"Shinjuku Sompo\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-005-shinjuku_sompo.jpg-nggid03684-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-685\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-006-shinjuku_nomura.jpg\"\n               title=\"Quickly deposited the next dividend for the fund. So, no worries Peter :-)\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"685\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-006-shinjuku_nomura.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-006-shinjuku_nomura.jpg-nggid03685-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Shinjuku Nomura\" data-description=\"Quickly deposited the next dividend for the fund. So, no worries Peter :-)\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Shinjuku Nomura\" alt=\"Shinjuku Nomura\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-006-shinjuku_nomura.jpg-nggid03685-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-686\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-007-shinjuku_metro_govt.jpg\"\n               title=\"Shinjuku - Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices.\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"686\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-007-shinjuku_metro_govt.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-007-shinjuku_metro_govt.jpg-nggid03686-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Shinjuku Metro\" data-description=\"Shinjuku - Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices.\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Shinjuku Metro\" alt=\"Shinjuku Metro\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-007-shinjuku_metro_govt.jpg-nggid03686-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-687\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-008-shibuya_nosmoking.jpg\"\n               title=\"Hmmm?? OK!\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"687\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-008-shibuya_nosmoking.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-008-shibuya_nosmoking.jpg-nggid03687-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Shibuya no smoking\" data-description=\"Hmmm?? OK!\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Shibuya no smoking\" alt=\"Shibuya no smoking\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-008-shibuya_nosmoking.jpg-nggid03687-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-688\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-009-shibuya_crossing.jpg\"\n               title=\"The famous crossing in Shibuya, where pedestrians on all sides get the green light at the same time. Still slow @ 10am.\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"688\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-009-shibuya_crossing.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-009-shibuya_crossing.jpg-nggid03688-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Shibuya crossing\" data-description=\"The famous crossing in Shibuya, where pedestrians on all sides get the green light at the same time. Still slow @ 10am.\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Shibuya crossing\" alt=\"Shibuya crossing\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-009-shibuya_crossing.jpg-nggid03688-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-689\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-010-shibuya_drops.jpg\"\n               title=\"Shibuya - Fitting proper curtains would be a pain...\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"689\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-010-shibuya_drops.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-010-shibuya_drops.jpg-nggid03689-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Shibuya drops\" data-description=\"Shibuya - Fitting proper curtains would be a pain...\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Shibuya drops\" alt=\"Shibuya drops\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-010-shibuya_drops.jpg-nggid03689-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-690\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-011-harajuku_softbank.jpg\"\n               title=\"Here is one for the boys...\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"690\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-011-harajuku_softbank.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-011-harajuku_softbank.jpg-nggid03690-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Harajuku Softbank\" data-description=\"Here is one for the boys...\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Harajuku Softbank\" alt=\"Harajuku Softbank\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-011-harajuku_softbank.jpg-nggid03690-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-691\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-012-harajuku_station.jpg\"\n               title=\"You wouldn&#039;t think this railway station is in the middle of Tokyo (JR Harajuku station).\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"691\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-012-harajuku_station.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-012-harajuku_station.jpg-nggid03691-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Harajuku station\" data-description=\"You wouldn&#039;t think this railway station is in the middle of Tokyo (JR Harajuku station).\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Harajuku station\" alt=\"Harajuku station\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-012-harajuku_station.jpg-nggid03691-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-692\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-013-harajuku_meiji_shrine.jpg\"\n               title=\"Harajuku - Meiji shrine. There will probably be plenty of pics of temples and shrines coming. So I leave it at that...\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"692\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-013-harajuku_meiji_shrine.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-013-harajuku_meiji_shrine.jpg-nggid03692-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Harajuku Meiji shrine\" data-description=\"Harajuku - Meiji shrine. There will probably be plenty of pics of temples and shrines coming. So I leave it at that...