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54 - Just In Tokyo

Consumer Electronics

Japan is awash in consumer electronics. That doesn't mean they
are cheaper, just that there is a fabulous selection. So you are better
off trying to find something weird, like an electric nosehair clipper,
rather than a nice new TV. See the Akihabara section under neigh-
borhoods.

Stationery

The Japanese seem to love fine paper and pens and so you'll find
marvellous stationery stores in nearly every neighborhood. Stuff
found in these stores can make for great gifts for folks back home.

Parks

Tokyo has less public green space than many cities. "Public space"
seems to be in short supply, and often collective recreation comes if
it's sponsored, brightly lit, and there are plastic attractions involved.
Still there are a number of parks around town. Most make for pretty
walking, good places to watch Japanese people pursuing hobbies
and maybe mingle with locals, foreigners and homeless folk. Even
after dark, most parks seem to be safe.

Museums

Tokyo is fairly well littered with small, corporate sponsored or indi-
vidually crafted museums - to cultural movements, to odd industries,
or famous individuals.

Edo-Tokyo Museum

Like a spaceship landed gracefully in Shitamachi, the Edo-Tokyo
museum is a remarkable high technology exterior hosting inside an
expansive museum on old Tokyo. A major museum destination.

Asakura Choso Museum

Visiting this accomplished "naturalist" sculptor's home might be the
only chance some visitors have to take off their shoes and pad about
through a traditional tatami-mat Japanese house. This museum is a
nice quiet place to look over his art (evocative of Rodin), his court-
yard garden and get a feeling for the spirit of a high-minded Japa-
nese home. He had 15 cats, though, and sculpted all of them, so it's
not entirely weighty art there. Located near the Nippori station's
north:west exit. The surrounding neighborhood, loaded with
temples, graveyards and old homes, can make for idyllic strolling.