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26 May, 2014

Tokyo Trip - Day 7

Day 7 - Shinjuku National Garden, Shinjuku, Roppongi, Depart to Malaysia

This post is a brief combination of 2 days.

Since we couldn't visit Shinjuku National Garden on Day 6, we went to visit the next day - it was super sunny surprisingly @.@

By the way, this is my Sakura post :)

"Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eyes, and I, won't be surprised if its a dream..."

Beautiful scenery. As expected of Shinjuku National Garden :)

Many trees were bald, and the grass wasn't green, but that doesn't matter, as long as I get to see Sakura trees! xD (I didn't intend for that to rhyme)

Sat on the puffy grass, ate some snacks, and took a selfie.

Spotted! A big sakura tree! It captured everyone's attention lol.

It was so sunny that I had trouble opening my eyes ><

The garden is really really huge! There are many sections of the garden that we wanted to look at, but, most of the flowers have not bloomed by then. I got lazy and ate potato chips on a bench lol.

My hands were so cold, it was hard to eat the chips. Somehow managed to take this photo lol.

What a peaceful place. I wish to go back during Spring time ><

Moving on to lunch with cousin, hello hello Tonkatsu :D

I can't remember what we did after lunch, so, I'll just get straight to dinner pictures :P

A yummy Japanese meal at an Izakaya at Roppongi.

I drank a small cup of sake but couldn't stand the taste ><

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Skip to the next day; the day we depart back to Malaysia.

We took it easy, walked around Tokyo one last time, had one last Japanese meal, and went to Donki again lol.

Me at Donki lol.

Japanese snacks and biscuits at a convenient store. This is just a small part!

My dinner with cousin and bro :)

I almost tried whale sashimi! >< I was really interested to know the taste even though I'm against whaling. Don't worry, after much thought, I didn't eat it in the end lol.

This summarises my trip to Tokyo, Japan.

I am so glad that I had the opportunity to travel to Japan - my dream. Thank you mum and dad for allowing me to go even when you were so against it T.T I really enjoyed it and I wanna return someday xD

The end of Tokyo Trip

-R

Tokyo Trip - Day 6

Day 6 - Shinjuku, Takadanobaba

We had many plans for that day; Edo Castle, Shinjuku National Garden, and Yasukuni Shrine at Ichigaya.

BUT! Sadly it rained :( We couldn't do much outdoor tourist-ish stuff, so, we stayed indoors most of the time. Thank goodness that day wasn't as cold as the rest but the rain made it chilly ><

The first place we stopped at Shinjuku was Kinokuniya. There are about 6 floors if I'm not mistaken, but, the only thing I was interested in are the magazines with free gifts lol. I don't know the term to describe it ><

I settled for Lis Liza lol. The price is cheaper by double the price compared to Malaysia!

Price: 1,200 YEN (if I'm not mistaken). My first Liz Lisa product xD Super adorable collaboration with My Melody <3

Soba for lunch! A rather big portion I would say, because it came with rice too lol.

After that, we went to Muji, Uniqlo and GU.

I would recommend to visit GU. Its a clothing store similar to Uniqlo, but I find some things are much more cheaper. Fashion wise, not bad :)

Also, that day was the worst day ever for me;
1) My feet were super swollen
2) My bunions hurt like mad
3) I was limping most of the time
4) Had to sit down a lot
5) Walked really slow

Take it from me, don't follow what I did; walk non stop without resting, wearing tight shoes + socks.

I suffered a lot that day - it was painful. I felt so helpless and old T.T

Since my feet were aching, we rested and had tea at Loccitane Cafe.

This is the best chocolate creme brulee I've ever tasted! A very good choice indeed :)

We sat beside a bookshelf filled with books only about Provence, a perfect opportunity to read and relax :)

Omg my face so round ><

After that, we decided to go to Takadanobaba to have a look see at Shimamura.

