Came back from Japan early Sun morning....reached Singapore around 1.35am...I nearly cant wake up in the plane, cos was super tired from 5 days of sight-seeings, shopping, walking..
Day 1
Our flight was scheduled at 6am in the morning, so we have to reach airport before 4am...meaning, I din sleep the night...security was tight cos we are taking Northwest Airlines which is an US airline and its flys to Portland via Narita, Japan...I remembered back in 1999 when I flew Northwest to Hawaii, the check in was relax, with ppl q-ing for checking luggages, and getting their boarding passes. but after 911, all flights to US is facing tighter security.
Was at DFS shopping...as usual, gotten myself, my foundation, face wash, sunblock and my beloved estee plesaure...hehehes
Was not feeling well becos of my stupid gastric, so, i was sleeping on the filght most of the time...and...finally reached Japan. We touched down at abt 1.30pm (Japan Time). The first thing we did was to visit the toilet after clearing the customs...haha...
It was 15 degree, me n dear are feeling super cold, the coldness come from the wind and not the temperature. The first impression...Japan is so clean...people are so discipline, wont see any rubbish being thrown on the floor.. there is also an area specially designated to smokers for their fix..unlike Singapore, people just smoke while walking and the smoke just blow into others face...
On our way to the hotel, Sakura is every where..its the best time to be in Japan for sakura viewing.. We are lucky cos, its was still raining the past few days, and also snowing at Mt Fuji, but while we are there, there is no rain, and no snow, and the sky is clear for us to see Mt Fuji along the way up..
The rest of the day is free and easy...so we decided to head to Shinjuku Takashimaya for some shopping...We were at their train station, my god, its super messy...we made friends with another couple, Janice and John, so we decided to head to Shinjuku together...
Taka there is BIG...their 1 Taka is like 2 Taka here...BIG!!!! Shop in Taka till it closes...the first thing is to go Blue Label and Black Label..saw one nice bag at Blue Label, not the checks kind(I already have one in baby pink, no point getting one more of the same kind), if you dont look closer, you wont know its Blue Label. But I didnt get it cos I wanted another one that's from Burberry London itself, but I couldnt find it there..Dear didnt see anything nice in Black Label, so we went to Burberry London, saw one wallet, but he didnt get cos he say wait later see nicer one how?..so we headed to some other brands..nothing caught our eyes...Den I saw LV...haha, so happy, I went in (I knw its more ex there, I just want to see whether are there any designs that are not available in Singapore), but didnt see any..LV at Taka is bigger den the one at Singapore Taka, at least 2 times bigger...how wonderful if I am staying in Japan...haha..But Taka there closes super early...if I m not wrong, its 8pm..so after its closes, we decided to walk wald around the streets..
Hunger came in, and we had our dinner at Mac...their pork burger was superb...pork was tender...and nuggets were crispy...but they dont have chili or curry sauce...hmmm, never mind, cos we are all super hungry..after dinner, we continue to walk walk see see...wah, its super cold and windy..I m there shivering. The tour people say 20 degree, so didnt bring those think jackets, but it was like 13-16 degree..my god...
Day 2
Woke up like 6.30am Japan time, that is 5.30am here...sleepy head me was dragging myself out of the bed...we have to leave hotel at 8am, while waiting for the others to check out, we saw Sakura.. So, took photos..haha.
First stop was the Sensoji (also known as Asakusa Kannon Temple), its one of the famous temple in Tokyo. A shopping street of over 200 meters, called Nakamise, leads from the outer gate to the temple's second gate, the Hozomon. We didnt have enough time to shop for things, there are so many things there, but no time to see all...we are only given 1 hr there...duhz.
After Sensoji, we headed to Odaiba, where the rainbow bridge, Ferris Wheel and the Fuji TV station are. We had lunch there, and...its chinese style buffet lunch, duhz, go all the way there to eat chinese food...
After Odaiba, we headed to Mt Fuji!!! As I had mention earlier, we are lucky to see Mt Fuji on our drive there..Its awesome, the scenery along the way, the snow when we reached...but too bad, cos we can only go up the 4th station, it was still snowing a few days before, so for safety reason, the road leading to 5th station was closed for clearing of snow.
Last stop of the day before hotel, was the Hakone Peace Park...There are lots of Sukura, but due to the weather, they haven bloom..wasted, if not, it will be awesome.
Headed to our hotel..along the way, we are enjoying the scenery...and we drove past the Hakone Shrine, didnt manage to take a photo. Reached hotel after like 2hrs on the road...the hotel is build on the clift and facing Pacific Ocean!!!
We had a traditional Japanese dinner, and after dinner, we decided to try the hot spring...hahaha...hot spring in cold weather...so after hot spring, we went for a walk ard the open area of our hotel...nice feeling, walking in the cold wearing the traditional Japanese wear...
Day 3
We woke up late...hahaha...supposed to have a super quick breakfast and we checked of our room..on the way down, we met Janice and John...they are also late...hahaha, actully this tour they 4 of us kana comdemn le lor...
First on the list is the outdoor giant buddha..we are still so tired from lacking of sleep...hahaha, so didnt walk much...
Next, we went to a Ramen Museum, its build underground a copy of Japan in the 70s. The ramen is nice, the noodle very "q", not those kind of "meggie mee" u find here...hahaha
Next, we drove back to Tokyo, and headed to Ginza area...Shit lah, we only have 1.5hrs there, where got enough?...1 burberry building that's it...I mms a bag that i saw back to darling...hahaha, darling is at China, Xiamen...Willy super funny, he was telling the others there...her friend in Japan just mms back a bag and ask her want or not...hahaha, she is here, yet got ppl to help her shop...faint!!! hahaha, willy, u dont know meh..that's us mah...and i showed darling the photos, the sotong was super excited...cos, we had the exact same photo of Burberry Building...hahaha
Our Last stop before dinner was Shinjuku, Kabukicho, Japan's largest and wildest red light district.But as me and dear haven gotten our bags and wallet, we gave it a miss and go shopping...finally...we gotten our stuffs......
Dinner was at a bbq restaurant, but we are only given 1 hr to eat there...!@#$%^&*()...but the food there was nice and fresh, the only thing is that we cant really enjoy...
Day 4
Today is free and easy...but as usual, the 4 of us took our own sweet time...so by the time we reached Tsukiji Central Wholesale Market, it was already closed to 12pm...dear insist to find the market where they sell tonnes of fishes...but the action was between 5:00-9:00am...so we are super late to see...but we had a super nice lunch there..
We headed to Shibuya...there are lot of young people there...its so crowded!!! Nothing much to buy from there cos they are too kawaii...hahaha
den to Harajuku..where many young people gather around Harajuku Station and engage in cosplay ("costume play"), dressed up in crazy costumes to resemble anime characters, punk musicians, etc. But, we didnt see cos the best time to go is on a Sunday...
and lastly...Disneyland...hahahha...Disneyland closes at 10pm, by the time we came out, its abt 10.30pm...we rush the last few trains back to hotel, which is near the airport...but didnt managed to catch the hotel transfer...and dear is hungry, so Mac again (Its all 24hrs there)...and we took a cab back to hotel...for just a less den 10mins ride, the fare came up to be like S$40+...hahhaa...
Day 5
Today woke up late...at 10am..hahaha, checking out time is 11am..flight time is at 7pm...lalalala...went to a shopping centre near the hotel...nothing much except we had a nice lunch, dear finally ate his beef...
And it was home sweet home after that...BUT I DONT WANT TO COME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!
Photos to follow later..I lazy to post...
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