Today, Tokyo weather dropped to only 25 Celsius… yes! Autumn just come!
Narita airport:
I was leaving Japan officially… Bye! Japan…
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Japan Day 7 - Narita
As usual, I woke up early today to take our breakfast… after breakfast, I made last-minute checking on our luggages… I really feel like not to go back Malaysia… I like Japan! But in reality, it’s time for me to go back…
Today, Tokyo weather dropped to only 25 Celsius… yes! Autumn just come!
Narita airport:
I was leaving Japan officially… Bye! Japan…
Today, Tokyo weather dropped to only 25 Celsius… yes! Autumn just come!
Narita airport:
I was leaving Japan officially… Bye! Japan…
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Japan Day 6 - Tokyo Disneyland
Morning, Tokyo! Feel excited when I was looking through window and saw Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office just in front of me….
We headed to Tokyo Disneyland…. Full of people… crowded everywhere… without hesitation, grabbed our tickets and rushed to entrance…
It was a long queue if want to take a picture with Mickey Mouse… I only can see Mickey Mouse from far… so, we went to find other cartoon character which few ppl want to take picture with…. Hehe…
This is…. Errr… I just know he is a captain in the “Peter Pan”. This is Captain Hook... Thanks, chinx2...
We snapped few pictured before parade starts…
We sat down on the floor and were waiting for parade performance… It’s damn hot… but it is worthy…
Have you tried turkey meat before? It is worth to try… actually tastes like chicken meat…
Mickey Mouse Orange-flavored ice-cream, and Minnie Mouse Apple-flavored ice-cream bar….
We were not able to take any ride… we were only sightseeing in the Disneyland… shooting pictures…
We went to Ikspiari Shopping Town, rather than just walked under the hot sun in Disneyland… On the way to Ikspiari, we attracted by the Mickey Mouse’s passport… Mickey Mouse was born since 1928, so now he already 79 years old… hmm, we should called him “Uncle Mickey” already… haha…
Today’s dinner was Chinese-typed dinner… this is the restaurant…
After dinner, we shopped at Jusco Japan… we need to spent out our Japanese coins before leave Japan… Again, I bought some chocolates…
We checked in at Narita Marroad Hotel… no more deluxe room…
I like this yukata very much… sakura yukata:
That night, we were busy packing our luggage… and squeenzing all our souvenirs and snacks in the luggage…
We headed to Tokyo Disneyland…. Full of people… crowded everywhere… without hesitation, grabbed our tickets and rushed to entrance…
It was a long queue if want to take a picture with Mickey Mouse… I only can see Mickey Mouse from far… so, we went to find other cartoon character which few ppl want to take picture with…. Hehe…
This is…. Errr… I just know he is a captain in the “Peter Pan”. This is Captain Hook... Thanks, chinx2...
We snapped few pictured before parade starts…
We sat down on the floor and were waiting for parade performance… It’s damn hot… but it is worthy…
Have you tried turkey meat before? It is worth to try… actually tastes like chicken meat…
Mickey Mouse Orange-flavored ice-cream, and Minnie Mouse Apple-flavored ice-cream bar….
We were not able to take any ride… we were only sightseeing in the Disneyland… shooting pictures…
We went to Ikspiari Shopping Town, rather than just walked under the hot sun in Disneyland… On the way to Ikspiari, we attracted by the Mickey Mouse’s passport… Mickey Mouse was born since 1928, so now he already 79 years old… hmm, we should called him “Uncle Mickey” already… haha…
Today’s dinner was Chinese-typed dinner… this is the restaurant…
After dinner, we shopped at Jusco Japan… we need to spent out our Japanese coins before leave Japan… Again, I bought some chocolates…
We checked in at Narita Marroad Hotel… no more deluxe room…
I like this yukata very much… sakura yukata:
That night, we were busy packing our luggage… and squeenzing all our souvenirs and snacks in the luggage…
Friday, September 21, 2007
Japan Day 5 - Tokyo
8am we checked out from Route-In Hotel. I never know that scenery outside the hotel is so fascinating… vividly can see Mt Fuji… Goodbye, Mt Fuji! Will miss you always!
We stopped at Crystal House before continue our journey to Tokyo… I bought crystal earrings for my mum as her birthday present… It costs around RM100++….
