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First and Second Weekends

I came here on a friday so only a day of office and weekend cometh. Saturday we went to this electric town Akihabara. The place for everything electronic. Huge shops to get the cheapest rates in Tokyo and I guess in Japan. But I didn't get my camera there. Sunday morning, we went to this much hyped Indian food festival at the Indian embassy. The kind of - "reach there before 11AM or food will be over" - stuff!!. We got there around 12 but food was a big letdown. Prolly people staying here for longer periods have lost the taste of Indian food. Everything was kind of sweet. Imagine eating a sweet "spicy chicken curry" with sticky chinese variety of rice for Y700!!. Yeah Nan were over before we got there. The Indian Nan is quite popular among all in Tokyo.

The cherry blossom festival was in full glory on that weekend. The pathway outside embassy was lined up with these beautiful pink flower laden trees.We met the other IIM-C interns there, so there were a few more heads to plan the touring of Tokyo. We roamed around a bit under the canopy of pink trees. It looked like half of Tokyo was there, it was like a carnival. From there we went to Imperial Palace of the royal family. The place was amazingly beautiful(from the outside, nobody is allowed inside). A moat all around the palace with trees on the slope.A bridge across the moat perfectly placed for a good pic. The royal family appears on it once a year or something like that.

The second weekend we headed to Roppongi, the night life capital of Tokyo. We went there a bit late and still the place was abuzz like anything. We explored a few bars and had a couple of drinks. In all bars there were girls for the taking. But we were there just for the drinks and the music. We headed home at around 5am. There were these minivans lined up on the curb offering snacks. I had a Turkish Kebab. It is kind of a wheat roti as a bag with beef fillings in it. And yeah the amazing thing, the place was so crowded that there was a partial traffic jam at 5am at the crossing!!. The weekend was well spent in binging and sleeping.A long week ahead :(.

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posted by Pankaj Jain @ 7:45 PM