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For food aficionados, the city’s fantastic food scene is one great reason to hop on a train to Busan. If you are wondering what to eat in Busan, this article has your answers, according to Koreans (i.e., me and my brother, a long-time resident of Busan). However, to me, what makes a gastronomic trip to the city worthwhile is the new interpretation of Korean cuisine with a local twist. By the way, in this post, I would not introduce general Korean dishes you can eat elsewhere in the country.

Tokyo offers a diverse range of hotels from five-star luxury to budget hotels to love hotels. Staying at a hotel would be the most ordinary experience although Japanese hotel experience could turn out to be nothing of ordinary. In my experience, 3-star hotels in Japan generally provide a better service and accommodation than hotels in the U. S. and Europe of the same caliber. You might be pleasantly surprised with amazing Japanese breakfast and basic amenities such as fabric freshener, toiletry, Japanese bidet toilet, indoor slippers, etc.; you wouldn’t need to bring much.

Pro Tip: Mitsukoshi Ginza offers a hands-free shopping experience, meaning you can shop all you want and ask the purchased items to be sent to a designated location inside the department store to be picked up later. Not to be confused with hundreds of other Shiseido shops in Tokyo (or Ginza), Shiseido the Ginza is the brand’s flagship store, located where the company started. As of October 2018, the Tokyo Central Wholesale Fish Market (i.e. Tsukiji Fish Market) has moved to the further East of Tokyo and become Toyosu Fish Market. I think it might be more challenging to find an average sushi restaurant in Tsukiji Jogai, which is traditionally believed to be the area serving the best sushi in Tokyo.

The area’s unique and sophisticated restaurants and cafes also make Omotesando and Aoyama one of Tokyo’s hot spots for trendy and hip crowds. In this article, I will introduce places worth your visit and things to do in Omotesando and Aoyama, Tokyo, including 1) the best shopping destinations for luxury, trendy and souvenir shoppers, 2) art and architecture, 3) Omotesando restaurants, 3) Omotesando cafes and dessert shops, and 4) hotels in the area. The Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo is an art space located on the 7th floor of Louis Vuitton Omotesando flagship store. As Omotesando has been the epicenter of many trends and cultural movements in Tokyo, it’s no surprise that museums and art spaces find their way to the area.