It was bad traffic on the way to Tokyo… Normally it is only takes 45 minutes to reach Tokyo but today it took about 2 hours to reach Tokyo because today was actually their public holiday …
Bus stopped at Hibiya Park… Look at the green and soft grass on the ground… This makes me want to have a nap under the tree… ZZZZzzzzz….
We walked across the street and reached Imperial Palace… We only stopped there half hour for photo capturing…
The main gate, Hozomon:
Next destination was Akihabara Electrical Town… I’m not interested to by any electrical equipment, so Kel and I just stand beside and tasted our Crepes (Japanese-typed ice-cream)… It is enjoyable especially under the damn hot sun…
We headed to Toyota City Showcase… what we did there? What else, just pretend we’re the owner of the car, snap a picture, and walk away lo… hehe…
Odaiba Palette Town just next to Toyota Showcase… This shopping and entertainment complex consists of Venus Fort, Sun Walk, Mega Web, a Ferris Wheel and Zepp Tokyo (a large concert venue)… Venus Fort is a shopping mall in the style of a 18th century South European town. It features more than one hundred boutiques, shops, cafes and restaurants, targeting a mainly female audience.
Ferris Wheel … this 115 meter tall ferris wheel is one of the world's largest and offers nice views of the bay area.
Next we took monorail to Tokyo Bay in order to take harbor cruise to view Tokyo city… Inside the monorail…
Statue of Liberty…. This is the first picture we can use to cheat people… haha… We still in Tokyo, but not US…
This is the cruise we took to enjoy the view of the city…
Golden Gate Bridge???? No, it’s Rainbow bridge in Tokyo… again, the second picture which can cheat people…. Haha…
Sunset, nice?
After enjoy in the cruise, we headed to Ginza… it is the most exclusive and expensive shopping area in Japan…
Last destination of the day was Red-Light District, Shinjuku…
Today was the most tiring day… and very lucky that our room upgraded to Deluxe… We checked in to Shinjuku Keio Plaza Inter-Continental Hotel… yeah! Better environment, better scenery…
My yukata:
We stopped at Crystal House before continue our journey to Tokyo… I bought crystal earrings for my mum as her birthday present… It costs around RM100++….
It was bad traffic on the way to Tokyo… Normally it is only takes 45 minutes to reach Tokyo but today it took about 2 hours to reach Tokyo because today was actually their public holiday …
Bus stopped at Hibiya Park… Look at the green and soft grass on the ground… This makes me want to have a nap under the tree… ZZZZzzzzz….
We walked across the street and reached Imperial Palace… We only stopped there half hour for photo capturing…
A statue… I forgot the name of this captain… ;p
Lunch time again… Check out the pics below:
The restaurant is near to Asakusa Kannon Temple, also known as Sensoji Temple… Sensoji is a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, the center of the shitamachi… About 3 minutes walking, we already reached its outer gate – Kaminarimon…
There is another shopping street called Nakamise which will lead us to the main gate of temple… dozens of stores selling a variety of souvenirs… And definitely I hunted a lot souvenirs here… :D
Lunch time again… Check out the pics below:
The restaurant is near to Asakusa Kannon Temple, also known as Sensoji Temple… Sensoji is a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, the center of the shitamachi… About 3 minutes walking, we already reached its outer gate – Kaminarimon…
There is another shopping street called Nakamise which will lead us to the main gate of temple… dozens of stores selling a variety of souvenirs… And definitely I hunted a lot souvenirs here… :D
The main gate, Hozomon:
Next destination was Akihabara Electrical Town… I’m not interested to by any electrical equipment, so Kel and I just stand beside and tasted our Crepes (Japanese-typed ice-cream)… It is enjoyable especially under the damn hot sun…
We headed to Toyota City Showcase… what we did there? What else, just pretend we’re the owner of the car, snap a picture, and walk away lo… hehe…
Odaiba Palette Town just next to Toyota Showcase… This shopping and entertainment complex consists of Venus Fort, Sun Walk, Mega Web, a Ferris Wheel and Zepp Tokyo (a large concert venue)… Venus Fort is a shopping mall in the style of a 18th century South European town. It features more than one hundred boutiques, shops, cafes and restaurants, targeting a mainly female audience.
Ferris Wheel … this 115 meter tall ferris wheel is one of the world's largest and offers nice views of the bay area.
