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Historical Places
There are for sure a lot of historical places in Tokyo that would give a traveler an Indy type feeling. I have
not been to many, though, and even those have sometimes been closed for tourists. Like the Imperial Palace in the
center of the town, a place surrounded by a beautiful park but off limits for anyone. Worth seeing are the Shrines
and Temples in town.
Entrance to the famous Meiji-Shrine
Finding Indy in all the wrong places
To be honest, I did not expect to stumble over any Indy related stuff in Tokyo. Well, I have been wrong :) While
Tokyo Disneyland does not sell the latest US Disney toys, I have seen used US playsets at several places. Japan
is also famous for it's detailed model kits and I did find one of Indy on our first shopping tour. It was very
expensive and taking photos is not allowed in shops, so I don't have pics from that.
Checking videos is always fun. Now is the time to shop for the last few Laserdiscs if you have a player for those.
I found a Raiders Laserdisc for the price of a McDonalds burger. I also saw a Japanese video box set from the International
release of the complete Adventures of Indiana Jones, I did not even know that it had been released there!
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Laserdiscs are an antique technologie by now but this is still the technically best copy of
Raiders since it has not been released on DVD yet.
A very strange finding was a postcard from the mountain temple in Petra, Jordan. That's the
one used at the end of Last Crusade. Who would have thought that those are sold on a regular basis in Tokyo...
And a very Indy-like attraction in an entertainment park in Yokohama finally made me fully believe that they do
like Indy a lot in Japan.
Very Indy like attraction but actually I have no idea what it is about. I will give it a try next
time I am there, though.
Sayonara, Tokyo, we will meet again soon.
sas
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