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  • Problem... You're in Tokyo, you're on a romantic date, it's the most romantic date you've had, since...

  • S-Sliced bread, but you don't know where to go and you don't know what to do.

  • Solution... You take a date to one of the five romantic hotspots, we're about to explore in Tokyo,

  • Right here, right now in high-definition video, uhh, but not-but not in 4k.

  • Still working on that one.

  • So we're on the Sky Deck of (Roppongi Hills) Mori Tower, which is a 238m building right in the middel of a city,

  • with amazing views of Tokyo Bay over there, Shinjuku over there.

  • Yoyogi Park, the Emperor's house, you can see it all from here amazing 360 degree views,

  • so in my opinion, this is the best view of Tokyo. Uhh, these days most people go to the Tokyo Skytree,

  • which you can see in the distance over there, 634 meter high,

  • but because it's on the outskirts of the city, you don't get a very good view of a downtown area.

  • Similarly, the Tokyo Tower which you can, feel like I can reach out and touch from here,

  • has a great view, but you can't see Tokyo Tower because you're in it, so it's a pretty big floor. This is it, this is the best one.

  • Better still Mori Towers cheaper than the Tokyo Skytree.

  • Costing just 2,300 yen to get up on the rooftop, compared to the Tokyo Skytree,

  • which cost 3,000, plus there is usually waiting times.

  • I guess it all comes down to, would you rather have the better view,

  • or would you rather feel like you're in an airplane, if it's the latter you want, go for the Sky Tree.

  • Bring your cameras, bring your friends, bring your family, bring them here and enjoy the best view there ever of Tokyo and ever was

  • and ever will be, unless they build a taller building with a Sky Deck, or you have a helicopter in which case, I hate you.

  • I'm gonna give Mori Tower the 'Best View in Tokyo Award', which is a rather uncreative name, but...

  • It's true, it is, it says what it is, it does what it does.

  • Yeah

  • Look at that, look at that, that is Yoyogi Park in autumn, best time to visit Japan.

  • October to about November, because the autumn colors are phenomenal,

  • as you can see here, Tokyo doesn't have a whole lot of parks, given its size.

  • It is a bit of a concrete jungle, but this is a bit of an oasis, right in the heart of cities, absolutely stunning.

  • It's a really vibrant kind of place to be, there is a Shinjuku Park, which is quite nice.

  • The only thing is, you've got to pay to get into Shinjuku Park, so that means Yoyogi Parks better.

  • Although apparently from 2014 to 2016, uhh, if you're a foreigner going to Shinjuku Park, you might have gotten away with going in for free,

  • there was a member of staff there, he was too scared to charge foreigners money to go in, uhh, and they reckon he didn't charge 160,000 foreigners.

  • So, you might have got in for free, but not now.

  • Definitely not now, I think Yoyogi Park is probably the best people-watching spot in all of Tokyo as well,

  • You can see so much going on here, people dancing,

  • people throwing leaves in the air, people walking their dogs, sitting on benches, laying down having a nap.

  • There's so many different like microcosms of society all here in the park, that uhh, you just don't get bored walking through it.

  • And even if you're not doing something romantic, Yoyogi Park is a great place to sit down have a drink with friends.

  • Especially, if they're all imaginary.

  • Yoyogi Park in all beautiful, and I'm gonna give it the 'Most Romantic Place to Sit and Look at Trees Award',

  • which is again, another really, o fucking shit, I'm falling over.

  • If standing on the rooftop of a building for 2,300 yen, isn't quite romantic enough for you.

  • There's an almost as good viewing spot over in the Shinjuku skyscraper district, called the (Tokyo) Metropolitan Government Building.

  • With a free, yes free, observation deck and a restaurant, where you can sit and have coffee and cakes, with the world's biggest cities sprawling out before you.

  • Unfortunately the coffee and cakes aren't free, but then again, you can't have everything in life.

  • Well, unless you're Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos then then you can.

  • So, if you want THE best view of Tokyo there is, when you propose to your significant other.

