Saturday, March 9, 2013

Travel and Living : Japan

Journal Entry 161

It has been 6 years since my last trip to Japan. It was more or less an unplanned trip to begin with as  Japan has never been in our  bucket list for travels. The initial plan was to go to Brisbane but since the itinerary does not suit us, we diverted to Japan. It was kinda of an adhoc decision with 2 weeks left for planning. We were in rush to get our visas approved and etc etc but we made it.

Japan is definitely a beautiful country and is a MUST go country for all. It's richness in culture, food and people were simply amazing. Again, we followed a group tour as we were too lazy to do the research. Main highlights were the city of Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto and the trip has definitely been the best so far. Thank God - the hubby kept a travelogue on our Japan trip & here goes my trip to Japan - the land of the rising sun !!



6:00 pm Penang airport 
8:30 pm Departure from pg to KL
11:30 pm - 6pm Departure from KL to Narita
4:00 am Breakfast - Nasi goreng kampung and omelet mushroom (onboard MAS)

Day 2 - TOKYO - Tokyo Disneyland , South of Shinjuku - Business district - Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office & Hotel Grand Palace



With Chip n Dale

The magical castle


City of Shinjuku


Tokyo City - City of lights

With the hubby way back 2007



DAY 3 : Imperial Palace - The home of the Royal Family, surrounded by high stone slabs, Asakusa Kannon Temple ( Goddess of Mercy )  (Sensoji Temple) , Nakamise Shopping Street, Ginza, Rainbow Bridge, Mount Fuji,  Dinner at the hotel



The black Buddha - If we pray hard, we can get a boy. In fact, I conceived Matt a month after I prayed to the Buddha :). True story ??


The famous Akasuka temple



Rainbow Bridge



Both of us in Yukata



Japanese dinner



DAY 4 (Hakone)- Scenic view of Mountain Fuji / Hotspring bath ( Hotel Tominoko )/ Owakudani Volcano Valley -  Hakone Cruise - Lake Ashi Cruise


The beautiful Mount Fuji

Waking up at 5am just to see the beautiful Mt Fuji. This is 5am in Japan - super bright !!


Owakudani - volcanic valley with active sulphur 



Hakone cruise



DAY 5 ( Kyoto ) : Bullet Train, Shinkansen ride, Kiyomizu Temple and sovenier shopping at Higashiyama district & Shopping at Osaka's Shimsaibashi, stroll along one of the longest shopping arcades. Ramen dinner





Bullet train from Kyoto to Osaka




Kawaii !!




Ramen dinner


Day 6
8:00 am Osaka Universal Studio, Osaka Castle & Kansai Washington Hotel 


Universal Studio




Monsters Inc.....



The USS Citywalk at Osaka



Osaka Castle




Day 7
8:30 am Depart to Kansai Airport - happy and tired....


Back a happy girl !!

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