Putting First Letters in Caps, Make Them Seem Important: Hokkaido

Okay, now here's part 2 of my holiday trip... I was too lazy to post them the past week. I've been sleeping a lot these days, and coming down with a sorethroat; felt really drowsy ytd and today ahhh... I hope I don't feel that way during orientation tmr.

Anyway, we left for Tokyo on 27th December, I think. Went to Haneda Airport again for our flight, but we didn't stay there for long though. We boarded the plane bound for Tokyo pretty soon. The flight was around 2h, and I didn't sleep the whole flight. That's good though, since I bet I'll get a headache when I wake up >__<

Before i continue, there was this funny incident that occured in Haneda airport. It was at the customs, and my father was being stopped by the security since the sensor beeped when he walked through the arch. he was a pretty young chap.

security: do you have su-pray?
pop: ...
security: su-pray? do you have su-pray?
pop: huh

*after some thinking*

security: this one, pssh pssh (makes the spraying sound)

omg I BURST OUT LAUGHING WHEN I HEARD THAT. maybe i didn't narrate it as funnily as what i heard, but it was seriously really hilarious. XD

Finally! We reached Tokyo airport! Yayyyyy... We took a bus to Ginza first, and the whole journey was around, 1h+?? I slept the whole journey though. Ginza was modernized, well considering that it's Tokyo anyway. We went shopping hahaha, and there were many shops sporting brands like: LV, Burberry, Prada etcetc. The only shop that caught my attention was that mega huge toyshop though HAHAHA! Bought lotsa stuff there.

OH, AND TOKYO HAS EFFECTIVE WAYS OF ADVERTISEMENTS! Totally cool man, moving advertisements XD

We went to this shopping centre for ramen. The difference between Japan and Singapore is that the models outside their shops are certainy trustworthy -__- Not like those Singaporean ones, with their food looking so delicious but actually looks crap in reality -_-

Japanese restaurants offer good service! This is a bowl for children (:

Anyway, here are some pictures of the shopping centres that we went to...

this is the toyshop!

sweet eh

went for dinner at ikekuburo and ate sukiyaki! There were many people there at night, and even more then, since it was time to knock off. Tokyo has many neon lights as well, and that remind me a little of Hong Kong.

There were many people at the restaurant that we ate Sukiyaki at. The place was pretty cramped too, with very little walking space. The waiters at the restaurant were very warm and courteous ("Girashaiiiiiiiiii, Girashaiiiiiiiiiiiii") But sometimes, it just gets very noisy -_-

That was a fine dinner, with lots of meat and vegetable. We did a little window-shopping after dinner. There was a Parco in Ikekuburo!

Okay, yeah, after that we went to our hotel at Ryogoku to finally rest. I forgot what was the hotel name though, sadly. But the hotel was much bigger than all the other hotels, and there was a cool LCD TV! They and unlimited movies for 24h for just 1000yen too ^___^ I watched two movies in one night: Music and Lyrics and The Lake House, HAHA

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The next day, we woke up at around 6.30 (again -_-) Our first stop was this Japanese temple, at.. I forgot where again :S The only thing I have of that place is this sign:

There was this monument constructed in memory of Sun Wukong hahaha.

look there are 5models :D

Our next stop was Tokyo Tower. It was 1500m, and the view was spectacular! There were many high-rise buildings in Tokyo, and the view was really great. We even saw a free soccer match from up there! Woohoo

we got a little bored of seeing buildings everywhere, so we proceeded downstairs to see the other exhibitions. there were actually some interesting exhibitions, like the guiness book of records one, and some wax museum, but we decided not to go since we had to pay. We went to play some arcade games, and take some lousy neoprints. There was this shop that was seling American stuff, heavy metal bands and such, and there was this 4D theater thing that was outside the shop, it was really freaky!

Don't let that little box scare you, I bet this little box is even scarier than a simulator. It caught my attention, when I heard people screaming from inside. And there were lots of special effects, like sudden movements and air being blown. I didn't try, I didn't want to try >__<

poser!

We went to the Toyota exhibition at Odaiba after that. It was an exhibition that showcased some of the latest cars under Toyota, and that included an exhibition on Lexus as well. Seems appealing to us? Nooooooooooooooooo

My sisters and I decided to ride the ferris wheel instead (: It was 1150m high i think, and we had a clear view of Tokyo! I think the view would be much better at night though.

after the ride, we went to try our luck on a softtoy machine. You know,those that you use a claw to grab a soft toy? Yeah some of them were really near the hole, and you know how these machines like to con us -__-. Well we lost quite a bit of money at that machine, so our day became shitty after that. It wasn't so bad you know, until I realised that SOMEONE ELSE got the soft toy in the machine that we spent 500yen on!!! Life is unfair -_- Well, I was so mad, I had to vent it out somwhere. Xiuxian tried her luck on another machine that was supposedly easier, but unfortunately she didn't get anything as well. So i hit the machine -__- And HURRAH, something dropped out! Although it was underhanded, but WHO CARES HUH. XD

The only model that caught my eye in the Toyota Exhibition.

After this, we had a delightful dinner at this Japanese-Italian Restaurant. It was a buffet dinner, but of course, it was the chocolate fondue that caught my attention the most! And the fake food too (: