Japan Solo Trip | Episode 4: Rain, Relics and Revelation (Zojoji | Akihabara | Tokyo Station)
Yo, what’s up? Today is Day 4 in Japan. Today
we’ll go to Tokyo Tower and visit the… I think it’s called Zojoji Temple. The temples was built by the
Tokugawas back in the day. And there’s the Tokyo tower behind it. So, you can see the famous
shot of like traditional versus modern. So, I want to do that, right. And after that, we will
go to Akihabara where we’ll see well what Akihabara is famous for: Anime stuff. I’m not sure if I
should buy anything to be honest. I feel like I already bought something like I bought like
the Guts Berserk box. It came from the Ichiban Kuji for like 9,000 yen and a Berserk shirt. I’ll
put somewhere around here for the picture. I’m kind of lazy to take it out. It’s in my luggage.
So, I don’t think I’ll be buying anything today. Maybe. I’m not sure about Pokemon cards though
because I feel like Pokemon is such a expensive hobby that things are always changing and
someone like me like a [ __ ] peasant like me can’t even keep up to be honest. Now I’m not
into the hobby. Basically I’m collecting all the legendaries and the starters. So I’ll visit
some card stores later on and see what they have and after we’re done, we’ll go to Akihabara Radio Kaikan.
There are many stores I want to visit there like the weapon shop, Busou Shoten and we will eat
lunch at the Monster Hunter Bar then continue our journey in Akihabara just walk around, see
some stuff, try not to buy stuff. Around in the evening, I’ll be meeting a friend who came
from all the way from Switzerland and is coming to Tokyo today so and… yeah that’s
about it for today. See you guys there. All right, we are near Tokyo Tower. Man, it looks so imposing from here. I
see the word Zojoji. That’s our stop. The Great Pine Grove. Let’s
take a gander, shall we? Is this stone or wood? It’s like stone. I see the Tokugawa crest. Looks like they’re doing some
construction work. Yo, look at that. These are Jizo statues to protect the children. These are care deities of children. There it is. Traditional versus modern. Temple is bigger than expected, look at that We have to take a picture here. This is the incense I guess you’re supposed to waft in like this. Wow. This must be the Tokugawas grave, I think. Not Ieyasu himself, it’s his relatives. Tokugawa Shogun family graveyard. It’s crazy to think that to Tokugawa Ieyasu himself actually walked in this area
and I’m also walking here. That feels so surreal, man. I can feel the power, the aura.
So, I’m not sure what deities are these, but definitely look Buddhist, I’d say. I’m a
Buddhist but even I’m not sure who are these. Let me just translate. Oh yeah, the four Boddhisatva. I’m a Buddhist but I still don’t know who are these people so… and Buddhism has
like literally thousands of Boddhisatvas. Now we just pray to anyone that looks like looks
like a Boddhisatva even though we don’t know what are their origin stories or their myths or
their legends. The concept of you know praying to multiple gods is like very common for us
Buddhists and Taoists, they’re both intertwined. Keep out. So we shouldn’t go here or we can
go here right technically speaking. Oh my legs are still painful from all
the walking I’ve done yesterday. Whoa. Just look at that. You can feel the chill in the air. I
I feel goosebumps when I come here. Gonna do some prayers for respect. There’s even more to this temple. Oh, that’s
Guan Yin, right? Yeah, that’s Guan Yin. We pray to her at home where we have a small statue of
her on the altar. I guess you’re supposed to take the water and wash your hand or something.
There are a lot of offerings here, but I don’t really want to touch it if I don’t know anything.
So, just pray like this is enough stuff. What is that? I guess this is where they burn
incense and stuff like that. I’m not sure, guys. I’m really not
sure. I’m not sure what are these things it feels so reminiscence to to the tower, too. Look at
that structure. It’s like two different towers. Again, I’m very clueless
as to what is this, but… Maybe I should do some research before coming
here. Dang. That’d be more fun, I think. All right, so I think that’s it for Zojoji Temple, unless there’s
something behind there. So, we’re going to go to Tokyo Tower. We’re just going to go outside and
take our photos and then we go to Akihabara. Most of the stores right now, they’re open at 10:00. Right
now it’s 10:14, but we’re just chilling, right? It’s a chill day. I want to take it slow because
I feel like this past few days has been just me speedrunning places and points of interest.
