06-12-09 - 16-12-09` JP picture first, story later

Blogger seriously has some issues with posting pictures up. It all appears as text here- so how am I to know where to add in the captions? Dumb.

JP Trip PI

This is the flight which was delayed for 2.5 hrs. After it boosted its engine on the runway and before taking off, the captain braked and we arched infront with the impact of 300km/h. Its later explained as 'bird flight/fright/fried' in the engine. Changed another aircraft.


Reached Narita Airport. Took the Narita Express shinkanse to Shinjuku.




Sanrio Giftgate! Giant mascot outside the boutique


Finally with Jing after an hour of combing the area. We were bad at directions, indeed! The poor girl is having a terrible eye infection and lugging her luggage trying to find me.


The cheeky me with favorite capsule machines! One of the machines ate my 200 Yen ($3)! :(


Dinner for the first night, Ramen! The cheapest we can find is around 400 Yen ($8)!




The next morning, free breakfast buffet at the hotel. The food is nice but we don't usually eat much for breakfast. My heart goes out to Jing who is full with merely 2 small sausages, pieces of ham and miso soup.



The Tokyo Metropolitian Government Building. Observatory at the 45th floor. The rain caused the fogging so the view wasn't that splendid.


Factory outlet! Garden walk.


The inflated snowman next to a hair saloon next to our hotel. So cute!


The famous Asasuka Temple!








We spent 2 hours going down to Nagoya. We reached at 4.30pm and the Nagoya Castle closes at 5pm! Basically venture in, touch and go, haha.


Takopachi! We were all giggly while trying to converse with chef/owner who happened to be a young handsome japanese.


Autumn fallen leaves are so nice! We asked a young Japanese family to help us take a photo with the tree as backdrop and her jaw dropped. She was expecting us to take it against the majestic Nagoya Castle! Pardon us the caveman, cos we never had a chance to see such nice autumn leaves in our hometown.


I felt so apologetic for going to Toki Premium Outlet because we missed our train back to Tokyo and it was the last train of the night. Either we have to pay 10,000 Yen to take Nozomi train (not included with our JR pass) or a moonlight train which travels through the night, taking 4 hours to reach Tokyo instead of the usual 2 hours with shinkanse.

Harajuku! Its said to have cos-players on the streets on Sunday but we only managed to find one. :(


You can find the good buys here. More pictures in my SD card


Travel west 2 hours to Kyoto, suburban town where to experience Japanese traditions, architectures. One of the Shrines.


Yet another Takopachi store! This tastes nicer!












Only bought 3 items from Disneyland. Mike from Monster Inc! Don't ask me about the price cos its simply not justifiable, I thought for a loooong time before buying this and left Jing laughing and perplexed.