  • Go to Mori Tower, but if you want the best view of Tokyo there is, when you propose to your significant other, and you're on a budget.

  • Go to the Metropolitan tower, it's my uhh, my first day in Tokyo ever, 5 years and 2 or 3 months ago, I actually came up here and sat here.

  • And uhh, had a chocolate cake and sat here looked across the Skyline and thought, yeah, I'm in Japan.

  • And then I was so jet-lagged, that I just fell asleep, and I was woken up 20 minutes later by someone prodding me and waking me up.

  • Good times

  • One thing you gotta watch out is uhh, because it's free, it's ridiculously busy here.

  • So uhh, that kind of kills the romantic element a little bit, that said.

  • Still an amazing view, not quite as good as Mori Tower, Mori Towers right in the center of Tokyo, so you've got an amazing 360 view of this.

  • We're kind of on the edge a little bit it. It might not have as good of view as Mori Tower,

  • But it does have an exciting gift shop filled with incredible toys, that will undoubtedly height in the romantic atmosphere.

  • So that was the Tokyo Metropolitan Tower, bloody good view, bit crowded, I'm going to give it the 'Most Romantically, Spectacular View, That's Free Award'.

  • Uhh, because it's free, the price is free, uhm, and yeah, it's-it's free.

  • So you might remember a little movie called, Lost in Translation right, that, remember that last scene where Bill Murray

  • whispers a thing, into Scarlett Johanssons ear, that was right here, in the street right there, in this chaotic, nightmarish street with lights and things and people.

  • I suppose it's romantic, there's lots of lights, it's kind of intense and exciting, if your dates into movies, they'll-they'll definitely love it

  • and even then, there's a-there's a Starbucks, McDonald's and a really good camera shop, within walking distance.

  • So uhh, you know after you've kissed, throw in a Big Mac, Frappuccino and a good camera, is job done, in it.

  • I'm gonna give this spot the 'Best Place To Do Things after You've Kissed in the Street Award', which is the, a really-a really good award.

  • So, this is the last stop of our day, it's Odaiba, which is a little island,

  • just off the coast of Tokyo Bay, with incredible spectacular views of the Tokyo skyline,

  • the Rainbow Bridge and of course the Statue of Liberty.

  • Uhh, which is a little bit out of place not gonna lie, apparently they built it in 1998 as a symbol of goodwill between France and Japan's relationship.

  • Although when I think of the Statue of Liberty, I tend to think of America, so.

  • I won't question it, Americans owned it, the French built it.

  • We won't go there, but uhh, regardless of that it is a pretty romantic spot. You've got the music playing in the background.

  • Couples walking down the waterfront, the sun setting, it's a really romantic spot, and there's a really nice place to just chill out in the evening.

  • When the area was built up during the 80s and 90s, Odaiba was envisioned as being a showcase for futuristic living

  • and today it's essentially the land of robots, home to ASIMO.

  • A terrifying 20 meters tall Gundam robot.

  • And Junko (Chihira), the unsettling Android assistant, who claims to have no boyfriend at the moment, but has a crush on Ken Watanabe.

  • How could he say no, to a smile like that.

  • If I had to choose Tokyo's greatest evening spot though, this would be it, there's no better place to be at dusk,

  • when the Rainbow Bridge lights up and illuminates Tokyo Bay alongside skyline.

  • I'm gonna give Odaiba the 'Most romantic Spot To Enjoy a Bridge Award',

  • which is, a really, really prized award, and uhh, yeah, it's-it's really good

  • Bridges equals romance, everyone loves a bridge. What is it about bridges, that make them so romantic?

  • I don't know, leave-leave a comment in the-in the comment section below, bridges.

  • Rainbow Bridge... Rainbow, rainbow, yeah.

  • If you've got a romantic spot in Tokyo that you recommend, let us know in the comments section below.

  • For now guys, many thanks for watching, and I'll see you next time.

  • Finally somebody who accepts me for who I am.

  • Perfection

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