Oh man, that scared the [ __ ] out of me. Don’t do that, pigeons. I think there’s even more stuff
here. Check this out. What is this? A racetrack? Bro imagine cycling here with
your boys. Prince Shiba Park. Yo, is that Sakura trees? Okay, let me
search this thing up. What tree is this? The Prunus Kanzan We’re going to have to take that
shot over there pointing towards the Tokyo Tower. It’s a bit
drizzling, but it’s fine. I don’t think we’re going to go to Tokyo Tower
because I’ve seen enough of Tokyo Tower already. I’ve seen a lot pictures or videos or some
stupid posts from social media like five best spots to see Tokyo Tower and it’s just
like the most random [ __ ] parking lot or some random ass tall building that you might
not supposed to enter. But here, here’s epic, bro. There’s nobody here. There’s
Sakura trees. So yeah, very nice. We’re here at the legendary Akihabara Station. Holy [ __ ] Can’t believe I’m actually here. That’s Radio Kaikan. We’re gonna to head to that building. Radio Kaikan. We’ll visit Radio Kaikan first and then go to Bic Camera. All right, let’s go in. C-Labo, this is for Pokemon cards
enthusiasts out there. Not just Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh as well. All sorts of card games. These all the garbage cards. Holy [ __ ] Magikarp. The Entei tho… Oh my god, that’s like 80 bucks.
All right, we’re going to go upstairs. There’s just so many. Holy [ __ ] This small Guts figure is like 24k yen. AINZ OOAL GOWN It is very claustrophobic in here. Look at this PTSD. That’s so [ __ ] cool Jojo’s. God, this is so [ __ ] stylish.
Look at that. Yo, are these all Jojo references? 3,000 yen, that’s so expensive for a
small figure. Like you can almost buy big one for that price. These two for 45,000
in Nakano Broadway is like 16,000 plus 9,000. This is like double the price compared to Nakano
Broadway. The Guts figure. That is so [ __ ]ed. Yeah it feels like everything here is like jacked up in
price. This place is very touristy. So that’s why they bumped up the price by a lot compared to
Nakano Broadway. All right, welcome to Amiami. Oh my god, this theme song is
so bad. Lots of model kits in here. Holy [ __ ] look at this.
Damn. Invisible Woman? Holy [ __ ] I’m probably the only one
here that likes Date Alive. It’s a guilty pleasure anime
of mine. The last season was fire. The only Lightcones you can actually buy, guaranteed. Look at all these figures that I can’t afford. Look at all these ancient artifacts. I wonder who still plays these, these things What is this? JAV model kits. Holy [ __ ] So bought this for 300 yen. Mainly for the Palkia. Only this one four are worth it but not the other
ones. The other ones are [ __ ] trash, bro. I got ripped off. So, we’re going to go to
the Monster Hunter Bar. Let’s go in. So, there’s even Final Fantasy bar. Granblue Fantasy. So where we gonna go is the third floor. Meowster Palico Holy [ __ ] Wow. Arkveld? Rey Day Apple Pie Balahara Black Vodka. Doshaguma Chocolate
Drink. Yo I wanna try the Mega Potion Very cool. Like a coaster I think oh my god, it’s this [ __ ] guy. No, not him… Potion. What am I supposed to do with this? Smells like mango. Smells like orange. Smells like nothing. I’ll give this a sip first. It’s like lime. I guess you’re supposed to mix everything inside. Oh, okay. It’s gooey. Got to make sure everything’s poured down. It gets more green. I’ll tell you that. Oh wow, the flavor is stronger now. Okay, now the portion may look small, but
it’s about calories. Which is what I need. Okay. Oh, there’s taters down there. Nice. Insect glaive, long sword. What’s this for? Hunter’s Notes. Based. Yo, damn. That’s awesome. My message is bring back Lagiacrus. I’m having so much fun. Hunter Note 10 there. There’s my guild card.
