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around first half of April is nice because of the cherry-blooming

early summer: rainseason/梅雨

summer is hot/humid, but bearable

Meiji shrine

Tokyo Town Hall. Governmental building in west of Shibuja. Two towers, one can use lifts in each tower to go 45th floor and enjoy the sight, for free. On clear days you can see the Fuji. Also nice to visit the townhall in the evening.

Akihabara: town district, “electric town”. Electronics everywhere.

Ikebukuro: district north/west, nice stores with electric gadgets

Shinbashi: Sake and Chochyu information center

MORI art museum: EPSON teamLab Borderless: impressive light/3D experience, blinkenlights on steroids

Tokyo theme restaurants

NTT History center of technologies - for technology fans, just open on certain days. Pics from my visit

Gas museum

if you are linux-enthousiast/opensource fan: visit https://tlug.jp - great people around, english is spoken

http://tokyohackerspace.org/

http://mickeyhouse.jp/ - group for speaking english, german, russian etc.

https://tokyo.nerdnite.com/ - Nerdnite Tokyo

Toastmasters: many local clubs, English and Japanese ones

つるや旅館 / 〒130-0001 東京都 墨田区 吾妻橋 2-18-2 / Tel. 03-3622-9819 / http://goo.gl/maps/9BPVW

speciality 明太子: やまや、品川駅の近く http://www.y-shokukobo.com/

ドイツ関係： http://www.ex-tokyo.com/ “Bernds bar Roppongi” https://www.schmatz.jp/

Walkerplus: this weekend

Tokyoweekender

If you like clubs, use this event guide: https://iflyer.tv/ . Clubs fill up after 23:00, there are many clubs in Shibuya.

https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/things-to-do/things-to-do-in-tokyo-this-weekend

http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/

trains live: https://nagix.github.io/mini-tokyo-3d/

Kansai Open Forum: in November Osaka https://www.k-of.jp/

Open Source Conference 2020: https://ospn.jp/

Place: Kiso Hirazawa

city Naraijyuku, sightseeing, also on the 中山道

city Magome

city Tsumagome

city Takayama, sightseeing

city Shirakawago, Toyota Shirakawa-Go Eco-Institute, https://toyota.eco-inst.jp/ , +++. Also good as base for hiking trips.

sightseeing Shirakawago unesco village http://shirakawa-go.org/

city Gokayama, family Mirakami house: http://www.mustlovejapan.com/subject/murakami_house/

Wajima, Sojiji Soin temple, one can stay over night, morning prayer (70€), http://tumago.jp/walk/index3.html

Wajima morning market at 9:00

Eiheiji temple, 200 monks live there

Spa Hotel Yuraku

Tojinbo sea sightseeing

Wakasa Obama Food Culture Museum, http://www1.city.obama.fukui.jp/obm/mermaid/

Amanohashidate fishers village, mountain with lift

Ine, Kyoto prefecture: port seeing/ship cruise

Jiyugaoka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiy%C5%ABgaoka,_Meguro,_Tokyo

大国魂神社 https://www.ookunitamajinja.or.jp/

報国寺(鎌倉):bamboo

Narai-Juku, village in old style, Nagano Prefecture

Yakushima island, reachable from Kagoshima

Standing Sushi in the Tsukiji Fish Market

Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku

Takao Beer Mount