List of my favorite Asian cities that I want to visit
TOKYO
Tokyo is the capital city of Japan. This city is very developed, rich, modern, even futuristic. We can see there some big TV screens located on the high buildings. It's even more stunning at night with all of the lights and such. And Japanese technology is very advanced. There is humanoid robots there (robots with realistic human looking face).
Tokyo contains lot of areas, Shibuya is one of my favorites. Tokyo Sky Tree is a tower located in Tokyo. It is the highest tower of Japan (634m high) and there is planetarium, aquarium, hotels, restaurants, malls and even an ice skating place all in the tower. Very high and big.
Tokyo, and especially Shibuya, is very lively, at night.
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HONG KONG
Hong-Kong is located in China. But has more freedom and less dictatorship than mainland China. Hong kong has its own identity as well: their own currency (hongkongese dollar), their own politics (democracy) and their own chinese language (cantonese chinese, while mainland china speaks mandarin chinese instead.) Hong-Kong people speak English very well, because of a past british colonization, before being re-taken over by mainland China.
Hong kong is very beautiful at night as well (see pictures above), and very developed place. The hong kong bay is stunningly beautiful as well. With the water and lights reflecting on the water. There is some touristic boats that float on the bay as well, very pretty.
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SEOUL
Seoul (pronounced like "Soul" in korean) is the capital city of South Korea. It's also one of the most beautiful asian cities as well, along with Tokyo, Kyoto, Hong Kong and Taipei. Seoul is also very lively at night, malls are opened at night and lot of people walking around in the night streets. The picture above with the water flowing is called the "Cheonggyecheon Stream" which is also a beautiful place, especially at night. Seoul is one of the cities I want to visit, as well as Japan cities (tokyo, kyoto). I love both Japan and South Korea!!
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KYOTO
Kyoto is a city in Japan. It's the total opposite of Tokyo: Kyoto has more traditional japanese vibes, with gardens, temples, traditional-looking architectural houses, people wearing kimono dress etc.. It's very different from Tokyo, but not less beautiful. Kyoto is also a city you have to see and experience!
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TAIPEI
Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan. Taipei is located on the northern part of Taiwan. Very rich and developed city, compared to Tainan, which is located in the southern part, but less developed and more traditional. Taipei is also a beautiful city (see pics above). It's one of the asian cities I want to visit, as well. China has lot of bicycle driving, but Taipei (Taiwan), has lot of bikes. (scooter bikes, less fast and easier to drive than actual motorbikes).
Taiwan currency is Taiwanese dollar and they speak mandarin chinese over there.
Ok now this is the end of my post. Hope you enjoyed it, and the pictures as well :) I will make a 2nd part of this post about asian cities tomorrow, which that time will be about Macau, Shanghai, Bangkok and Busan. See you next time!
I've never been to Japan before, but I did visit Seoul and Hong Kong in the past and they were both really neat in their own ways.
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Seoul I remember being extremely clean. I think that the main reason for this is because in Seoul there are no public trash bins anywhere, so whenever people have trash that they need to throw away, they have to hold onto it until they get home to do so. They also have pretty hefty fines for littering there. Seoul is also nice because it's so large and sprawling, but when you do arrive at the edge of the city you end up in rural villages with a rich traditional history and culture which is a nice break from the urban bustle.