Place ours right here. There. I don’t know who is this guy.
But this guy is incredibly based. Very, very based. I like this guy. Wow, PC. Oops. I’ll be meeting a friend here
shortly. Gamers, we’re in the gamers zone. I wanna see how much they sell the GPU. Cries in poor. It’s pretty cheap
for NVME. Is this equalizer? mixer? All the mics. These are all audiophile zone. Never heard of these brands. JVC. No way. They sell switches here. Tik Tok marshmallow. Marshmallow. MX Browns. Don’t use these. Garbage. Oh my god, that’s bad. Yeah, these are all horrible by
the way. Oh my god. Oh yikes. This is the Huntsman. It feels really
good. But what is this space bar bruh? What is this membrane? Oh, this is not membrane. Keychrons. Bro, look at these, these are all Monster Hunter Wilds. What
the [ __ ] How much did Capcom pay? Oh, there’s so many keyboards here, Bro this [ __ ] profile is
egregious. Look at this [ __ ] Man goes around and press buttons on
keyboard. Ultra Plus. Oh, it’s good. It’s pretty good, too. Wait, these are all
Steam controllers, the [ __ ]? The triggers don’t feel as good. Rest are fine,
I guess. Oh, yes, the submarine controller. This the one they used to control
the.. I think it’s called OceanGate? Why’s it clicky? I like the design though? This
one feels good. By far the best trigger. There’s just so much stuff. There’s my mouse. Basilisk V3. Let’s see how much frames can this
thing support? Look at how bad the stutters are. What the [ __ ] People are still using this thing? This feel very satisfying to use. What else is there to do in Nagoya? Oh Nagoya, if you go to Aichi, one of the cities. They have a very nice… you know they have a festival there. They have like fish flag. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Like children’s day,
right? Yeah. Children’s day. That is a the place that is famous for that. Oh, and if you go Ghibli Park, it’s near
there as well. Oh, not much to do. Not much to do as compared to here. Maybe you go further south
like you go to Osaka, maybe you have like better options. But very overcrowded right? Very. You need to go very
early. Extremely crowded. I saw Akihabara or Nakano Broadway is like double the price. Akihabara is like commonly
much more expensive. Yeah. Not sure why. I didn’t expect you to go like the the one you
go today. The morning one. Oh, Zojoji? Yeah, that is not not common for tourists actually. I saw the
video like people like compare traditional versus modern architecture. So, I’ll just go there and
take a shot. It’s really nice. If you have time, you go night. It’s even nicer. And I also
go there because of the Tokugawa family. Oh, yeah. Okay. You can feel the power when you
go there. Aura. Yeah. Aura. Tomorrow is probably… I’m not sure tomorrow raining or not.
Actually, today I supposed to go to Odaiba. Asakusa. I used the boat go to Odaba. Then I
come back to Ameyokocho for dinner or something like that. That’s the plan. But now it’s raining. So
I’m like I shift everything to Akihabara. You go to Asakusa. Yeah, planning to, but I have to
wake up very early for that. Go Sensoji. , Yeah Sensoji. It’s going to be hell. Go around
7:00. Around 7. Yeah, around 7. It’s just nice. If you can get up earlier, you just go around 6:30.
That but 6:30 not much. 7:30 they just open. Not a lot. But usually 9 is crowded. Starting from
9 is starting to be crowded. Yeah. Nah, I don’t really watch these. You don’t watch these. Common normie things like One Piece, Demon Slayer. Yeah. This one? No, even no. I’m into like very obscure things like Berserk.
Just now you saw the guy with the big sword. It’s amazing. Look at this. So cool. It’s like metal. This
one definitely cannot pass through customs. I think this is metal. Yeah, this metal but
it’s a replica. It’s not a real cutting one. This a kusarigama Farmers used this as a weapon. Yeah.
Then the shinobis use it also. Yeah. All right, let’s go. Oh my god. What the hell so fast 5 o’clock already. About an hour.
