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#CatTravels: From maid cafes to Roppongi Hills

By Catherine Toth Fox • April 24, 2012 • #CatTravels

The day started off with buzzing lights and maid cafes in Akihabara; it ended with an elegant (and very expensive) dinner in posh Roppongi Hills.

You couldn’t have asked for two more contrasting experiences.

And yet, that sums up my entire experience in Tokyo. It’s a city of contrasts, of duality, of efficiency and ridiculousness somehow managing to exist in a metro area of 5,240 square miles.

So here’s what this strange day looked like:

Heading to Akihabara

Heading to Akihabara
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Some of my friends had never been to Akihabara — but heard stories about Japan's electronics capital. I had been there before — 11 years ago — and was curious to see how the area had changed.

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8 Comments

  • Reply matt April 24, 2012 at 1:38 pm

    outside of honolulu, Tokyo is my favorite city in the world (followed closely by NYC). you can get anything you want there and any hour of the day or night.

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 28, 2012 at 2:48 am

      That’s true. But I much preferred Kamakura and Fukuoka. Read my latest blog to find out about Kamakura. Fukuoka — well, you probably read all about my gushing affection for that prefecture! 🙂

  • Reply M April 24, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    Great pixs again!
    Booked my trip today!

    • Reply matt April 25, 2012 at 5:49 am

      M, can I go with you guys? I’m jonesing bad. need a Nihon fix.

  • Reply M April 25, 2012 at 8:42 am

    @matt, you are welcome to join us. Hawaiian Air has a special deal till April 30th.

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 28, 2012 at 2:45 am

      I love how the blog is bringing people together 🙂

  • Reply Annoddah Dave April 25, 2012 at 9:50 am

    CAT: is the maid cafes the new geisha houses?

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 28, 2012 at 2:45 am

      That’s exactly how another person in our group characterized them. The modern-day geisha houses.

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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