Many travelers to Japan cannot get out of Japan's capital quick enough to see the so called 'real Japan'. For others, Tokyo is the financial, fashion and technological center of Japan.
Tokyo may have been destroyed in the 1923 Great Earthquake and flattened during the bombings of World War Two, but any visitor to the city now would have any idea either event ever occurred. Tokyo does retain some pockets of original temples and housing, but they are dwarfed by the sometimes ugly and occasionally magnificent edifices, that make up Tokyo.
Much of Tokyo life happens several floors above ground and a couple underground as every available space is used for housing, commerce and entertainment. It is not uncommon to have a noisy karaoke bar located in the first floor of an apartment complex.
You might be able to catch most of the major sites in a day or two but it would take a lifetime to explore every bar and restaurant that operates in every narrow laneway that makes up 'Edo'.
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