Finally in Japan!
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Got in to Narita at around 5:20 p.m. local time. Took the N'EX Express from Narita directly to Shinjuku. Damn tired now.
Images to follow.
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Planning to head to where?! Bought the Japan Rail Pass?
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Originally posted by ^tamago^:
Planning to head to where?! Bought the Japan Rail Pass?
Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Himeji and Yokohama. And yes, we've each gotten a 14-day JR Rail Pass.
Pictures taken yesterday:
Arriving at Narita after an arduous 12-hour flight from Minneapolis on NorthWORST Airlines. There was light chop on almost the entire flight, and as usual I did not manage to get any sleep at all. But I was in Japan!!
Waiting for the doors of the N'EX express train to open at the JR station in the basement of the airport.
Inside the N'EX train, which goes directly from Narita to Tokyo and Shinjuku, bypassing all the local stops.
Our first Japanese meal! After we got "freshened up," we headed over to a local udon restaurant and pigged out. I ordered a beef udon bowl and my friend ordered sukiyaki udon.
The view from the observation deck of the north tower (or was it the south?) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building. The observation deck was open until 11 p.m. and we headed there after dinner.
Part of the Shinjuku skyline from street level. It was pretty warm and HUMID last night... almost like Singapore!
More pictures to follow. We're heading to Akihabara, Ueno and a few other places today.
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Wow, that little blue bowl looks exactly like the one used at Akashi Japanese Restaurant.
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WHAT bout gadgets in akhibara??are they cheaper and far out or real expensive as compared to ebay?
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oh wow.....thanks for sharing, MG. i am heading that way in May 2010 to meet up with all my sisters for a big birthday reunion. ;-) continue to share your journey and i will be glued!
enjoy!
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Originally posted by ditzy:
Wow, that little blue bowl looks exactly like the one used at Akashi Japanese Restaurant.
you colour blind lah, you....where got little blue bowl lah. it's GREEN.
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Originally posted by littlestream:
you colour blind lah, you....where got little blue bowl lah. it's GREEN.
Eh? Thought its black? -
Oh...you mean the small side bowl, I think that one is for like prawn shells, or fish bones etc....for unwanted stuff where you can spit inside?
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kool sia..
but the train coating paint lyke ... ... cmi la~
what eu doing there ar?
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thinking of going to hokkaido or tokyo.....sentoburi has somehow been etched in me....looks alot like chinatown back in 1970 though.
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wants to go visit those strip joints n those sleazy "pirated" dvd areas that sell porn too.goes on shopping spree in their "daiso" shop there.w3ants ta look at their river by the daiso shop across the bridge below staircases n behind the daiso in sentoburi.of course i prefer goin there in wqinter......
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damn... i miss tokyo soooo much!
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likes japan only in winter
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The view from our 36th floor hotel room in Shinjuku.
And again. Note the cloudy weather; we have yet to see the sun in the two days that we've been in Tokyo.
On the hotel shuttle bus to the Shinjuku train station.
Turnstiles at the entrance to the JR trains at the Shinjuku station.
On the platform at the Shinjuku station, waiting for the Chuo Line train to arrive.
The Monday morning crowd at the Shinjuku station.
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kool~!
nice station and busy place too~
so wish i can be there... instead of stucked here in sg studying~!
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
Got in to Narita at around 5:20 p.m. local time. Took the N'EX Express from Narita directly to Shinjuku. Damn tired now.
Images to follow.
Hey Meia, nice to hear you are in Tokyo~!
Is it possible if you post your plane photos on the GCA Plane pictures thread? Would be much appreciated.
And oh, the last time I went to Tokyo I stayed at Okubo, one stop after Shinjuku Station. Luckily for both you and me we took the N'EX, the other train alternative is pure hell trust me~...
Oh and I have some photos similar to urs when I was in Tokyo(esp the Municipal Tokyo Office Building and at Shinjuku)... I love the sound of the trains departing at Shinjuku, along with the lovely melody played just before the trains depart...
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Originally posted by Fryderyk HPH:
And oh, the last time I went to Tokyo I stayed at Okubo, one stop after Shinjuku Station. Luckily for both you and me we took the N'EX, the other train alternative is pure hell trust me~...
awwwww....i miss tokyo. actually the local trains from NRT to tokyo ain't that bad...but must admit they are sometimes quite crowded...so you might have to stand with your heavy backpack. but no complaints really...the local train fares are much cheaper leh
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UDON!!! God i miss real asian food.
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I spotted a pretty girl in the peekture
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
The view from our 36th floor hotel room in Shinjuku.
And again. Note the cloudy weather; we have yet to see the sun in the two days that we've been in Tokyo.
On the hotel shuttle bus to the Shinjuku train station.
Turnstiles at the entrance to the JR trains at the Shinjuku station.
On the platform at the Shinjuku station, waiting for the Chuo Line train to arrive.
The Monday morning crowd at the Shinjuku station.
You were taking the Chuo line at Shinjuku station? You must be visiting the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka then?
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Our first stop on Monday was, of course, Akihabara.
It was damp and raining, but didn't get stupidly hot and humid until later in the day. Some pictures I took in between gawking at the manifestations of anime and otaku culture:
More to follow...
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Originally posted by Boomslang4829:
You were taking the Chuo line at Shinjuku station? You must be visiting the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka then?
We thought about going there, but realized it was more of a theme park than a museum. Reservations to enter the park were required, and we decided that it would take more time than it was worth.
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Later that day (Monday), we headed over to Shibuya. If you thought Orchard Road in Singapore was crowded on a Saturday night, you obviously haven't been to Shibuya.
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HOW MUCH IS A MEAL REALLY THERE?