Showing posts with label Tokyo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tokyo. Show all posts

Monday, August 14, 2017

Japan Day 15: Till Then, Japan,

Hello,


Down to our last day in Japan! It was really a sad day because I enjoyed so much in Japan, such as their culture and definitely their food!

Anyway, I guess being the last day in Japan, my body decided to leave some souvenirs there too ah. I experienced bad cramp in the morning and Mr. Z jumped out of bed immediately when I told him weakly that I was in pain. He boiled the water and prepared my heat pad, all within a minute! Heh, I must have shocked you badly though that wasn't the first time you encountered my bad cramp personally. Hahah!

Oh, then Tokyo decided to give me a souvenir too by allowing me to experience a minor earthquake. I thought it was our neighbours pushing the wall behind our bed and I thought nothing about it. Watched the news after we got back in Singapore and realised that it was actually an Earthquake. HAHAH! My dad was very worried and told Bro to catch up with me but I had already texted my Mum to ask her about her buys before that. Quite hilarious. Another funny thing was, Mr. Z slept like a log and he didn't feel any quakes at all! Hmmm. So that's how my virgin earthquake experience! Thankfully the magnitude was low, and thankfully I thought I was unwell / giddy and I didn't wake Mr. Z up. Thank God nothing happened!

Ok, so we packed our luggage, checked out and deposit them into the lockers at the main station before we started our last minute shopping!





I really like the fact that all (or almost all) the stations have lockers for people to deposit their luggage in so that they can continue their shopping in peace!

In search for the last bowl of udon in Japan before we flew back to Singapore but sadly, there wasn't any recommended restaurant so we anyhow whacked on normal restaurant and erm... The broth was too sweet to my liking.




Proceeded to Calbee+ but they don't sell the freshly baked potato sticks. I was contemplating whether to spend some time to Harajuku for it and Mr. Z decided that we should since we had some time on hand and also because we love the potato sticks so much that we didn't want to regret not eating again! Hahah




Very satisfied! 


Retrieved our baggages and off we went to the airport. Not a very pleasant journey because it was peak hour and we boarded the wrong train when we purchased the express tickets. Ugh, I was pushed out of the train by the commuters. What the x! The train that we boarded terminated many stations before the airport station. Sian, and we ran to the check in counter the moment we alighted from our train. We were left with only approx. 45 minutes before the counter closed.


Checked in, and then the next adventure started. We bought snacks and suddenly heard an announcement about our flight. Good game, we were still choosing our snacks at the shop. So we rushed to the counter to pay, ran to our gate which was freaking far (read: FURTHEST) away from the shop. I even took a Snapchat video (it was still trending at that time!) and Bro texted to ask if we've boarded the plane. Hahah, I love adventures... Not. We were panting like mad once we settled down.


Anyway, following are the snacks that were recommended by friends / family to get back from Japan.

1. The chocolate snacks that one of my friends recommended! It's really good but the biscuits are soft and the crumbs will drop easily so do eat with cautious if you have it at home!



2. Tokyo Banana - Chocolate & Caramel



3. Potato fries - THIS IS DA BOMBZ!!! Please freaking buy this whenever you visit Japan. It's only available in Hokkaido and Narita Airport! Tried searching for it in Tokyo but to no avail. Thankfully Narita Airport sells EVER-Y-THING!

No proper photos because we were rushing for our flt and when we were back, these were gone in just a few days' time! Hahahah!


Yay, Japan! Till then! I will visit you again, hopefully, soon!

Friday, July 28, 2017

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! :)