Family trip to Japan - Tokyo and ski adventure

[elanshin]

Suica (or any other IC card) works for all train companies in all the major cities. (Not for long distance trains like Shinkansen though)
Not to mention shops and restaurants, lockers, vending machines.... no need to bother with tickets!

My Suica eats all my spare cash at the end of every trip. saves me the hassle of recharging when I land at the airport usually.

 

[rbjhan]

My Suica eats all my spare cash at the end of every trip. saves me the hassle of recharging when I land at the airport usually.

Yes! No need to have all the coins with an IC card.

But I find the machines in 711 better as they take 1 Yen coins too

 

[QF WP]

So it was time to head to our evening destination, but first we found what looked like Smokey the Bear nearby:



A nice light show as a precursor for tonight:



So now back to Tokyo Station for the train ride to Shibuya for the night time lights:



First stop when we got there was the SkyDeck, to see if we could get up there. Unfortunately, no:





We made sure we crossed over at the busy crossing and then to take photos of the buildings:











Loved the 109 building. Went up all the levels to look at all the female fashion (for my wife and daughter) .



A bit busy tonight on the road: