Updates and A List

Well first off, I still don't have a job. No real surprise there. I am a little miffed though. It's starting to get me a little worried about saving for this trip, but with our economy nose-diving like it is who knows if I'll even be able to afford the currency exchange in November...

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Now that that's over, here are the 25 Things I Cannot Miss in and Around Tokyo (in no particular order):

1. Tsukiji Fish Market
2. Imperial Palace Gardens
3. Shopping in Ginza
4. Drinking in Shinjuku
5. Meiji-jingu (Shrine)
6. Senso-ji (Temple)
7. Yurakucho
8. Nikko
9. Kamakura
10. Jimbocho bookstores
11. Shopping on Odaiba
12. Yanaka Historic District
13. Akiba (aka Akihabara)
14. Shopping in Roppongi
15. Shibuya Crossing and Shopping
16. Ueno-koen and Shrines
17. Shopping in Shinjuku
18. Visit a knife and sword store
19. Yasukuni-jinja (Shrine)
20. Kagurazaka Historic District
21. Visit a kimono shop
22. Visit a sento or onsen
23. Hachiman-jinja (Temple)
24. Jingu-bashi on a Sunday afternoon
25. Visit a Manga shop

Notice Tokyo Tower is not on my list. I may stop by when I'm in Roppongi, but I don't feel like paying 820 Yen (approx. $8) for a view I can get for free at some other locations.

Now I should go work on my Japanese...