{"id":1320,"date":"2022-03-26T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T15:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailysack.com\/travel\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2022-07-03T09:38:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T09:38:22","slug":"stuff-to-do-in-kiba-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysack.com\/travel\/2022\/03\/26\/stuff-to-do-in-kiba-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff to do in Kiba, Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What stuff is there to do in Kiba, Tokyo?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I lived there for a year, and I just recently moved away from Kiba, so this article is a funeral, in a way. A tribute to the good shit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visit Public Baths in Kiba <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several sentos, or public baths, in Kiba. Too bad most of them are basically glorified hot tubs for two. However, there are a couple of nice selections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kobparauyu Sento<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First, there&#8217;s the public bath near the APA Hotel called Kobparuyu: <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/1UVebDCdBDgTbigp8\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/1UVebDCdBDgTbigp8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is their website: <a href=\"http:\/\/koto-1010-sento.jp\/bath\/21\/\">http:\/\/koto-1010-sento.jp\/bath\/21\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost: 480 yen + 20 yen towel rental<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tsukishima Onsen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tsukishima Onsen is a bit of a walk from Kiba Station, but it&#8217;s well worth it. There are hot and cold baths, bubblies, and even a dry sauna. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you come in, rent everything you need from the vending machine on your right. The machine spits out a ticket, which you give to the old woman behind the counter. And presto! Enjoy.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And by the way, while you&#8217;re in Tsukishima, stop here at this izakaya. Their seafood is the best I&#8217;ve had in Japan. And it is the cheapest. No joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/HPBYivVnv4Qk8eZJ6\">\u9b5a\u4ec1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/HPBYivVnv4Qk8eZJ6\">3 Chome-12-5 Tsukishima, Chuo City, Tokyo&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dailysack.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_4006-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tsukishima Sushi \" class=\"wp-image-1321\" width=\"-539\" height=\"-718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailysack.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_4006-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/dailysack.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_4006-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use Free Wifi and Electricity in Kiba<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re a bum writer like me, or maybe a coder or a graphic artist, maybe you find yourself traveling around with your laptop in search of free wifi and electricity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are my favorite spots for that in Kiba. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Ito Yokado Mall: there&#8217;s a dining area just inside the main entrance. If you sit up at the bar against the front window, there&#8217;s a wall of power plugs. <\/li><li>Saizeria (the one by the station): I&#8217;m not talking about the Saizeria inside Ito Yokado, but the one in town, near Kiba Station. If you ask to be seated all the way in the back, there&#8217;s a line of single-person booths you can sit in. Those have plugs! <\/li><li>Burger King: also by the station, Burger King seems like a decent choice. Unfortunately, the Burger King opened up just shortly before I moved out of Kiba, so I never had the chance to see if they had electricity or not. But it seems like a safe bet. <\/li><li>Tully&#8217;s in Tsukishima: again, Tsukishima is not Kiba, but if you don&#8217;t mind hiking a short ways to Tsukishima station, you&#8217;ll find Tully&#8217;s right outside. I used to meet a friend over there to write. Good vibes, decent coffee, free wifi and electricity. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Party with Nightlife in Kiba<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. That Izakaya (the one I Forgot the Name of)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few lively spots for night life in Kiba. For one thing, there&#8217;s a fun, gritty, local izakaya near the corner of Eitai Dori Street (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/XR7gaZaEJPJ9TmkP7\">3-ch\u014dme-5-10 T\u014dy\u014d, Koto City, Tokyo 135-0016<\/a>). I recommend ordering heart yakitori and mega highballs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. My Favorite Spot: Pang Pang<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/ZzunC1SoaRznjQXX6\">Pang Pang<\/a> was a great time. There&#8217;s no seating charge, first of all, so that&#8217;s great. And on weekends, the place is usually jam packed full of colorful local people who all want to get wasted and laugh with you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used to go into Pang Pang with a little notebook and a pen. I would write new Japanese words in my notebook. That new corpus of vocabulary included gems like \u307b\u308d\u3088\u3044 (buzzed)\u3001\u3088\u3063\u3071\u3089\u3044 (drunk), and \u3067\u3044\u3059\u3044 (shit-faced)\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pang Pang staff will make you home made pizza fresh out the oven. It&#8217;s pretty good. And don&#8217;t take that lightly. I&#8217;m from New York, bitches. Almost everything is disappointing after New York pizza. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pang Pang crowd tends to be a little older, but everyone seems really genki and happy, so I definitely recommend it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Shin Kiba Nightclub<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, the one thing I can&#8217;t tell you about is the nightclub in neighboring Shin Kiba. That is because I lived in Kiba during the covid pandemic, when lots of bars and nightclubs closed down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not that I&#8217;m really the nightclub type. But that&#8217;s besides the point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Laugh at the Bus that says Swallow Express<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Because you know. What is this, bangbus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/dailysack.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220206_193603-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Swallow Express Tokyo\" class=\"wp-image-1324\" width=\"296\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailysack.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220206_193603-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dailysack.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220206_193603-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do Kiba Park<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiba Park is huge. I mean, it&#8217;s not Yoyogi Park huge, but it&#8217;s a goodish sized park with plenty of stuff to do. It&#8217;s the perfect place for dating, exercise, play, family, or even just good old fashioned getting drunk on the lawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kiba Park Botanical Garden<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Yup, there&#8217;s a little botanical gardens walk in Kiba. You can see all the plants and flowers on your stroll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bridge<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a big bridge in Kiba Park from which you can stand and watch the sunset or moonrise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exercise Course<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There are signs running all along the perimeter of the park marking progress for runners. You can track your distance without checking your phone, which is a novelty in today&#8217;s tech-crazed age, don&#8217;t you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Swings N Shit<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s swings n shit, so if you have kids, go here. I don&#8217;t have kids, so I didn&#8217;t care much about the swings n shit. Not that you&#8217;re ever too old for swings n shit. It&#8217;s just that there&#8217;s always actual kids playing there, and you can&#8217;t chase them away with their mothers watching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sakura Viewing in Kiba Park (Hanami) <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There is great Sakura Viewing available in Kiba Park, too. You can check out the cherry blossoms there every spring. They are a beautiful sight to see. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Travel to Another Town<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Look, I don&#8217;t want to sound sarcastic or tongue-in-cheek here. Actually, I do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, when you live in Kiba, the best thing to do is to go to a different town in Tokyo and have fun there, where there&#8217;s actually a lot of different shit to do. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What stuff is there to do in Kiba, Tokyo? 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