Another vacation planning tip: Download Google Earth.
With Google Earth you can literally see pretty much everywhere you want to visit before you get there. You can scope out the neighborhood through satellite maps and see what restaurants and shops are nearby, draw paths to figure out walking/driving distances, see everything in 3D including buildings and elevation changes, even make screenshots to print your own custom maps. As if that weren't enough, in most major cities you can zoom down and view "virtual reality" photos from every few feet down major streets. Because of this I know that there are a couple drink vending machines in an alley just around the corner on the north side of my Hotel in Tokyo, and that the McDonalds at the end of the block has a sign that says "24 OPEN" and a walk-up ordering counter outside. It really is amazing.
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