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Tokyo Day 3 & 4
DAY 3: SHIBUYA
We usually have a packet of milk/fruit juice/coffee before we head out for our brunch! Decided on sushi that day, and we randomly walked into one with English menu.. Everything in Japan is so high-tech. This restaurant we went to, has this 3-tier automated "delivery tray". Basically you order using this touch screen menu, checkout, and then soon enough your sushi will be presented to you via that automated tray! After taking your plates off the tray, you'll press this button so that tray will move back to the kitchen!
Attempt 1 on food presentation hahaha (No luh, each variety has 2 pieces so each of us get a piece each!)
    White chocolate tiramisu!! We were quite full by then, but we just had to squeeze out some space for desserts!! & the green tea powder is really power-pack #puny haha because.. You probably only scoop like one-tenth!!! of a teaspoon, and the whole cup of hot water. Ta-dah~ your green tea.  Totally love this limegreen backdrop in Bershka!  The single trip ticket! It is advisable to buy the metro cards to save on those costs, but there are 3 different subway companies which the trains are under in Tokyo, and you have to use their specific cards to take those lines.. Very troublesome, so we decided to just pay for these single trip tickets anyway. (& since we don't take that many trips a day. 2-4 trips perhaps?)       The famous Shibuya crossing by day & by night!   Had ramen that day (again), because it was getting a little too chilly (21-22 deg in the day, & it probably plunged to 16-18 deg that night) & we were kinda not dressed for it.. I was only in a dress and a l/s top. Spot the bamboo shoots and my lava egg!! I cannot remember the exact price for the meal, but it is probably slightly lesser than 10SGD. Since we were done exploring the area (& made our most expensive purchase there heh) & probably walked like 3 rounds around that place (LOL) after our dinner, we decided to brave the cold (& it wasn't thatttt cold at that point of time, which was around 7pm?) and head to Tokyo Station to check it out first.    Pretty pretty place & our mandatory touristy shots hahaha. After that, there's nothing much to do because the tulips ko-en (garden) was already closed for the day. So basically we only stayed that and WOW-ed for like 15 minutes or so and then we left.. to another even more WOW place - Odaiba. Odaiba Odaibai is like one of my favourite place in Tokyo!! It doesn't even look too much like an Asian place (imo) Ky says I like anything that is huge and lights up in the dark. lol maybe true haha So there, we saw the Ferris Wheel!!!!!!!! XD XD XD It's like a 10-15 minutes walk to this place and the cold was killing me every second. lol.       Awwwww <3 And that's not even the end.. We walked over to the other side of Odaiba..   Okay tourists have to do what tourists do best - take photos with anything you never see before :|       Our faces.. really try very hard to *maintain* hahah. We didn't check out the malls in Odaiba because they were closing already, and probably the same stuff as those we have already shopped? haha 
Macarons we bought at the CONVENIENCE STORE. (~SGD2ish for both & nice!!) Omg whyyyy I need to shift to Japan soon.. We had sashimi and sushi and MY LAVA EGG all bought from convenience stores for a few nights. Everything is so fresh and nice and relatively cheap (~SGD5 for 6 pcs of salmon/all other fishes LOL sushi)
DAY 4: GINZA/TOKYO TOWER
Ginza shopping area we went, and we were very lucky! The streets (roads) were closed over the weekend such that shoppers have maximum comfort - benches and beach umbrellas were placed along the streets!
 Flowers on the streets of Tokyo.. so prettyzzzzzzz  hahahahahahaha & super hahahah if you know the story "BTS". My Tokyo fling (RIGHT RIGHT, only right.) eyy!! Aigo..   Decided to try tempura that day! One more item strike-out of our "food to have in Japan" . & lava egg says hi. haha   12 story Uniqlo. & for the "sake of it", I bought.. hahaha snoopy hahaha boxer shorts hahahahah *paiseh* OOTD shots again.. Dressed like that, and later on layered cardigan beneath my l/s top and still freezing -.- Not complaining though! I think this was one of the coldest day - around 15 degrees?   This cat, which I have no idea what it is, but everyone (like at least 30 people) were taking photos of it, so I decided to just grab a photo, and then google what's the amazing/interesting about this, but I haven't googled so.. here's just a photo of a cat which idky it is so famous hahahahaha After walking around for a bit, we decided to stop for desserts - Laduree!! :D   I cannot remember their names already, but the polkadotted strawberry cake has strawberry mousse NOMSS (see, spam all the strawberry flavor which I don't even take in SG), huge rose macaron with raspberry and filling in the center, some Belgian chocolate & special tea (LOL) macaron. Super super super bad at names. I think I just brought down the positioning of Laduree by those above. Sorry!! But for real, it is super good.  
Us with the desserts! After desserts and done with exploring Ginza, we went to Tokyo Tower!!
    
As it was still early and we wanted to catch the sunset there (which sadly wasn't up to expectations because it was kinda foggy so the skies aren't very clear), we went to the trick eye museum.. So tricky! So pathetically small. Totally peanuts as compared to the nice and really good one which I went to in Seoul 2 years back.
Nevertheless, some visuals still.
  I was too huge for the little dino to chase me, so I decided to go the other way round haha       
Yep.. that's the end of the "Trick Eye Museum".. mehh
Okay, more touristy shots!
         There are 2 observation decks, middle, and right at the top. We only bought one (to go to the top, you need to go to the first observation deck to get one more to go to the top)   We were supposedly able to see Mt Fuji in this direction.. But it was too foggy :(                
Ending the night with a late dinner! & my lava egg says hi again! hahaha
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Side note, oh how much I love night views.. Sitting down, enjoying the breeze with such a gorgeous sight; life's simplest pleasures :) Mysterious calming properties I'd say, I'll be all fine right after, even without doing anything. I guess it's the serenity which just put one's mind at peace. Was talking to a friend the other day. We arrived at a conclusion - people who stick around after so long will continue to stick around, and those who come and go, will just continue to come and go. I'm extremely glad there are so many people still hanging around throughout the years; feelings which words can't describe. I'm not an expressive person (& am super egoistic haha), sometimes I just feel like pointing a gun at myself after saying these.. I rather show it. Action speaks louder than words - cliché much? Looking through my photos and seeing them appear and reappear, I'm more than glad. Pretty much the end of my short yet long chain of thoughts. Nights xx Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.10 |
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