{"id":274,"date":"2010-04-30T16:45:01","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T14:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/japan.atlanteans.net\/?p=274"},"modified":"2010-04-30T16:45:01","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T14:45:01","slug":"day-2-jour-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japan.atlanteans.net\/?p=274","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 \/ Jour 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lire en fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n

Today I continued as I had started yesterday to go and discover new areas of Tokyo, yesterday I went to the east side, so today I chose to go the opposite way and went first to Shinjuku, and then to Shibuya.<\/p>\n

Shinjuku is really quite a different kind of area that you can almost split in two, I came first by the west exit, and there it was probably much more like USA with many many sky crappers, that have popped up about everywhere, that is really crowded and one of the biggest station in Tokyo. But nevertheless after a little walk I still have found a little park on this side, and well even without the park once again there are trees and nature a little everywhere, so that it still not so gray everywhere. Then I went to the eastern side, and found myself eating in a small Izakaya of Shinjuku which was quite nice and hopefully had English menu, and even pictures of the plates so I could chose very easily. I then continue my walk toward the east and got to my destination which is the Shinjuku Gyoen National Park, which is a little like in Ueno but much bigger. This park took me about one hour or more I would say to go around it, and even has a french garden. It was really nice and lot of people where here to relax and also a lot of scholars who seemed to had a drawing to do, which I must say were really well made, much better than what I’ve ever been able to do. Japanese are much more into the Art than me I guess.<\/p>\n

After this long walk I then got a little to the south to find another big area which is Shibuya, a place that is much more attractive to the young, with the 109 being there fashion place. But first I chose to go through the Hachiko exit. Hachiko is the statue of a dog named Hachi, the ko being an affective particle and was raised after this nice story, which is that the dog was coming to the station everyday with it’s master in the morning, and was coming back to get him at the end of the day, but one day the teacher did not came home, and had died at his workplace, still day after day the dog continued to come at the station, until someday he eventually himself died. That’s in memory of this story of fidelity that the statue was raised, though the original one was melted during the war for metal, it was after that recreated and is a famous meeting point in Shibuya.<\/p>\n

So there I went and saw a lot of buildings with less trees though, and also a lot of shops and very small streets with many many kind of places, from the very small shop to the big department store that use many floors. But the most important was that I came here to join my friend who had managed to got us tickets so I could attend Kokia’s concert. And that was a really nice concert that she performed, and with a much better group of musician than during her European tours, as added to the usual Guitar and Piano players that come with her every year, there were a set of string with the Cello, a Violin and a String Bass, as well as a percussionist. A great concert, after which we came to eat in a Chinese restaurant which changed me a little, and I was relieved not having to find something by myself. After that and the time to get back to Shinagawa it was already time to part for today. <\/p>\n

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Aujourd’hui j’ai continu\u00e9 \u00e0 faire comme hier, et \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir de nouvelles zones de Tokyo, tandis que j’avais \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 l’ouest hier, j’ai donc pris cette fois la direction oppos\u00e9e vers l’Ouest en allant d’abord a Shinjuku, puis \u00e0 Shibuya.<\/p>\n

