Tokyo Explore Game

Suidobashi

Suidobashi is popular for Tokyo Dome.
This dome is used for baseball, concert, and other events.
There is attraction areas around this city.

This music concert is taken in Tokyo Dome
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF_bLVsJLlY

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To have a concert in this dome is a status for musicians.
It is like that all well-known musicians in Japan had a concert at this place.
In Japan, there is a musician who gathers about 200,000 people for one stage in 20th century. (that place is not Tokyo Dome)
some of their songs can be listened on Youtube.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RY39bE8X78

This is the lyric of the song written in Japanese.
You may be able to read it with Google translation.
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http://j-lyric.net/artist/a000670/l007153.html

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Ikebukuro

Ikebukuro has many karaoke shops, theaters and a big building with an aquarium and a shopping mall, Sunshine City.

Ikebukuro station is one of the big terminal stations in Tokyo, so this area has many consumer services.

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There is theme park related with comics in Sunshine City.
One of the most popular comic is Dragon Ball.
This is played on TV as animation.
(some theme songs are on youtube)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MZrkLNPqhk&list=PLPAQGe97CtMJsrfhnI7RT328pqYLTQ0rf

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Shinagawa

Shinagawa has an aquarium, shopping malls.

Shingawa railway station is the stop for Shinkansen, and the area around station has many hotels and restaurants.

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There is a song heavily used for campaign of railway company since 1978.

The title of this song means "Good day to travel" in English.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAxI6Y201m8

This is the lyric of the song written in Japanese.
You may be able to read it with Google translation.
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http://j-lyric.net/artist/a0013c2/l005cb3.html

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Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower is a symbol of Tokyo since its open in 1958. Even after Skytree opens in 2012, it it popular for sightseeing.

It is light-upped every night beautifully.

A tower in the center of this Live movie is Tokyo Tower.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXr6INJs0TA

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This tower is so popular that when it see its 50th anniversary, special TV program was made by a TV station.

This movie contains many picture about center of Tokyo in 20th century.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMVn5Guhuls

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Toranomon

Toranomon is a town recently developed and now under construction.

It has a symbolic building Toranomon Hills.

Now only this building is for sightseeing, but in few years this town will have many good places for sightseeing.

A newspaper took short movie of Toranomon Hills
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c3MBmC1c3U

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Toranomon Hills advertises with a character that is associated with Japanese popular traditional animation "Doraemon".

This animation is on air since 1979, and popular until now.

And there is updated one in English by TV company which put it on the air.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agg3C3fzFwY

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Jinbocho

Jinbocho is famous by the used book shops and carry shops.

There are more than 150 used book shops and many tasty carry shops.

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Jinbocho is a part of Kanda area. There was a best seller folk song related with Kanda in 20th Japan (which sells over 1 million CDs).

That is released in 1973, but many Japanese know it today.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSgyHiKESGw

This is the lyric of the song written in Japanese.
You may be read it with Google translation.
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http://j-lyric.net/artist/a001d22/l019dca.html

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Asakusa

Asakusa is famous for the temple "Sensouji", and the shopping town.

It is popular sightseeing area, and many Japanese food restaurants.

Visitors may feel the atmosphere of old town of Tokyo.

There is a live camera of Asakusa area.
If you visit this town, this is useful to know how crowded there is.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwfSMdGmuzk

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A Japanese talent Kitano Takeshi passed many years in Asakusa.

He is now a movie director, and his movie is widely seen.

(One of the main music of his movies)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjWDizIIjSQ