after spending about a week there (just arriving back in Sing last night at about midnight) i realised just how much i liked the country!
2 nights in yokohama, where we walked a whole lot around the Yamate, Minato Mirai 21, Sakuragi-cho, Isogo areas.
Took a side trip on the way up to Tokyo to the Shomyoji Temple at Kanazawa.
on the 10th went up to Tokyo
taking the train from Tokyo
and visited the Asakusa area (where there was some special religious day from the looks of the throngs of people there at the temple) and the Omotesando area (where all the rich pp shop!)
The shrine at Asakusa, where the smoke is supposed to heal ailments.
11/7 - Odaiba (where there's a HUGE toyota showroom), Shinjuku areas.
Shinjuku in the daytime
and then to Ikebukuro for Okonomiyaki to celebrate my birthday!
12/7 - went to the Yatsuyo area to settle some necessaries and then spent the whole day at DisneySea!
13/7 - Got up bright and early (6am!) and took the subway to Shinjuku to catch the first bus up to Mt Fuji. Bus took us to the 5th station and we decided to do a little mountain climbing but without the proper gear, clothes and shoes (wearing sneakers!), we could only make it so far.
caught the last bus back and went over to Roppongi area for dinner. had a nice variety of dishes at an izawaya i think it's called. a more casual one than those we had passed by before.
14/7 - last day. woke p at 5!!! headed to the tsukiji fish market to check out the HUGE tunas being carted around. buzz of activity. but prob more interesting to gaijin who haven't been to a wet market before.
check out them tuna!
checked out the Imperial Palace and then to Ikebukuro to browse at Parco, Seibu and Tobu. before heading back to collect our bags, take a train to Narita airport and board the flight back to Singapore.
(this is merely a quick rundown of wat's happened. will add more in the future)
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