Tokyo Day 6: Sayonara, Tokyo!

Date: 12th October 2010

Holidays finally came an end. Six days passed just like that.... So fast ~

I am leaving on a jet plane, donno when I will be back again!


Yesterday, when we passed by the Ueno Station, we saw this Skyliner signboard at the station. It is going to Narita Airport. Hubby and I decided to walk in to get some information and its schedule of time. After the explanation from the friendly receptionist at the information counter, we bought our train tickets for today at 10am. The whole journey from Ueno Station to Narita Airport will take about 40 minutes. More about this Narita Sky ACCESS can be read at: http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/.

After our breakfast at the hotel, after some final photos taking at the hotel, we packed our luggage for the final round to make sure nothing was left behind. So, the farewell day is finally here ^_^


From our hotel to walk to the Ueno Station only takes about 15-20 minutes. As we reached there quite early, we went to the nearby park to have a look. The morning bazaar is yet to open. So nothing much to see. We only had a short walk at the park and then we continued our walking journey to the train station.


At the train station, Hubby saw this standing signboard and wanted to take a picture of it... Hehe... I think maybe wanted to show it to his colleaguea back in KL ~

After wandering and sitting at the platform for about half an hour, the train is finally here. Very sharp on its time. Once the train arrived, the cleaners went in to clean the train. A very comfortable train ~ All seatings have a reserved number. So make sure you sit at the correct deck.

We reached Narita Airport at 10.40am as estimated.


However, the MAS counter is only opened for checking–in on 11am. We had a short wait. After checking-in, we walked around the airport to explore it and of course to buy some duty free things there. A lot of things to see but we didn't manage to explore everything. We need to be at the departure gate by 1.00pm.


So, the time to really say bye-bye to Tokyo was finally arrived. I need to board the plane and fly back to the face the world of reality life soon ~~


Expenses on Day 6 -

Skyliner Train Tickets: ¥2,400 x 2

TOTAL: ¥4,800

Note: Try not to squeeze your luggage until too thick. It might not be able to fit into the train station's lockers. Hehe... we are a very good example. On the last day, our luggage was quite thick. We fully make use of the maximum space we have in the bag and ended up we couldn't squeeze it into the locker. So, we need to carry it around when we were walking in the station.

Holidays are over!! Sob-sob ~~ Wondering when is the next one?? But on the other side, the HAPPY thing is, Kimi is at Malaysia waiting for us… Finally can see Kimi after so many days! Luckily he can still recognize his Daddy and Mummy when we pick him up at Taiping :) Good boy ~~

Tokyo Day 5: Ameya Yokocho, Asakusa & Shinjuku

Date: 11th October 2010

Today, our plans were Ameya Yokocho, Asakusa & Shinjuku. Ameya Yokocho is about 15 minutes walk from our hotel. So it is very nearby. Ameya Yokocho is a shopping street down the hill from Ueno station and close by to Ueno Park. It has a lot of great bargains things here. My advice is to bring more cash to go if you are looking for cheap clothing, dried food products, souvenirs, shoes and bags! It is a place which I personally feel that can spend more time in it. However, as we had only little time here in the morning, so Hubby said, we would come back again later at night if time permitted.

~ Along the way from our hotel to Ameya Yokocho ~


~ At Ameya Yokocho ~


So, after some good buys we had at Ameya Yokocho, we walked to the Ueno Station to take the train to Asakusa. As today was a public holiday in Japan, so taking trains seemed to be much more easier, at least we did not need to squeeze with the working crowd. We took the the JR Yamanote Line to Kanda Station and then transfer to the Ginza Subway Line for Asakusa.


Asakusa is a very famous tourist spot in Tokyo. So, we sure cannot miss it. A must GO place!

“Asakusa's main attraction is Sensoji, a very popular Buddhist temple, built in the 7th century. The temple is approached via the Nakamise, a shopping street that has been providing temple visitors with a variety of traditional, local snacks and tourist souvenirs for centuries.”

We saw the trishaw rides. But it is a bit expensive I find. If I am not mistaken, they charge by spots. One tourist spot / station is ¥3,000 per ride. Of course, if you want to go more places, the fees are higher. So, we did not opt for this option. We chose to walk, more ‘wallet-friendly’. Hehe :)


Along the Nakamise, it was really very crowded. We hardly can walk through it. But they were so many things to see and so many types of snacks to try. So no choice, still need to squeeze in the crowd and eat and buy and eat and buy! What a satisfying day ~


And finally we reached Sensoji temple. It was really ‘people mountain, people sea’…. The same procedure before entering into the temple, we need to clean ourselves first.

~ The crowd at Sensoji Temple ~




After the prayers, we came out from the temple and took the train to our next destinations, SHINJUKU and KABUKI-CHO!


Once we reached Shinjuku Station, along the walk ways, there were so many things to see. So the walking did not seem to be tiring. We walked passed by some Gentlemen Clubs and Girls Bar. Stopped by a while to take some photos there. Hehe…


Then, we walked to the Takashimaya. We did not really spend time there as there were a lot of nice shops on the street. One of them is the BIC CAMERA and another shop is called ‘L-Breath’. This shop, I think it has 7-storeys, which sells a lot of things for open-air sports. A lot of backpacker’s essentials and equipments you can find there. You name it, they have it! It is really an eye-opening shop ~ We spent some time there exploring some goodies.


Shop Name: L-Breath
Shinjuku branch:
4-1-11 Shinjuku. Tel: 03-3354-8951.
Operation Hours:
Monday – Saturday, 11am - 8pm, Sunday and Public Holidays, 10.30am - 7.30pm.
Nearest station: JR Shinjuku, new south exit, opposite Uniqlo.

~ Our Lunch and Dinner for Today ~

Lunch:


Dinner:


I personally feel that, this MOS BURGER is worth a visit. Their burgers are damn nice and the bread they use are very soft. I am someone who does not like to eat burgers, but I am in love with it!! Really Yummy-licious ~

Oh ya, Hubby tried to get me a teddy bear when we passed by the Ameya Yokocho at night on our way back to the hotel. Well, after a few rounds and used up all the coins that we had (since we were not going to use it anymore on the next day), he still failed to catch one for me. Haha... Never mind then ~ Try again next time.


Finally, our last day in Japan ended with exploring their Anime Centres at Akihabara ~ We walked in a few shops and so amazed with the anime figurines they sold at their shops. They were all very beautiful and colourful as well!! So difficult to choose which one to buy. But finally, Hubby bought these two figurines ~ A really good buy! Both of us like it so much ^_^


Expenses on Day 5 -

Lunch and Dinner: ¥3,500 (excluded the expenses on trying out the snacks at Nakamise)
Train Tickets (a): (¥160 x 2) + (¥160 x 2)
Train Tickets (b): (¥160 x 2) + (¥190 x 2)

TOTAL: ¥4,840

Note: Today is the final sight-seeing day we have in Tokyo. So we make use of every hour that we have. I think we have covered almost everything we have planned earlier to visit in Tokyo. A very fruitful and joyful trip we had!