Japan Day 14: Hakone,

Hello,

On this day, we went for a one-day trip in Hakone - a place that I've been wanting to go ever since I saw some of my friends posting photos on Instagram. Mainly due to the Shrine on the water.

We started our day super early because the train ride was about 1.5hrs long. One thing I love about Japan is that we can buy bento up during long train ride. I also love the fact that their trains are never delayed!! World's number one train service be it JR Rail or subway trains! :)

Oh and their bento is super legit! Initially we doubted the quality but excuse us, it's Japan that we're talking about so why doubt it? Hahah! This pork cutlet bento is rlly yummy and filled our tummies all the way till lunch time at Hakone. Giving it a 3.5 thumbs up!

 Reached the station whereby we could purchase a one-day pass so that we didn't have to pay for our transportation thereafter. These passes cost 4000yen per person. However, Mr. Z calculated it after purchasing and realised that it's actually a little more expensive that to purchase single tickets from the ticketing machines. But I guess it kind of offsets the costs because we got discount vouchers from the one-day passes that we bought.

Shuttle bus up to the cable car station where it led us to the active volcano area.

The volcano, at that point of time, was an active one. Hence we weren't allowed to go outdoor. What a disappointment but it's for our own good bcos the air was really bad - smelly, toxic and poisonous. I wonder how the people there actually tahan the smell because I could still smell it even after the covering my mouth and nose with a piece of wet cloth!

Look at how bad it was! The shuttle bus was supposed to go s'where nearer to the area but due to the bad condition, it had to take another route.

Proceeded to the sightseeing cruise area to board the super huge cruise to Hakone-machi-ko before walking to moto-hakone port!

After we alighted from the cruise, we went straight to the nearest restaurant for our lunch because... WE WERE FAMISHED!

Cont'd our adventure after filling our tummies and off we went again!

We visited this "museum". It used to be the checkpoint to Kyoto. Tbh, Idk how to explain this exhibition because I was quite lost here but just lemme beautify add photos here instead of words alr! Hahah.

Left the place and headed to the one place that I've been looking forward to the most!! The weather didn't seem to be that positive though but as we moved toward the destination, I was glad that the sky cleared up a bit.

I think we took a shuttle bus to the main station? And we took a train back to Tokyo.

LOOK AT THEIR CBD AREA!!! 

Anyway, we settled for Nemuro Hanamaru for dinner because I was craving for sushi really badly! Heh, it was also our second last day in Japan so why not right!! ;)

This concluded our Day 14 in Japan T_T
Time flies! It's been more than a year since my Japan trip. One year one week to be exact! Can I go back there anytime soon? Please grant me some money!

One more entry to end my Japan itinerary before I move on to another!

Goodnight! :) 

Japan Day 13: Tsukiji Fish Market x Dog Heart,

Hello,

Down to Day 13 of our Japan trip! Time flies!

Today, we woke up pretty earler for Tsukiji Fish Market. Nope, we were not so hardworking to wake up for the bidding session. We went for bunch instead. It was a really hot day. It didn't help that we both were feeling hungry at that time.

We settled for tamago snack before moving on as we were famished. It was too sweet for me. Mr. Z later bought unagi and scallop because... Why move on when you saw our favourite food?!

Way too crowded!!!

Followed the crowd and finally reached our destination but erm, the sushi place, Sushi Dai, that we wna go to wasn't open because it was a Marine Day. So apparently, Marine Day is only celebrated in Japan on every third Monday of July.

I guess this was also the reason why the only Sushi place in the next alley was having a long queue? We had no choice but to try this instead. The plates of sushi that came to us were still delicious!

Guess where we headed to next?

Dog Heart. But erm, tbh... Just skip this seriously! Or find another dogs' cafe to visit instead. Dogs Heart has restricted space for guests and we couldn't roam around. Everyone was just sitting at where they settled at when they made their entrance.

The entrance fee costs 1500yen per person for an hour. If you love dogs soooo much and would like to stay a lil longer, an additional 300yen would be charged for another 15 minutes. I can't remember how much they'd charge for another hour.

There were a few dogs that were hyper while the rest just nua at the same spot. I think it's also due to the hot weather that they didn't feel like moving?

We left the place when our time was up. Headed to Kiddy Land at Harajuku. The Kiddy Land was about 4 levels high and our agenda to this store was to get Rilakkuma for a friend of Mr. Z but I ended up bagging 2 Hello Kitty plushies home. HAHAH!

The worst thing was that I couldn't decided which to buy before deciding on purchasing both at the same time. They are so cute and nice to touch!!!!

Still deciding...

Walked to Gyoza Lou for the obvious reason. The queue was short as it was before dinner time. Lucky us! I think this was being raved online. Ah, Mr. Z found this online anyway. So we thought, why not? It was indeed one of the nicest gyoza we had in Japan!

We ordered original gyoza and steamed gyoza. The skin of the gyoza was very thin yet it wouldn't break easily. Each gyoza contains cabbage, pork and one more filling. Jinja daebak!

Took the train to Shibuya and we hunted for a good yakitori place for dinner. It's not difficult to find a place that sells yakitori because most of the shop houses in that few alleys are open for this purpose, if not bar!

We randomly picked one because, again and as usual, we were famished! It was a really small place and we were seated at the counter area. We had quite a trouble trying to reach our seat because the walkway was super duper narrow and we had to squeeze in between the walls and the customers.

It was a really oily but satisfying meal!