Next we took monorail to Tokyo Bay in order to take harbor cruise to view Tokyo city… Inside the monorail…
Statue of Liberty…. This is the first picture we can use to cheat people… haha… We still in Tokyo, but not US…
This is the cruise we took to enjoy the view of the city…
Golden Gate Bridge???? No, it’s Rainbow bridge in Tokyo… again, the second picture which can cheat people…. Haha…
Sunset, nice?
After enjoy in the cruise, we headed to Ginza… it is the most exclusive and expensive shopping area in Japan…
Last destination of the day was Red-Light District, Shinjuku…
Today was the most tiring day… and very lucky that our room upgraded to Deluxe… We checked in to Shinjuku Keio Plaza Inter-Continental Hotel… yeah! Better environment, better scenery…
My yukata:
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Japan Day 4 - Fuji Hakone
I feel excited when I was staring through window and I saw the Toyohashi town view… It is great although it is just a small town… Sun shined part of town… I love sunny day compared to raining day… Yes! I really feel good… Let’s start our journey to Hakone…
On the way to Hakone, we already can see Mt Fuji vividly… hehe… seems like today is my lucky day oh…. ;p Our first destination of the day was Peace Park… Autumn is just around the corner because we can see tree leaves start turn into red color…
A great Peace Pagoda and the Golden Buddha in the park…
Next, we headed to Owakudani Volcano Valley… It is a famous volcanic and it is famous of “Black cell eggs”… They sell this black cell egg in one packet… 6 eggs are in one packet and it costs 500 yen per packet… What’s special of this black cell eggs? Haha… Japanese believes that you’ll have extra 7 years life if you eat one black cell egg… and extra 14 years life if you eat 2 eggs… Wah! Anyone interested to be a long-long-life man or woman, you must taste the eggs… but please don’t too greedy because Japanese also believe that eat 4 eggs will bring bad luck… Haha, I’m not greedy at all, so I just ate one…
View of Owakudani Volcano Valley… sulfur-smelled air… no snake dare to crawl nearby… we only spent 10 minutes to walk up to this valley…
After ate egg, we had our lunch near Ashi Lake…
And Japanese restaurant where we had our lunch…
After lunch, we departed to pier to take Hakone sightseeing cruise to enjoy the panoramic view of Lake Ashi…
Here comes the most exciting destination of the day – Mount Fuji… the journey to Mt fuji 5th station takes around 45 minutes… we all the way up by bus... haha… I started feel cold on the way to Mt Fuji…
Finally! We’re at the 5th station of Mt Fuji! It was 23 Celsius that day! Haha! Finally I have chance to use my scarf! ;p
The cooling air at Mt Fuji makes me awake and excited… Check out the view from Mt Fuji…
Our driver, Izumi San, is so kind… since we love Mt Fuji so much, he purposely stopped at the 4th station of Mt Fuji for us to take more pictures…. Origato, Izumi San…
The 4th Station of Mt Fuji:
The barbeque squids stall:
We checked in at Route In Hotel that night… and our activities haven’t end… hehe…tonight’s dinner was my favorite – CRAB…. Long-leg crab… Oishi~ Ho Chiak~ We enjoyed our crab from 7pm till 9pm… we not only ate crab, but also all-you-can-eat buffet dinner was waiting for us… I should take some pictures here, but I was really busy eating crab that time… =p
After dinner, it’s time for us to soak in Japanese hot spring bath… As you know, I’m shy girl… I feel so uncomfortable to take off my Yukata in front of girls… but rules are still rules… I want to experience hot spring, so I must sacrifice my “body”… woo woo~ I naked in the hot spring room with other girls… ;p Wah! The water is damn hot… around 40 Celsius, I guess… but it’s comfortable after I used to its temperature… I saw many girls put their towels on their head… what’s the purpose of this? Can anyone tell me? To prevent faint? Anyway I just followed what they did… hehe…
Nice? My purple-colored Yukata… let me tell you more about Yukata...
