My Honeymoon to Japan!!! (Part I)

Today... I am missing my Japan trip! I was back yesterday from my 2weeks trip to Japan (Tokyo & Hokkaido). It was indeed a very memorable trip! But there are some events/happenings that we missed or not able to locate.

We depart from Spore on the 31stMar. Our flight was 1140pm. Guess wat, we were late! There was a long Q for check in of luggage and we waited. When it is our turn, the person told us we were late and our luggage have to be personally sent by their manager to the airplane. And he told us in case it is not in time, our luggage will be taking the next flight. So sad and angry to hear that. But we are late and the Q was long to make it worst. Then another worst thing is we left with 10mins to catch the flight. We run like hell mann! It was so tired when we reached the departure gate! Finally, we caught the flight.

It was a nite flight and we are tired therefore we slept on the plane and wake up in between for meal & drinks. We landed Narita at about 730am and took the Express train to Tokyo to find our first stop accomodation, Hotel Edoya. We stayed at Hotel Edoya for only the first night as we are not able to find another one. It is generally a nice place to stay, just like a japanese inn with private bath. And we slept on the tatami with futon and wore their yukata at night after bath. The stay there was cosy and there is japanese breakfast provided. But the rates varies for different nights so we did not continue our stay there.
For the first day there, we went to see cheery blossom at Ueno Park. We joined the locals in their Hanami viewing and walk around the Ueno Park. It was indeed a very different feel. Personally, I prefer the scene when the wind blows and the petals of the cherry blossom just drop and been blown all over. It is so nice and romantic! hehee:)

The second day, We check out from Hotel Edoya and proceed to a Ryokan. This Ryokan is known as Sawanoya Ryokan. We went out to experience the city life of Japan which is Tokyo. We went to Shinjuku & Harajuku. Shinjuku is more like an up market shopping place. And Harajuku is more for youngsters. Going to Harajuku on a Sunday afternoon, you would get to see the dress up of the youngsters. They would dress up in different characters and stand along the streets. You can go up to them to take pics with them. But to our disappointment, it began to rain heavily and all the "dress up youngsters" are gone. We just managed to see some. Another miss. We went to shop at Daiso which is a 100Yen shop in Harajuku. There are so many things to see inside and we bought some snacks & drinks from there. After that, we proceed back to our Ryokan. We bought an umberalla from Harajuku which cost us 500Yen but we did not bring it back to Spore cos it is dirty and seem to be spoilt liao. :)

The 3rd day, we went to Disneyland as it is not raining. When we reached, there are already alot of people Q-ing. We Q for about an hour to enter into Disneyland. The Disney Characters are outside greeting the customers and I managed to take pics with some of them. On average, we waited for about 1 hour for each ride/program we want to see. The last one made us Q for 2hrs just to get into the Cinderalla Castle as it is stated on the program sheet that it will be closed permantely after 5thApril. So maybe thats why there is such a long Q. But everything about Japan Disneyland is in Japanese. We dun understand a single word they said. But only the announcement that said " Due to the strong wind, the program will be cancelled". This is so far the English that I heard there. Too bad, the strong wind had let us missed most of the grand program for the Disneyland. The Fireworks we also missed. This is another miss of our trip. But we bought alot of stuff from the Disneyland store. There are so many nice & cute stuff and all the cookies in the container looks so nice. We really bought alot back. :)
For the 4th day there, we went to Hakone. That is a place to view Mount Fuji. The journey was far and we took the Japan Shnkansen, which the train travels at the speed of 200 - 300 km/h. It was indeed fast and smooth. But when I look out of the window, the things moved very fast & I felt like giddy. My hubby asked me not to see. :) The trip to view Mount Fuji was indeed far. Need to change train and take a ropeway. Their ropeway is like our cablecar. It was fun and thanks God that the weather is good & clear. We manged to see Mount Fuji!!! It was indeed nice and super windy and cold mann! After that, we head back. It is another day!

The 5th day, we decided to continue looking around Tokyo. We just went to shop and look around. Places we went are Tsukiji market which we ate their Sashimi there. I think it is too fresh for me liao ba. I feel like vomiting leh. So my hubby finished most of it. He also had too much. hahaa:0 Well, it is another rainy day in Tokyo as well. We went to Ginza, Shinjuku and Ikebukuro. We went shopping cos I want to buy bags. The shopping in Tokyo is amazing. Shopping centres are so huge and they have almost everything for everyone. But generally, the stuff there are not cheap. Me only bought bags. Bought 3bags in total and a small card holder for myself. Things there are so ex that I did not even buy any shoes or clothes except a pair of jeans but that was on Sale when I was in Hokkaido. :) Thats the end of the day for shopping.
The 6th day is the day which we will be taking a night train to Sapporo, Hokkaido. Our night train is about 7pm so we still have the day for some places to visit. We went to Odaiba to enjoy a ride on the Ferries Wheel. We get to see the rainbow bridge when we are on the Ferries Wheel. And we even went to the Toyota Showroom. It is amazing to see so many different type of cars there. They are so small & cute. My hubby was happily looking around and seeing the features of the latest Camry & the high end model of Lexus. Too bad that we did not get to see Honda Showroom else I think my hubby will spent his whole day there. hahaa:0

After Odaiba, we proceed to Ueno station to take our night train to Sapporo,Hokkaido. We wanted to book a twin room for the night train but it is all booked. So we got the 4person type. Anyway, their culture is when they got up the train, they will start making up their bed and closed their window and sleep. I did not even get a chance to talk to them. So strange ya! hehee:) Anyway, we reached Sapporo about 1120am.