\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Harajuku Meiji shrine\" alt=\"Harajuku Meiji shrine\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-013-harajuku_meiji_shrine.jpg-nggid03692-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-693\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-014-yoyogi_nex.jpg\"\n               title=\"Narita Airport Express passing an older railroad crossing in Yoyogi. Just doesn&#039;t look right.\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"693\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-014-yoyogi_nex.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-014-yoyogi_nex.jpg-nggid03693-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Yoyogi NEX\" data-description=\"Narita Airport Express passing an older railroad crossing in Yoyogi. Just doesn&#039;t look right.\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Yoyogi NEX\" alt=\"Yoyogi NEX\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-014-yoyogi_nex.jpg-nggid03693-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-694\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-015-yoyogi_yamanote.jpg\"\n               title=\"Taking the Yamanote line from Yoyogi to Ikebukuro.\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"694\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-015-yoyogi_yamanote.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-015-yoyogi_yamanote.jpg-nggid03694-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Yoyogi Yamanote\" data-description=\"Taking the Yamanote line from Yoyogi to Ikebukuro.\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Yoyogi Yamanote\" alt=\"Yoyogi Yamanote\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-015-yoyogi_yamanote.jpg-nggid03694-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-695\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-016-ikebukuro_soup.jpg\"\n               title=\"Awesome soup. Got some weird looks from the girls on both sides of me, while taking a picture of my lunch :-)\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"695\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-016-ikebukuro_soup.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-016-ikebukuro_soup.jpg-nggid03695-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Ikebukuro soup\" data-description=\"Awesome soup. Got some weird looks from the girls on both sides of me, while taking a picture of my lunch :-)\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Ikebukuro soup\" alt=\"Ikebukuro soup\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-016-ikebukuro_soup.jpg-nggid03695-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-696\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-017-ikebukuro_kitty.jpg\"\n               title=\"Ah yes, and here is the one for the girls...\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"696\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-017-ikebukuro_kitty.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-017-ikebukuro_kitty.jpg-nggid03696-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Ikebukuro Hello Kitty\" data-description=\"Ah yes, and here is the one for the girls...\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Ikebukuro Hello Kitty\" alt=\"Ikebukuro Hello Kitty\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-017-ikebukuro_kitty.jpg-nggid03696-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-697\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-018-shinjuku_redlight.jpg\"\n               title=\"Shinjuku - Kabukicho, better known as the red light district.\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"697\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-018-shinjuku_redlight.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-018-shinjuku_redlight.jpg-nggid03697-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Shinjuku red light\" data-description=\"Shinjuku - Kabukicho, better known as the red light district.\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Shinjuku red light\" alt=\"Shinjuku red light\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-018-shinjuku_redlight.jpg-nggid03697-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-698\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-019-shinjuku_yasukuni_dori.jpg\"\n               title=\"Shinjuku - The flow never stops.\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"698\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-019-shinjuku_yasukuni_dori.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-019-shinjuku_yasukuni_dori.jpg-nggid03698-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Shinjuku Yasukuni dori\" data-description=\"Shinjuku - The flow never stops.\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Shinjuku Yasukuni dori\" alt=\"Shinjuku Yasukuni dori\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-019-shinjuku_yasukuni_dori.jpg-nggid03698-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-699\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-020-shinjuku_smoking.jpg\"\n               title=\"That&#039;s how the smoking thing on the streets works. Look for a designated smoking area! Is this perhabs the moment to quit smoking?!\"\n               class='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='863c1b2d57b3217b3e6e61917ae0102f' data-image-id=\"699\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/01-020-shinjuku_smoking.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-020-shinjuku_smoking.jpg-nggid03699-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Shinjuku smoking\" data-description=\"That&#039;s how the smoking thing on the streets works. Look for a designated smoking area! Is this perhabs the moment to quit smoking?!\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Shinjuku smoking\" alt=\"Shinjuku smoking\" src=\"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2010-tokyo\/cache\/01-020-shinjuku_smoking.jpg-nggid03699-ngg0dyn-94x94x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='94' height='94' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n            \n \t \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t \t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><!-- --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nice heat wave and a wet taifun welcomed me in Tokyo this week. Add a decent jet lag to all of this and some pretty slow days turned out at the beginning of my trip to Japan. Enough complaining! This city is awesome so far: strange, happy, busy, tidy, freaky&#8230; just the way I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japan","tag-tokyo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobracero.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}