City Life World Patch' title='City Life World Patch' />Read about The worlds greatest city Time Out Travel. Yoga Patch was championed by Caren Lisondra out of Seattle Washington when she had felt an ambition to spread the joy of Yoga to others in 2009. Tokyo is the worlds greatest cityCNN Tourism in Japan has been given a major boost since Tokyo won its bid to host the 2. Olympics. A record 1. Tokyo was named the worlds most satisfying tourist city in a 2. Trip. Advisor and its popularity is continuing to grow. Here are our top 5. Tokyo is the worlds best city 1. The worlds most sophisticated railways. Tokyos rail system is one of the most efficient in the world. Carl CourtGetty Images. With 1. 3 subway lines and more than 1. Japan Railways and other private companies, Tokyos railway system seems like it was designed to win world records. CONTENTS November. A HOLIDAY HOME. Young couple welcomes to a home thats holiready. ON THE COVER One of many flags flies in downtown Sioux City, a symbol. The official website of the City of New York. Find information about important alerts, 311 services, news, programs, events, government employment, the office of the. Its rare to find a location in the metropolitan area that cant be reached with a train ride and a short walk. The Emperor will see you now. The royal wave. Junko KimuraGetty Images. Visit the Imperial Palace on December 2. January 2, and youll see something impressive its owner. Emperor Akihito and family make a twice yearly public appearance at the Inner Palace grounds for the monarchs birthday and a New Years greeting. If youre tall enough, youll be able to glimpse the man god himself amid a sea of Rising Sun flag wavers. Tongue gasmic food porn. Almost too good to eat. EMMANUEL DUNANDAFPGetty Images. You could spend hours drooling over the elaborate pastries and picture perfect sushi rolls at department store Isetans super stylish depachika, a massive basement food court. Square watermelons and matsutake mushrooms are displayed with gallery like reverence. Other highlights eat in counters run by some of Tokyos snazziest restaurants and free samples of food and booze on weekends. Street crossings are like a battle scene from BraveheartCrossing the street is no easy feat in Tokyo. Mark KolbeGetty Images. The scramble street crossing outside of Shibuya Station is easily the worlds busiest, with a thousand people running into the middle of the street, weaving together in a huge organic mass. It perfectly summarizes the essence of Tokyos true tourist landmarks not old buildings, but lots and lots of people coming together in celebration of culture. See the action outside the Hachiko exit of Shibuya Station. Youth fashion stores by the hundreds. Japanese fashion is known for pushing boundaries. TORU YAMANAKAAFPAFPGetty Images. There are countless independent fashion boutiques in the Harajuku area all dedicated to generally insane forms of youth fashion. If you count adjacent Shibuya, Omotesando and Aoyama into the region, you have the worlds largest fashion district featuring basically every single major designer brand in the world. Sky high one upmanship. The Tokyo Skytree. Still the worlds tallest tower. Takashi AoyamaGetty ImagesWhen officials in Tokyo learned that the new Guangzhou TV Sightseeing Tower in China would be 6. Tokyo Skytree, then under construction they did what any rational body would do they added 2. Skytree to preserve its claim as the worlds tallest tower. Now complete and open for business, the Guinness certified structure features shops, restaurants and an observation deck that lets you see almost all the way to Guangzhou. You can eat dirt. At Ne Quittez Pas, in Tokyos Gotanda neighborhood, every dish is made with a generous helping of dirt. Not normal, backyard variety dirt. This is special nutrient rich soil. The unique tasting menu is the creation of Toshio Tanabe, a former gymnast and boxer turned culinary inventor. Whether diners dig into the dirt or not, it does take the idea of organic to a new level. More Michelin stars than anywhere else. In Japan, they never tire of the Michelin Man. TORU YAMANAKAAFPGetty Images. Tokyo sports 1. 60,0. Paris. There are a few three star standouts in the Tokyo Guide Kanda in Minato ku, serving delicate traditional Japanese cuisine Jol Robuchon in Ebisu, the Tokyo stronghold of the famed celebrity chef and Quintessence in Shirokanedai, whose young French trained chef achieved recognition in the Japanese culinary hierarchy, thanks to his inclusion in the Guide. More than anything, though, Michelin has proven something that most Tokyoites already know this city is the gastronomic capital of the world. The electronics stores are like theme parks. The Japanese have taken their love of the latest electronic gadgets and modern appliances and zapped it with Yodobashi Akiba, the largest electronics store in a section of Tokyo known for being the center of gadget, video game and anime culture in the city. Going into any electronics store in Akihabara is like stepping into a wonderland of flashing lights and monstrous screens, but Yodobashi ups the ante by offering six massive floors of televisions, stereos, appliances and game consoles, with three more floors dedicated to restaurants, juice bars, bookstores and music shops. Ea Sports Cricket 2005 Crack File. You can commute to the mountains. Ouch. Junko KimuraGetty Images. Every March, the Walking over Fire Festival takes place at Mount Takao. When concrete Tokyo gets to be too much, you can head out to the wonderful Mount Takao in West Tokyo. Accessible by a single train from Shinjuku, the mountain is particularly famous for its easy hike to the top, stunning autumn foliage and special soba noodle culture. To access Takao Take the Keio line to Takaosanguchi Station. Takes a little less than one hour. Earths biggest fish market Great shedloads of tuna at Tsukji fish market. Koichi KamoshidaGetty Images Asia. PacGetty Images. Given Japans penchant for seafood, its not surprising the worlds largest fish market and one of the largest wholesale markets, period is located in Tokyo. Handling more than 2,0. Tsukiji shijo market is a haven for fisherman, auctioneers and buyers for Tokyos best restaurants. Installation Windows Ce Gps. As an added bonus, here the freshest sushi and most delectable grilled fish lunches can be had at reasonable prices assuming one can stand the mad rush of patrons. Even the serious museums are weird. Edo Tokyo Museum is the best place to relive the old traditional style of life in Tokyo, when it was called Edo in the 1. The building exterior, however, looks like a giant space cruiser on a Buck Rogers back lot, propped up on stilts. This is perhaps an attempt to fuse past, present and future Tokyo into one space. Edo Tokyo Museum, 1 4 1 Yokoami, Sumida ku, 8. Take me out to the ball game again and againHow baseball obsessed is Tokyo Its one of only three cities in the world Chicago and Seoul are the others with two big league stadiums in its central downtown area. The Yomiuri Giants, who play their home games at Tokyo Dome, are loved and detested in equal measure think New York Yankees, while the more approachable Yakult Swallows do their thing down the road in cozy Jingu Stadium. Youll never want for expensive antique robot toys. Take me to your leader. Eight floors of heaven for anime fans, Mandarake Complex represents the flagship of the Mandarake chain of vintage anime ephemera. The seventh and eighth floors are like a museum of Japanese toy history only everything is for sale. Although their prices are higher than youll find in other shops and bargaining is out of the question, you would be hard pressed to beat the selection. The K Pop boom is old newsAs the rest of the world finally gets around to discovering the glories of Korean pop culture, Tokyoites are stifling a yawn. Thats because anything worthwhile coming out of the K Pop boom washes up in Tokyos Koreatown first. Welcome to NYC. gov City of New York. Check the status of an existing NYC3. Service Request. You can check the status of your Service Request. Most confirmation numbers. C1 1 and you should enter them using the format. C1 1 XXXXXXXXX. If your confirmation number does not begin. C1 1, enter it without spaces or dashes. FAQs. 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