===== Tokyo city =====
  * must see
    * [[https://www.meijijingu.or.jp/english/|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
    * [[https://borderless.teamlab.art/|MORI art museum: EPSON teamLab Borderless]]: impressive light/3D experience, blinkenlights on steroids
    * [[https://whatjapanthinks.com/2019/12/11/theme-restaurants-or-bars-japanese-wish-to-visit/|Tokyo theme restaurants]]
    * [[https://www.hct.ecl.ntt.co.jp/guide/index.html|NTT History center of technologies]] - for technology fans, just open on certain days. [[https://fluxcoil.net/files/2016_japan_move/out/36_20200821_NTT_history_center_of_technology/|Pics from my visit]]
    * [[https://www.gasmuseum.jp/|Gas museum]]
  * Visit an Onsen, bath with water from the earth. Excellent for rainy days.
  * Groups and organizations in Tokyo
    * if you are linux-enthousiast/opensource fan: visit https://tlug.jp - great people around, english is spoken
    * https://tokyohackerspace.org/
    * https://mickeyhouse.jp/ - group for speaking english, german, russian etc.
    * https://tokyo.nerdnite.com/ - Nerdnite Tokyo
    * [[https://japan-dev.com/blog/best-tech-meetups-in-tokyo|Tech groups in Tokyo]]
    * https://oag.jp/ -- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens
    * Toastmasters: many local clubs, English and Japanese ones
  * restaurants
    * speciality 明太子: やまや、品川駅の近く https://www.y-shokukobo.com/
    * ドイツ関係： https://www.ex-tokyo.com/ "Bernds bar Roppongi" https://www.schmatz.jp/
  * events
    * [[https://www.walkerplus.com/event_list/weekend/ar0313/|Walkerplus: this weekend]]
    * [[https://www.tokyoweekender.com/events-calendar/|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
    * https://www.tokyoartbeat.com/
  * traffic
    * trains live: https://nagix.github.io/mini-tokyo-3d/

===== Cycling in Tokyo =====
  * A mobile holder is extremely helpful, for example model "finn".
  * [[https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=11/35.7526/139.6404&layers=C|openstreetmap]] has a great overview of roads good for cycling. One should prefer these over normal roads.
  * google maps normal walking instructions can be used, In the city, cycling uses 50% of the walking time estimation for me.
  * screen blanking should be disabled
  * Google [[https://twitter.com/wongmjane/status/1274420223769108480|is working on better routing, for example "bike in train" transport etc.]]