Hokkaido - Tokyo 2007 [Chapter 4]

HAHAH LAST POST. THIS IS SO DRAGGY, BUT ITS DETAILED RIGHT XD

Okay, after Disneyland, we went for free-and-easy again (: The subway in Toyko is soo soo soo much complicated as compared to Singapore. I mean like, the map is just a scrawl of lines?! But it's done a fine job at linking Tokyo together. Thankfully, it was a Sunday and not many people were on the subway.

singapore MRT

TOKYO SUBWAY!

imagine how confused we were! But thankfully we still managed to get our way around. except for one station: Shinkiba, since there were lots of interchanges here and there O__O I think we went one big round around the station before finding our way out.

We set off to Harajuku, that was around 45mins from Shinkiba, nearest station from Disney land. Acording to my father's colleague, there are many cosplaying people at Harajuku ^__^ But perhaps we got there a little too late... So there weren't many people cosplaying after all. But we did see a few though hahaa, nothing too outrageous though.

We ate dinner there; ramen again. One bowl of my ramen is like, 800 yen, which is $10+?? Bahh, but nevermind. Anyway, there were many shops selling cute stuff, like this bag that was shaped like a converse shoe. I wanted xiuxian to get it, but it was too impractical after all -_-





I love this shop! It's Uniqlo, and the shirts they sell are really nice. The packaging is unique too-in a bottle. And the shirt were around... $15 each? My sister and I bought one (: I like the coloured winter jackets that they have!

we went to uniqlo in harajuku cos my mother wanted to get a winter jacket for herself. Not those colourful ones; just a plain long one, that looks rather classy and nice though (: The cashier in Harajuku told us that the next Uniqlo outlet is in Ueno, in a shopping centre called ABAB (abu-abu). Well, we got to Ueno... (for the third time), but we had problems finding the shopping centre :S My mother, being the very sociable person she is, decided to ask for directions! We met these university students that were very helpful; they decided to bring us all the way there! They even gave us a toy for a souvenir! It was this eyeball thingy :) They were quite prety too hhaha, and were trying to converse with us in English. Xiuxian had more common topics with them, since she likes J-pop bands, like them, like Kat-Tun and NEWS, and famous people like Yamapi (they say: kakoyeeeeeeee!~!~) Lol, their reactions are always so amusing.

She managed to get her winter jacket too. And i bought a pencilbox and fabric paint. HURHURHUR. xiuxian bought this... mirror?? For 500+yen?? just because there was DBSK on it. SO lame.

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and finally! IT WAS THE LAST DAY! i hated it, since we had to leave cool japan for good ): We took a picture with BROTHER Kenny, xiuxian's idol.



and then... off we boarded the train.... and made our way to singapore. it took some time for me to get used to Singapore :S since everyone is wearing spectacles and all, when Japan everyone wears contacts lol. The difference between Singapore and Japan are the toilets too.



LOL, I think Japanese Toilets are the most advanced ever. You know, the seat is heated so as to warm the butts of the people since winter is cold LOL. And there are some sprays that can clean your butt too, for I don't know what reason?? HAHAH THE FUNNIEST THING WAS, my cousin went to check it out! She was standing over the seat, and she pressed the button, and THE WATER SPRAYED ON HER FACE! Omg I burst out laughing upon hearing it. Furthermore, they have this sound system installed in certain cubicles too, that will produce the flushing sound. Perhaps to cover up the peeing sound i suppose LOL.

Anyway, taht is about it. Here are some random photos.

police on duty in Ueno in lieu for New Year
LAME TEAM
Calbee prawn wearing high school uniform!

THE END! FINALLY!

btw, I SHOULD HAVE REMEMBERD TO BUY PSP GAMES IN JAPAN! ITS MUCH MUCH CHEAPER THAN IN SINGAPORE. I realised this when I saw the game in this gameshop in Funan. It was $$45, but it was arond 3000yen in japan? about S$40. I bet I can get a better bargain in Japan.