Shinjuku est vraiment une zone tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rente qu’on peut presque couper en deux, je me suis d’abord rendu du c\u00f4t\u00e9 Ouest, et l\u00e0 c’\u00e9tait probablement tr\u00e8s style Am\u00e9ricain avec des tas de grattes ciels, qui ont pouss\u00e9s un peu partout. Une zone qui est vraiment remplie de monde en ce jour ouvr\u00e9, et Shinjuku \u00e9tant l’une des plus importante station de Tokyo. Mais malgr\u00e9 tout j’ai quand m\u00eame trouv\u00e9 un petit parc une fois encore, et m\u00eame sans cela il y a toujours des arbres et de la nature un peu partout, ce qui rend la chose pas si d\u00e9nu\u00e9 de charme finalement. J’ai ensuite pris la direction de l’est, et me suis retrouv\u00e9 \u00e0 manger dans une petite Izakaya qui \u00e9tait bien sympathique et avait par chance un menu anglais et des photos des plateaux repas propos\u00e9s rendant mon choix bien plus facile. J’ai ensuite continu\u00e9 ma marche \u00e0 l’est vers ma destination finale qui \u00e9tait le Shinjuku Gyoen National Park, qui est un peu comme Ueno mais en bien plus grand. Il m’a fallu plus d’une heure pour en faire le tour, et sans passer par la multitude de chemin possible. C’\u00e9tait tr\u00e8s agr\u00e9able et l\u00e0 encore il y avait beaucoup de monde se relaxant, et aussi un bon nombre d’\u00e9colier devant avoir un quelconque devoir de dessin \u00e0 faire, et je dois dire que tout ceux que j’ai vus dessinez vraiment bien, en tout cas beaucoup mieux que je n’en serai jamais capable. Les Japonais sont sans nul doute bien plus li\u00e9 aux Arts que je ne le suis.<\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s cette longue marche, je suis descendu un peu vers le sud pour rejoindre une autre grande zone de Tokyo, Shibuya, un lieu tr\u00e8s attractif pour les jeunes, avec le 109 qui est un haut lieu de la mode pour ceux-ci. Mais pour commenc\u00e9 je suis passer par la sortie Hachiko. A cet endroit se trouve une statue d’un chien qui appellation, au quel on avait pr\u00e9fix\u00e9 la particule ko, repr\u00e9sentant l’affection en Japonais et qui fut \u00e9rig\u00e9e \u00e0 la suite d’une belle petite histoire, Hachi accompagn\u00e9 tous les jours son ma\u00eetre \u00e0 la station et revenait le chercher tout les soirs, malheureusement un jour son ma\u00eetre n’est pas revenu, \u00e9tant d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 sur son lieu de travail, toutefois jour apr\u00e8s jour Hachi continua de venir guetter l’arriv\u00e9e de son ma\u00eetre jusqu’\u00e0 sa mort. C’est en m\u00e9moire de cette histoire de fid\u00e9lit\u00e9 qu’est apparue cette statue, bien que l’originale ait \u00e9t\u00e9 fondue durant la guerre mondiale lors de besoin fort en m\u00e9taux, elle fut par la suite recr\u00e9e et est l’un des points de rencontre les plus connus de Shibuya.<\/p>\n

Donc je me suis balad\u00e9 et j’ai trouv\u00e9 bon nombre de construction, toutefois avec cette fois-ci bien moins de verdure, mais des magasins en pagaille de toute taille et de toute sorte, du petit magasin \u00e0 l’immense Department Store sur plusieurs \u00e9tages. Mais le plus important est que j’\u00e9tais venu l\u00e0 pour rejoindre mon amie qui avait r\u00e9ussie \u00e0 nous avoir des tickets pour le concert de Kokia. Et ce fut un tr\u00e8s bon moment, avec un bien meilleur groupe de musiciens que lors de ses tourn\u00e9es europ\u00e9ennes o\u00f9 il n’y a que Piano et Guitare, ici on trouvait en plus un ensemble de cordes avec Violon, Violoncelle et Contrebasse, ainsi qu’un percussionniste. Un excellent concert, apr\u00e8s lequel nous avons d\u00eener dans un petit restaurant chinois\/japonais bond\u00e9, ce qui fut bien sympathique et m’\u00e9vita d’avoir \u00e0 chercher un restaurant par moi m\u00eame. Apr\u00e8s cela il fut d\u00e9j\u00e0 temps de retourner \u00e0 Shinagawa et de nous s\u00e9parer pour aujourd’hui.<\/p>\n

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Lire en fran\u00e7ais Shinjuku is really quite a different kind of area that you can almost split in two, I came first by the west exit, and there it was probably much more like USA with many many sky crappers, that have popped up about everywhere, that is really crowded and one of the biggest […]<\/p>\n

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