Our room:
Ohya… nearly forgot… 2 peaches bought at Lake Ashi pier… The yellow peach tastes sweeter than red peach… yummy yummy…
On the way to Hakone, we already can see Mt Fuji vividly… hehe… seems like today is my lucky day oh…. ;p Our first destination of the day was Peace Park… Autumn is just around the corner because we can see tree leaves start turn into red color…
A great Peace Pagoda and the Golden Buddha in the park…
Next, we headed to Owakudani Volcano Valley… It is a famous volcanic and it is famous of “Black cell eggs”… They sell this black cell egg in one packet… 6 eggs are in one packet and it costs 500 yen per packet… What’s special of this black cell eggs? Haha… Japanese believes that you’ll have extra 7 years life if you eat one black cell egg… and extra 14 years life if you eat 2 eggs… Wah! Anyone interested to be a long-long-life man or woman, you must taste the eggs… but please don’t too greedy because Japanese also believe that eat 4 eggs will bring bad luck… Haha, I’m not greedy at all, so I just ate one…
View of Owakudani Volcano Valley… sulfur-smelled air… no snake dare to crawl nearby… we only spent 10 minutes to walk up to this valley…
After ate egg, we had our lunch near Ashi Lake…
And Japanese restaurant where we had our lunch…
After lunch, we departed to pier to take Hakone sightseeing cruise to enjoy the panoramic view of Lake Ashi…
Here comes the most exciting destination of the day – Mount Fuji… the journey to Mt fuji 5th station takes around 45 minutes… we all the way up by bus... haha… I started feel cold on the way to Mt Fuji…
Finally! We’re at the 5th station of Mt Fuji! It was 23 Celsius that day! Haha! Finally I have chance to use my scarf! ;p
The cooling air at Mt Fuji makes me awake and excited… Check out the view from Mt Fuji…
Our driver, Izumi San, is so kind… since we love Mt Fuji so much, he purposely stopped at the 4th station of Mt Fuji for us to take more pictures…. Origato, Izumi San…
The 4th Station of Mt Fuji:
The barbeque squids stall:
We checked in at Route In Hotel that night… and our activities haven’t end… hehe…tonight’s dinner was my favorite – CRAB…. Long-leg crab… Oishi~ Ho Chiak~ We enjoyed our crab from 7pm till 9pm… we not only ate crab, but also all-you-can-eat buffet dinner was waiting for us… I should take some pictures here, but I was really busy eating crab that time… =p
After dinner, it’s time for us to soak in Japanese hot spring bath… As you know, I’m shy girl… I feel so uncomfortable to take off my Yukata in front of girls… but rules are still rules… I want to experience hot spring, so I must sacrifice my “body”… woo woo~ I naked in the hot spring room with other girls… ;p Wah! The water is damn hot… around 40 Celsius, I guess… but it’s comfortable after I used to its temperature… I saw many girls put their towels on their head… what’s the purpose of this? Can anyone tell me? To prevent faint? Anyway I just followed what they did… hehe…
Haagen-Dazs ice-cream in Japan is sold by using vending machine. The price is reasonable and is sold with the price 300 yen (around RM9)... feel great to taste Green tea flavoured Haagen-Dazs ice-cream after came out from hot bath...
Nice? My purple-colored Yukata… let me tell you more about Yukata...
Yukata is a Japanese summer garment. People wearing yukata are a common sight at fireworks displays, bon-odori festivals, and other summer events. The yukata is a casual form of kimono that is also frequently worn after bathing at tranditional Japanese inns.
How to wear Yukata?
The left side of the yukata is wrapped over the right side (the reverse is to be avoided as only the dead at a funeral wears the right over the left), and an obi(belt) is used to keep the yukata from falling open when worn in public. In private, as after a bath, the yukata is usually simply belted. Also, a type of thonged wooden sandal called geta is usually worn with the yukata.
Our room:
Ohya… nearly forgot… 2 peaches bought at Lake Ashi pier… The yellow peach tastes sweeter than red peach… yummy yummy…
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Japan Day 3 - Kyoto
8am, we checked out from Sheraton Miyako Hotel and our tour driver was waiting for us outside the hotel. Our bus driver, Izumi Sang is really kind, and never late to fetch us…
We headed to Shinkasen station and will take bullet train to Kyoto… Bullet train offers a world-famous and speedy Japanese train ride… We will reach Kyoto in approximately 15 minutes time…
While waiting for Shinkasen,
I sit inside the Shinkasen, and enjoy the view outside the train… take out my FujiFilm f40, snap pictures along the journey… Amazingly FujiFilm f40 can shoot out so stable image while the train is moving…
The train is moving fast…
Reached destination. Shinkasen and us…
Japan is famous of cakes… usually I see those delicious cakes from forwarded emails, but today I saw them myself… makes me drooling…
First destination in Kyoto is Heian Shrine…
But we need to do something before pray inside the Shrine… use this long and small container to take water… firstly wash left hand, and then right hand… lastly rinse your mouth…
Walk in the shrine through main door, but not side door. Side door usually for maids… How to pray? Throw your coins, clap your hand 3 times and make a wish… Bounds 2 times after make wish…
Wish board… I have made one wish there… :”>
We had our lunch at Nishijin Kimono center…
After lunch, we visited the center… there is weaving demonstration at the 2nd floor…
Kimono show is held at 1pm… I purposely choose a perfect corner for shooting… click here for more information about kimono...
