Japan Tour 2006: January 2007 Archives

Japan Tour - 27/12/06 Todaiji.Osaka Universal Studios Japan

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Jhui
on January 7, 2007 10:37 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Todaiji! Like Miyajima, there were lots of deer there!


Took photos of deer poo-poo once again! The deer poo in Todaiji is different from the ones in Miyajima. The deer poo here are bigger. Haha.


The Buddha statue in Todaiji. JS1101E revision...


If you manage to squeeze through this hole, you'll be blessed. Got my fortune told again and once again, it was a good reading:D Bought lots of omamori there.


Osaka Universal Studios Japan! It was a weekday so it wasnt as crowded as Disneyland was. :D


Took the Snoopy Ride called Stunt Slide. Not exactly thrilling but it was fun. Next, we took the Jaws ride. The ride was kind of cute.


Jurassic Park ride. We were slided down from a height of 25m! Woo...scary! Reminded me of Haw Par Villa! Didnt buy the raincoats because I was too cheapo to do so...so in the end, I was drenched from head to toe...However, it was fun!!!


Ate at Snoppy Land. Serving size's small because it's supposed to be for little children...I think. Anyway, the food was really really good but expensive. There was a heater there so I basically sat there till I was about 90% dry.


On our way to the next ride, we saw Hello Kitty performing.


Terminator2:3D. Dont I look cool? :P Like real...This game would be really boring if one doesnt understand Japanese.


Last ride was Spiderman. We waited for more than 1 hour for this ride k! We queued from room to room and to more rooms and finally, we got to take the ride. Luckily, the game did not disappoint us. A wait worthwhile:D


Pretty~!

Dinner was yakiniku buffet again. However, there wasnt much choices this time round.


Stayed at the ANA hotel. The receptionist was really really helpful. I was trying to use the internet and wanted to type '\' so as to be able to log into NUS. However, no matter what button I pressed, I just couldnt do it. The guy tried lots of methods like typing, checking books and calling for help. Although he failed in the end, he was really quite helpful. I really like Japan's service level :D

So this ends my 2nd trip to Japan. More photos can be found in the Gallery.

Japan Tour - 26/12/06 Kimono Show.Heian Jinguu.Kiyomizu Temple

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Jhui
on January 7, 2007 10:36 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Woke up early to go and see a kimono fashion show.


The models paraded around in kimonos from the Heian period to the Heisei period. The kimonos were like sooooo pretty! However, the show only lasted for a mere 15minutes. Wished that it was a little longer...


After the kimono show, we went to eat lunch. Lunch was Chinese food....-_-. Somemore there was a dish that's basically just tau-gay(beansprouts) cooked in sauce...Hello...tau-gay? I mean, I like eating tau-gay but I just dont think it's very nice serving people tau-gay as a main dish in restaurants. Anyway, it was raining that day so I got to be Red Riding Hood :P! Went to the Heian Jinguu.


The marriage stone at Kiyomizu Temple.


The Japanese God of Fortune.

Dinner was Chinese food...again! Ya, and there was tau-gay again. Ate dinner in a hurry because I wanted to shop at Shinbaishi. Bought WaT CDs, books again and went to the Hello Kitty shop! :D

Japan Tour - 25/12/06 Mt. Fuji.Oowakudani.Pirate Ship

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Jhui
on January 7, 2007 10:35 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Went to Mt. Fuji.


Drove up all the way to the fifth station. Didnt see any snow at all!!! Noo, why am I so unlucky? I've never seen snow in my whole life...:( Anyways, as it was Christmas, I gave my host family a call:D


Ate Chanko Nabe for lunch.


OMFG...look at the amount of meat inside the pot!


After lunch, we went to Oowakudani where we climbed a flight of steps. I dont mind running 2.4km for 5 times but I cant stand walking up a vertical flight of stairs. It's just too tiring for me. The sulphur smell there was just overpowering.


Ate this black egg there. It's said that one can prolong his life by 7 years if one eats this egg and by 14 years if one eats two. The eggs were kinda expensive. 6 for 500yen but I managed to find a family of 5 to share with me so I ended up paying nothing for my egg:D


Went on the pirate ship next.


Took a photo of the ship crew. They look nothing like Pirates of the Caribbean.:P


Took this 'Wanted' poster on 13 December when I was in Hiroshima.


Took this 'Wanted' poster on 25 December. Looks like they caught one suspect!

Boarded the Shinkansen to Toyohashi and ate yakiniku buffet there. Yummy~! Lots of selection there!

