Thursday 1 January 2015

JAPAN 2014

Day 1
We started our trip at Universal Studio Japan in Osaka! :)

 We then went up the Umeda Sky Building and then explored Shinsaibashi and Dotonbori where we tried gyoza and takoyaki balls.

Day 2
Travelled to Kyoto where we visited the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kiyomizudera Temple and Gion. We bought a lot of Japanese snacks, and most of which were too nice to open to eat 'cos of the packaging :P After Kyoto, we headed to Nagoya and visited the Nagoya Castle (didn't really take photos there)

Day 3
Took the bullet train...and got off the next stop (just to experience the ride) We then drove along to foot of Mount Fuji and shopped at Gotemba Premium Outlet followed by going to Saiko Iyahshi No Sato Nenba where you can get to try the Mt Fuji water (but I didn't).

Day 4
Our last stop was Tokyo! We visited Shinjuku, Asakusa Temple, Nakamise Shopping Street and then saw the full size Gundam Statue at Divercity Tokyo Plaza. 

Day 5- 
Finally, Tokyo Disneyland! However, disneyland was rather disappointing as we went on a Sunday and it was super crowded. We didn't sit any of the rides 'cos the queuing time was 200mins for almost everything including restaurants. So we ended up leaving after walking the whole disneyland, and headed to Harajuku, Shibuya and then saw the Tokyo Tower!

I really hope to go back to Japan and experience more of their culture and see and touch SNOW. I think this trip would have been better if we hadn't gone in a tour group. But still, I'm grateful to have gone to Japan ^^