After reading this weeks reading Roads and Kingdoms, these destinations are far. If you wanted to travel to these destinations, you should make sure you get tested for covid, to avoid spreading it to other people, and make sure you travel safely by wearing a mask and bringing hand sanitizer. If you wanted to travel to these destinations during Covid, it may be a little more difficult because of the rules you need to follow. A person may want to travel to Tokyo because of the cultural experience and memories you can make because Japan has a great unique culture. While in Tokyo and going around through the city, it can lead you to interesting restaurants and shops. You can see places like the Shinjuku Gyonen National garden which is a calming botanical refuge in the center of Tokyo, takashimaya which is a store where the full splendor of Japanese food culture is on display and the Shibuya station. In addition, in Tokyo Japan there are hotels and apartments tourists can stay at. Even though the hotels generally have small rooms, they lack in size. The food in Tokyo consist of tonkatsu at butagumi which is a pork, egg salad sandwich, ramen, and etc. The author talks about the different dishes that people enjoy eating. To add on, two cultural sites that are unique to this destination is the Tokyo sky-tree and Senso-ji which is the historic temple to the goddess of mercy. Lastly, two activities a visitor can engage in are going to vintage shops and exploring around the city. When exploring around, they can enjoy themselves and have fun.
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