Damn, it only felt like 20 minutes has passed. Time flies when you’re doing
something you like. Time flies when you’re so focused. Arigato gozaimasu This is called Tori Soba.
So it’s really rich. Yeah. They have the… they call it (chinese) Essence? Yea essence.
Yeah. But it’s not black color. That’s the part. And also multiple organizational changes. I’m
supposed to work in a provision team but now they combined provision team and cloud team. Sometimes
support will find me so I become support’s support. Yeah. So I’m doing three jobs right now. With one salary?
Yeah. same salary. What the [ __ ] And they also made me go in front of the stage, you know, like they have
an event, 50 customers in front of me. I have to speak in front the day before my birthday. Assholes
bruh. I’ll never forgive them. And then literally the day after that, I have to go to their
office, one of the customers office to do this thing. And I was the one handing all this [ __ ]
[ __ ] bruh. They want to increase your salary, but once you leave, they willing to pay more
for other people. Some [ __ ] they will do, this kind of company Wow. Cool. Kamen Rider. Are you a fan? Used to be. Used to
be. Now it’s like so colorful and happy. Yeah. Too cheerful already. I like the depressive vibes.
The depressive vibes.
Yeah. More mature. Yeah. Yeah, I think I need to move. Yeah, you better move, might be too late for you. You can?
Mostly just follow arrow only. You for you is just…JR. Then you go from there.
go there. Go here. Yeah JR Ok, be careful. Anything you let me know.
Okay. All right. Thanks, man. Bye. Oh, that was fun. Met an old friend of mine. All right. Pokemon Store, Tokyo
Station. Let’s see what they have. Looking for cards. Not a lot of cards. That’s pretty sad. There’s the Tokyo Station Marunouchi Exit. Look at that view. Damn. All the lights reflecting
from the ground. RTX on. Very epic. And these buildings. This area has a very different vibe. I said that to many areas, but
this one particular is very cool. It’s so unique like this kind
of architecture in Japan. Now, this is a badass view. All right, let’s go back. That’s one
box ticked in the checklist. Very cool. Now the painful part is going back by walking. Now that’s painful. I have to walk like
few kilometers to reach the platform.
This is Part 4 of my 7-part solo travel series in Japan. The trip took place over seven days in mid-March 2025 and was primarily focused on Tokyo.
On Day 4, I visited Zojoji Temple, which houses the tombs of the Tokugawa family—the same lineage as Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japan’s third Great Unifier. Afterward, I headed to Akihabara, a weeb’s paradise. I also met up with a good friend there, and we had a great time chatting and exploring both Akihabara and Tokyo Station.
Timestamps:
0:00 Plan of the day
3:22 Zojoji Temple
9:14 Shiba Park
10:59 Akihabara
11:50 Radio Kaikan
20:00 Monster Hunter Bar
25:34 Bic Camera AKIBA
33:02 Busou Shoten
34:17 Otachu Akihabara 2
35:03 Miyazaki Chicken Kuruma Tokyo Marunouchi
36:30 Tokyo Character Street
39:04 Tokyo Station
🎵 Music Credit:
Track: 出会いと別れの和風「千歳の桜」
Artist: MOJI
Source: https://youtu.be/WpEzgZqd1uI?si=EpnetFxLKfz-nxF0
Track: Sakura
Artist: Streambeats
Source: https://youtu.be/9Jee7QxrvmI?si=kXG1Gthzw1PLEQnw
Track: Tatsuro
Artist: Streambeats
Source: https://youtu.be/KM_pfU9ZGAk?si=ycziF7vPAtYvjW4W
Track: Monster Hunter World – Astera Day Theme
Artist: Capcom
Track: Combats Of Cagayan
Artist: Jorge Madrid
Source: https://youtu.be/qzr-Xf8K4Hw?si=xTpcJ4m4gfQ65OTf
Track: Tokyo Rain
Artist: Streambeats
Source: https://youtu.be/WtOcNctiLfY?si=9CkziBOZvHXWcrFW
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