Monday, November 10, 2008

TOKYO

Konbanwa, tomodachi e.
I'm at Tokyo now. It's around... let's see, when I landed it was 9deg ne. But towards the afternoon it got a lil warmer... to maybe... 15deg? And now it's night time and the hotel room is freezing cold.
I shall now blog about my day, but hey, most pictures are with tomei and my lappie can't read her memory card. =______=

Ok, so we met at Changi T3 on 9th Nov 08, 9.30pm. Checked in and stuff. Took off at 11.45pm.
Landed at Narita the next day at around 8am. Took the reserved seats train to Ikebukuro, which is the location of our hotel, Crowne Plaza Metropolis Hotel. Arrived there at 10.30am. Left our luggage with the bell master and set off to Asakusa, our first destination. It was pretty tough for us as firstly, the lines are confusing. Secondly, there are alot of HIDDEN lines such as the monorails. Thirdly, we didn't know how to use the machine at first. So we got help from the lovely crew there who helped us with handling the machine.

Yup, so we got to Asakusa safely. What's the purpose of going to Asakusa? Of cos, it is to visit their shrines and try out their street food, like dango, rice crakers, the soft bread-thingum with red bean fillings and so on. Had ramen there. The waiters and waitresses are so kind! HAH!

After Asakusa, we went back to the hotel, and checked in. 1314. The hotel's not bad. >D And it's very accessible.

Took the train to Odaiba! >D Reached there at around 4pm! It was a damn long ride, but the yuri-something line is a pretty good one, cos we can see nice sceneries from the monorail! >D reached Odaiba. Visited Fuji TV! <3>D Recommended for evening shopping. Bought souvenirs for my siblings! We finished shopping at around 5.30pm tokyo time and it's alr as dark as 9pm in Singapore! Got out of the shopping mall. The night scene is just AMAZING and simply breathtaking! First the colorful ferris wheel, then the fake statue of liberty, then the fuji TV building as well as the other buildings. No wonder Odaiba is famous for its architeture. And we made friends with a group of 4 Obaachans!! They're so friendly! <3

Then went back to hotel again and came out at 7pm in search for our utmost important place of visit. It's OTOME STREET, where female otakus roam, and hosts waiting for us~~~ <3
In the end, we didn't manage to get to that place. IS IT FATE? DON'T THEY WANT POOR ME AND TOMEI GET A TASTE OF HAWT GUYS?! D<<<

Bought instant ramen and drinks at a nearby convenience shop and went back. Pictures to be up when I've return. Well, my travel mates are now sound asleep, literally. I should sleep now too. Did I mention? I only had 2hours of sleep on the airplane ytd. Tomei was like, "You need 10hours of sleep. You went crazy just now." And all I did was saying "cute guy" everytime a guy with thick glasses or nice hair, or hot body, walk pass. *shruggs* See you guys tmr!
And to SY if you're reading this: I cannot find what you want me to find! So far, I've only seen vending machine selling ciggs and drinks and story books. TOO BAD!