Monday, October 06, 2008

東京

I'm back from the super short trip to Tokyo. Everyone's shock to see me back in the office... no one expected my trip to be this short.. heh.. kinda tiring actually.. packed quite a bit into the trip, plus touched down only at bout 0030.. aft all the unpacking, plus packing my room which was kinda messy since my parents got my room painted while I was away, and everything weren't in the right position.. it was close to 0400 when I finally hit the sacks.. and I went in to work couple of hours later...とても大変ですね!!!

Day 1 Ueno, Asakusa, Odaiba

The happy faces of 2 gals who just arrived in 日本 and are making their way to central Tokyo!

Did the usual sightseeing this first day we got in.. First off to Ueno Park, followed by Asakusa and then Odaiba. Ueno and Asakusa still looked pretty much the same as 7 yrs ago.. The reason I wanted to go Odaiba was for Rainbow Bridge and the ferris wheel.. sounds silly.. but oh well, its just me.. hehe.. pretty pretty sights!

Day 2 Hakone
The diff modes of transport in Hakone.


Day 3 Hakone, Omotesando, Roppongi

表参道 Omotesando Hills along Omotesando とてもきれいですね、でも物価はとても高いですね! Everything along this street is so elegant and pretty. But I guess there's a price to pay for everything.. nothing's cheap here.. simple top could set you back by $100 easily.. Shopping was followed by catching sight of the infamous Tokyo Tower @六本木。とても好きだよ!

Day 4 Tsukiji Market & Tokyo Disneysea

I really can't believe having to queue an hour for sushi at Tsukiji and most surprisingly, I survived the queue.. I'm not someone who can appreciate food.. since I don't eat much.. its jus ridiculous to me that we stood in the queue for an hour and had that few pieces of sushi.. no doubt, the freshness of the seafood is something I've never tasted before.. おいしい!!

Headed down to Disney after brunch.. to our horror, Disneyland is overcrowded!! They had stopped selling tix!! AHHHHH! Left without a choice, headed over to Disneysea.. 残念ですね!
In my opinion, Disneyland is more fairytale like and cute.. which I so prefer over Disneysea..

Day 5 Harajuku

Shopping!! But did not have enough time =\ Good and bad I guess.. Good cause the damage to the pockets will be smaller.. bad because my aim was to go there and shop!! but the disparity in quality between clothes sold at Harajuku and Omotesando was quite apparent. You really gotta pay up for the quality!

Din buy many things, but here's some of what I bought..


Its back to REALITY again... =\

I'll post more photos when I have the time..

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