Next, we headed to Kiyomizu temple… Kiyomizu (清水) literally means pure water, clear water or limpid water... The temple complex contains several other shrines, notably Jishu-jinja, dedicated to Okuninushino-Mikoto, a god of love and "good matches".
Outside the temple, there is a street for shopping especially for those who want to buy souvenirs… I hunted a lot of souvenirs here….
After shopping, we headed to Toyohashi… estimates 2 hours to reach Toyohashi… Our dinner for today…
We check-in in Nikko Hotel… and this is our room…
And my Yukata performance of the night…heheheh…
Toyohashi is a small town… the shop usually closed at 6pm except Pachiko and 99 Yen Shop… Kel and I went to game shop to take sticker pictures and we crazily played games there… it was fun… after game, we shopped at 99 Yen Shop… a lot of cheap things… heheh… girls like shopping… and I only shop on cheap things….;p
Our tour guide, Wan Ping is an experience tour guide in Reliance. She stays in Japan for quite some time… She usually told us some story about Japan during the move from one place to other place… Like today, she taught us some Japanese bad words… don’t simply say the words like “cincin”, “Busu” and “Baka”… those words mean “private part”, “ugly girl”, and “crazy” respectively…
We headed to Shinkasen station and will take bullet train to Kyoto… Bullet train offers a world-famous and speedy Japanese train ride… We will reach Kyoto in approximately 15 minutes time…
While waiting for Shinkasen,
I sit inside the Shinkasen, and enjoy the view outside the train… take out my FujiFilm f40, snap pictures along the journey… Amazingly FujiFilm f40 can shoot out so stable image while the train is moving…
The train is moving fast…
Reached destination. Shinkasen and us…
Japan is famous of cakes… usually I see those delicious cakes from forwarded emails, but today I saw them myself… makes me drooling…
First destination in Kyoto is Heian Shrine…
But we need to do something before pray inside the Shrine… use this long and small container to take water… firstly wash left hand, and then right hand… lastly rinse your mouth…
Walk in the shrine through main door, but not side door. Side door usually for maids… How to pray? Throw your coins, clap your hand 3 times and make a wish… Bounds 2 times after make wish…
Wish board… I have made one wish there… :”>
We had our lunch at Nishijin Kimono center…
After lunch, we visited the center… there is weaving demonstration at the 2nd floor…
Kimono show is held at 1pm… I purposely choose a perfect corner for shooting… click here for more information about kimono...
Next, we headed to Kiyomizu temple… Kiyomizu (清水) literally means pure water, clear water or limpid water... The temple complex contains several other shrines, notably Jishu-jinja, dedicated to Okuninushino-Mikoto, a god of love and "good matches".
Outside the temple, there is a street for shopping especially for those who want to buy souvenirs… I hunted a lot of souvenirs here….
After shopping, we headed to Toyohashi… estimates 2 hours to reach Toyohashi… Our dinner for today…
We check-in in Nikko Hotel… and this is our room…
And my Yukata performance of the night…heheheh…
Toyohashi is a small town… the shop usually closed at 6pm except Pachiko and 99 Yen Shop… Kel and I went to game shop to take sticker pictures and we crazily played games there… it was fun… after game, we shopped at 99 Yen Shop… a lot of cheap things… heheh… girls like shopping… and I only shop on cheap things….;p
Our tour guide, Wan Ping is an experience tour guide in Reliance. She stays in Japan for quite some time… She usually told us some story about Japan during the move from one place to other place… Like today, she taught us some Japanese bad words… don’t simply say the words like “cincin”, “Busu” and “Baka”… those words mean “private part”, “ugly girl”, and “crazy” respectively…
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