Solo Travel Tokyo: Transparent Public Toilet, Shibuya Scramble, Hachikō’s Grave and Statue 2024
Wednesday, September 18, 2024.
It is my second day here in Tokyo. It was still hot and humid. Clearly, I picked a very bad time to be here.
Anyways, the places I visited are as follows:
Number 1, Transparent Public Toilet. It is a public restroom with transparent glass walls that become opaque when the door is locked.
Number 2, Shibuya Scramble Crossing. It is the famous intersection seen in movies about Tokyo with the people walking across the street, much like Times Square in New York City.
Number 3, Shibuya Sky. This place is where people enjoy a view of the famous intersection from the 47th floor.
Number 4, Hachikō Memorial Statue. This is the statue of the most loyal dog born in 1923. If you don’t know the story about the dog, then you live in a cave.
Number 5, Hachikō’s Grave. That’s where the loyal dog was buried.
I had planned to visit the 8-Bit Café, a place where customers could play retro video arcade games of the 1980’s. I had an Atari and we’d always play this all day long. Frogger was my favorite.
Unfortunately, the remnants of the typhoon got closer to Japan and it began raining. There was also lightning. It was not exactly my cup of tea, so I retired for the evening.
Enjoy the video.
00:12 Summary of Today’s Travel in Video
02:09 Transparent Public Toilet, Tokyo, Japan
02:56 Shibuya Scramble Crossing, Tokyo, Japan
04:34 Shibuya Sky, Tokyo, Japan
05:23 Hachikō Memorial Statue, Tokyo, Japan
06:09 Grave of Hachikō, Tokyo, Japan
07:06 Plans for Tomorrow
5 Comments
As Dutch always say… you aren’t made of sugar. You should’ve gone to 8 Bit! I was looking forward to see it. Haha.
Enjoy watching your awesome videos. 👌
Japan taxi almost looked like British taxi. I would love to buy a British taxi car ! I love cars.
😔Hachikō Memorial🐶
You are funny!
I watched this vlog last night before I went to bed, and it was entertaining!! Yes, it's hot there in the summer – I didn't know it can get really hot there until a few weeks ago. If I want to go to Japan, I'd do it in the winter or spring.
About the trash cans….can't help you there. But I'm pretty certain that the blue mesh receptacle you tossed the water bottle in is not a trash can – it might be a shopping basket someone may have either abandoned (hard to imagine as everyone there is so conscientious!) or lost. There are handles on the sides.
Love how you got a reasonable air fare on ZipAir! Yeah, it was not what you're used to, but at least ZipAir got you to Tokyo.