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If you find yourself in Tokyo on business, I recommend taking side trips to the countryside. Tokyo itself is a crazed, intense, bustling metropolis and can be fun for a while. There are several great places to visit in the countryside that are a 1-2 hour train ride from Tokyo: Nikko: 2 hours from Tobu-Asakusa station in tokyo. In a forested mountain area, find sacred bridges, tendai temples, and mausoleums. Allow 3 hours to see the major sites, more if you want to hang out in the nearby more...

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Architecture \| Cinema \| Markets Tokyo Expensive, clean, and polite by goscott from NY A cool city to check out. Expensive though. Very clean place. Polite people. Lots of lights. Go to the early morning fish market. Ginza area at night. More
Day Trips \| Sightseeing \| Spirituality \| Trains Tokyo Enjoying the countryside by kraigmeyer from CA If you find yourself in Tokyo on business, I recommend taking side trips to the countryside. Tokyo itself is a crazed, intense, bustling metropolis and can be fun for a while.... More
Tokyo Unforgetable by tdle1976 from PA Ensure that you enhance your knowledge with Japanese ways of letters symbols and language to assist you in getting around the area especially the complicated train system (which... More
Tokyo Imperial Hotel by aboud from MA Lovely hotel and very convenient if you have business in Ginza. It becomes a ghosttown at night. So...good choice for business, but there More
Tokyo TOKY ONE OF THE BEST PLACE'S ON EARTH!! by hotkitten1 from United Kingdom THE PEOPLE ARE GREAT AND THEY LUV TO HELP FORENER'S..THE COUNTRY IS VERY SAFE, AND VERY CLEAN..IF YOU LIKE ACTION PACKED.. TOKYO IS A MUST!!24/7 FOOD AND DRINK'S ANY WHERE, AND... More

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