Japan Tour - 24/12/06 Shin Yokohama Ramen Museum.Seigaku Hotel

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Jhui
on January 7, 2007 10:34 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Went to visit the Shin Yokohama Ramen Museum. Man, it would be the most interesting museum I ever went to. Instead of boring and lifeless exhibits, they actually transformed the place to that actual period! Cool:D


I caught the 'policeman' stealing!!! Haha, this guy auto-posed for this photo.


It was X'mas Eve that day so ya, Santa and Rudolph went too! Never knew that Santa and Rudolph had a love for ramen too.


'No Urinating. This is not a public toilet.' They modelled the place after a particular era...right down to the graffiti.


Stayed in a traditional Japanese room at Seigaku Hotel.


Had a spread for dinner! Freaking delicious but it was a little too much for dinner. Then again, who's complaining?


Took a photo with the cute old lady who served us.


After dinner, we returned to the room, changed into yukatas and started taking photos!


:)


Took this photo in the wardrobe. The wardrobe's a seriously comfortable place to sleep in. However, it kind of looked like the wardrobe in Ju-on. There's even a hole at the top of it. There were some weird noises in the bathroom whenever we switched on the heater so I spent like an hour or so deciding whether or not to bathe.


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Merry Xmas~!


Breakfast was udon. Dont really fancy udon but cant deny that it was good.

Japan Tour - 24/12/06 Asakusa.Tokyo Tower.Tokyo Bay.Yokohama Chinatown

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Jhui
on January 7, 2007 10:33 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Went to Asakusa.


Got my fortune told there and I got a good reading:D


Bought lots of Koike Teppei stuff from this idol shop at Asakusa.


Cute shop name.


Tokyo Tower:D Didnt really go up the tower or enter the building. All we did was just stand at the carpark and take photos. How unromantic...


Had a Chinese buffet lunch at a restaurant near Tokyo Bay.


After lunch, I watched this monkey perform tricks outside the restaurant. OMG, the mokey was just too cute for words. Too bad I couldnt finish watching the show:(


Next, we went to Yokohama Chinatown. Really busy street and it was packed with people. It had a total different feel from Singapore's Chinatown.


Ate a mooncake at there. Quite weird eating mooncakes in December. Hee.

Japan Tour - 23/12/06 The First Day(Tokyo Disneyland)

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Jhui
on January 7, 2007 10:30 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Considering that the briefing for the Japan trip took place when I was still in Hiroshima, it was my first time seeing my tour guide and tour group on 22/12/06. My tour guide's well versed in Japanese, or so I heard, but she's really B.L.U.R. She gave us a flimsy sheet of paper and told us that it was our boarding pass. When the lady at the check-in counter said that it wasnt and that she had to collect it, my tour guide said...

Tour Guide : Need to collect one ar?

OMG, how freaking blur was that? Plus, her luggage broke at the check-in counter...My father was like laughing his head off at her at Changi Airport. Anyway, let's move on to my travelog.


Got onboard the airplane on 22/12/06, reached Japan's Narita Airport on the 23rd. Just right after the plane touched down, with no time to wash my face at all(we took the overnight flight), we were brought to Tokyo Disneyland. In addition to that, it was a freaking Saturday for goodness sake! So ya, the place was packed with hordes of people.


I'm someone who really hate crowds, unless it's crowds at the shopping mall. So, I wasnt really interested in doing anything at all in Disneyland. Yes, you can call me crazy or stupid or whatever, but I just wasnt interested in squeeezing my way through queues of people with bunny ears.


Ate at this place in Disneyland called Plaza Restaurant. Ordered the seafood gratin. As usual, nothing's cheap in Japan but the taste of the food was just out of this world. It was scrumptious! I really wanted a second helping but decided against it after looking at the snaking queue in front of the counter.


As I was really bored in Disneyland, my cousin and I left the place and went to this sort-of shopping mall called 'IKSPIARI'. Wonder what it means...There was 'Maruzen' in there so I went books and magazines shopping. Seriously, I see 'Maruzen' all over Japan, or rather, all the places that I went to. Haha.


After shopping, we ate anmitsu. The anmitsu was like so so so different from Singapore's. Different in the sense that it's 100x more delicious.


Returned to Disneyland to watch the fireworks at 8.20pm. Initially, we were supposed to leave at 6pm but since almost all the families with kids, which is like 90% of the tour group, wanted to watch the fireworks, we stayed back. Ok, I dont know how to put this but my first impression of the fireworks was...'Normal'. It's basically just watching normal fireworks...

So ya, that ended my first day in Tokyo.
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