{"id":21925,"date":"2020-01-02T14:36:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T19:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=21925"},"modified":"2020-01-02T14:36:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T19:36:49","slug":"when-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/when-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"When in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Justin<\/a><\/p>\n

Welcome to Tokyo! I\u2019m Justin Prescott, class of 2009. I majored in economics and minored in Japanese at Clemson. I work at EY Japan in strategy consulting and lead Clemson\u2019s (still unofficial) alumni group in Japan. I\u2019ve spent my professional career in Japan, Indonesia and Singapore, but I\u2019ve spent the most time in Tokyo, so let me show you around.<\/p>\n

1| Tokyo Station<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Tokyo<\/a><\/p>\n

Located on the eastern side of the city, Tokyo Station is a popular attraction as it was recently renovated with its iconic brick fa\u00e7ade preserved. The surrounding area has a number of buildings famous for their mixture of new and old architecture, like the Kitte building. For food and drink, I recommend the ninth floor of the Shin-Maru building, which has a terrace overlooking Tokyo Station.<\/p>\n

PRO TIP:<\/strong> Compared to Shibuya and west Tokyo, the crowd around here is more mature, making this area great for date night.<\/p>\n

2| The Imperial Palace<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just a short walk away from Tokyo Station, the Imperial Palace grounds are beautiful \u2014 perfect for a jog to cure your jet lag. Although the central area of the palace is only accessible on rare occasions, there is still plenty to see, especially if you’re able to visit when the cherry trees are in bloom.<\/p>\n

3| Kichijoji\/Inokashira Park<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Kichijoji_Credit<\/a>

Photo by Alex Queen<\/p><\/div>\n

Located a bit outside of the city, Kichijoji is a neighborhood escape from the busy central Tokyo atmosphere. Inokashira Park is home to the Ghibli Museum, a must for Studio Ghibli fans, and Kichijoji has good shopping options with both high brands and quirky secondhand clothiers.<\/p>\n

4| Shibuya<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of Tokyo’s most famous areas and the site of the world’s busiest pedestrian intersection (the Shibuya Scramble), Shibuya is a great place to visit, especially for the younger crowd looking for solid night life, food that you probably should only eat while you’re still young and all-night karaoke.<\/p>\n

PRO TIP:<\/strong> Check out Dogenzaka for a picture with the iconic Hachiko statue.<\/p>\n

5| Ebisu<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Ebisu\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Although Ebisu is just one stop from Shibuya by train, the vibe is totally different. Home to the headquarters of Sapporo and Ebisu beer, Ebisu claims some great upscale restaurants, including M House for western-style brunch, Day & Night Caf\u00e9 \u2014 one of the only places in Tokyo to get a real pulled pork barbecue sandwich, y’all \u2014 and the famous Afuri Ramen shop.<\/p>\n

PRO TIP:<\/strong> For a more daring culinary experience, go to Niku-Zushi, which serves sushi using nearly raw beef.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Tokyo! I\u2019m Justin Prescott, class of 2009. I majored in economics and minored in Japanese at Clemson. I work at EY Japan in strategy consulting and lead Clemson\u2019s (still unofficial) alumni group in Japan. I\u2019ve spent my professional career in Japan, Indonesia and Singapore, but I\u2019ve spent the most time in Tokyo, so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":21928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[1640,1702,3036,3068,3358],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-21925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-when-in-my-clemson","tag-japan","tag-justin-prescott","tag-tokyo","tag-travel","tag-winter-2020-when-in"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Kichijoji_Credit-Alex-Queen.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21925"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=21925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}