I LOVE SHIMAMURA! The fashion is awesome and its affordable. The amount of clothes to shoes, bags, hair accessories and etc is awesome! A highly recommend place by me! :D

Store Location: Odaiba and Takadanobaba

Unfortunately, that was all we did at for the day. We went home early for the day due to my poor feet :( I feel sorry that my brother couldn't make the fullest of that day because of me ><

Walking continuously has taken its toll on me on Day 6. Don't worry, Day 7 will be better! :D

The end of Day 6

30 April, 2014

Tokyo Trip - Day 5

Day 5 - Disneyland, Maihama

This was the day we went to Disneyland! We weren't crazy excited but we looked forward to it - it was our first time to Disneyland after all.

We hoped to arrive at Maihama by 9am, but, we didn't wake up as early as planned. In the end, we reached Maihama around 11.30am ><

By the time we got down from the train station, IT WAS SO SO SO SO SO SO SO CROWDED! WHERE DO ALL THESE PEOPLE COME FROM??!??!

I lost my mood to be active lol. I ended up being lazy and didn't take many photos. The crowd was massive and the queue was insane.

Me and bro saw a long long long queue for one of the rides that we wanted to ride, so, we thought we were smart and proceeded to get a FASTPASS for that ride. It was 12PM when we got our FASTPASS. The time to return for the ride? - 9.30pm. We ditched the ride of course -.-

It was a sunny day but it was really cold too. Since there were crazy queues everywhere, we only managed to sit the not-so-amazing rides. The only fun rides we sat and enjoyed was Star Wars and Peter Pan. The Snow White ride was cool too but really creepy and scary ><

Also, the minimum waiting period for each ride is 30 minutes. Some queues can go on for 2 hours or more. We definitely skipped that.

Like I mentioned earlier, I lost my mood because;

1) You don't get to ride many rides

2) You have to queue for ages (I really mean ages)

3) You don't get what you paid for (literally)

4) You can't walk freely because its so packed

5) Lastly, everything is so expensive at Disneyland

I know I'm ranting a lot here, but, ITS TRUE!

If you are planning to go to Disneyland or Disneysea, be prepared for what I just mentioned. Also, don't expect too much - like you will have a blast and ride all the rides and have no queuing worries.

Note: To avoid the long queue to buy tickets at Disneyland/Sea, purchase them online, print them out, and walk in like a VIP :D

The only thing I truly truly truly enjoyed was the parade - it was really awesome! You can tell that there's a lot of effort into everything. Stay back and watch the night parade too! - that one is the best! :D

Please excuse the blur photos lol.

I've uploaded some of the night parade videos on my Instagram - Rachchl. Do check it out!

Don't mind me. It was really really cold ><

It was really beautiful and magical :)

Conclusion:

- I found that I wasted my time going to Disneyland because of Rant #1-5 (see above). The only enjoyable moment was the parade, but other than that, you can really do without it.

- If you are looking to buy Disneyland merchandise, you can get it outside of Disneyland - right outside Maihama train station there is a big store. In other words, you don't have to go into to Disneyland. BUT! If you are looking to buy Duffy merchandise, you can ONLY GET IT AT DISNEYSEA.

- Enjoyable food to try at Disneyland are the Chocolate Popcorn (I ate so much lol) and the famous Turkey Leg; a big, juicy and delicious piece of meat for 500 YEN.

- Get yourself at least one souvenir! There are loads of different types of key chains there; I suggest you get yourself a special/unique/limited edition one. Though it is quite pricy, just one is enough then no more lol. Price per key chain is 700-1,000 YEN onwards.

- Majority of the crowd at Disneyland are local Japanese high school students.

- The students there have a lot of Disney merchandise on them. I'm guessing that would be really expensive? ><

- Do not be tempted to buy the headband/caps! Most likely you will wear it once and once only. Price per headband is 1,000 YEN onwards.

- Lastly, despite of what I ranted about, I'm not disappointed of Disneyland. Disneyland is truly a beautiful/magical/fun place. The only thing I was disappointed about was that I couldn't enjoy it to the fullest ><

Well, next time its Disney Sea lol.

The end of Day 5