{"id":10496,"date":"2023-12-07T13:06:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T02:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moniquevantulder.com.au\/?p=10496"},"modified":"2023-12-15T19:44:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:44:52","slug":"9-incredible-things-to-do-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moniquevantulder.com.au\/travel\/city-guides-travel\/9-incredible-things-to-do-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Incredible Things To Do In Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
When asked \u201cWhy the great love for Japan\u201d I don\u2019t have to ponder for even a moment\u2026it was ignited by the mysterious pen pal from Kyoto who wrote to me monthly when we were eight years old. My life in Christchurch New Zealand many thousands of kms away – yet intrinsically the nature infused childhood, slower pace and artisan style of living quite similar. From the moment we first visited Japan in 2016<\/a> our family felt at \u2018home\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet with Tokyo the first stop, a sense sense of overwhelm and \u2018otherworldly\u2019 settled. At once pulsatingly urbane, hectic and hedonistic, to traditional, contemplative, artisan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n