Sayonara Japan & Hello to reality .
I came back late last night . It was a transit flight via Singapore .
Anyway , shall I start to elaborate and ramble?
Dec 3
Arrived at Narita Airport early in the morning , 6 something or so . Felt the gush of cold wind instantly i got off the plane , felt nice to be in another country after soooo lonngggg. Throughout this trip , our main tranport were fully trains & buses . Their train system known as JR Railway is definitely superb , easy to move about as it basically transports you to everywhere . The thing i love most about Jpn is that the Japanese people have such a kind heart , they’re really polite & eager to help you . Super friendly as well . So , although there was the language barrier but we managed to get through it through sign language and some basic English . The first day was the most tormenting and tiring as we hopped on to the wrong train and along with that hassle , we were carrying our luggages as well . So and to add to that temporary misery , it was pouring so double the weather . Hah , after checking in to the hostel in Yokohama , we roamed around China Town , obviously food is absurdly high priced . Walked around the streets at night . Slept late despite the fact i barely slept at arond during the flight .
Dec 4
We went to see Mt.Fuji , took a short cruise around Lake Asahi and other stuff in between . The interesting part was that mom left her phone on the cruise and she only realized that once we were in the train , on our journey back . Oh gosh , the horror . We had to try asking the officers at the train station to dial the company’s number and enquire about the problem but it was already closed . So thanks to them , for being honest and once agian , kind-hearted . It wasn’t stolen or anything , went to retrieve it the next day . The night was wasted of course , couldn’t do much . Had a simple dinner .
Okay , i give up typing everything out cause I, myself can’t really remember everything clearly so yess….
On the 4th day, took the bullet train to Osaka . Checked into Chisun Hotel and off we depart to Osaka Castle & did some shopping in Umeda . Went to Kyoto to visit shrines / gardens and all that on the 2nd last day . Gap is cheap there . To my surprise , most of the women in the 20’s dress quite well / fashionable . I love their boots and am still wondering how the survive walking in them . I wore sports shoes and my feet were already killing me -.- I didn’t come across anyone without a makeup-less face . Seriously , ain’t kidding . Everybody wears fake eyelashes and omg , i saw this wide collection of fake eyelashes , gels for increasing the volume of them eyelashes .. and a whole bunch of stuff . Their food courts are just crazy , too much to choose from and you can actually go all dazy if you stand in there for too long . One of the food i love most was green tea ice-cream and Gyoza ! My favourite . Sushi there is much more expensive in comparison to Malaysia’s . One Ebi Tempura ( prawn ) cost Rm4 there .
The other things I observed are everybody uses flip or slide cell phones . Nobody uses Sony Erricson or Nokia . Oh gosh , btw the high school girls there dress really skimpy , with their super mini skirts . Elementary kids have such cute uniforms too , the ones similar to Madeline’s and yes I’m talking about that cartoon on PlayHouse Disney and that includes the blue hat . : ) Adorable .
Osaka was much better than Yokohama as it was much more peaceful , warmer since it’s not near the ocean and not that hectic and oh yeah , the sky doesnt darken so fast ( about 4pm) .. In Yokohama/Tokyo ( 3.30pm) -,- Such a buzz killer . The shops closes at such early hourse as well . Wth . lol … brought back loads of junkies and souvenirs and sweets .
Off i go now !
Anyway all in all I had fun !
Discovering how high tech Japan is and how friendly they are and also how beautiful it is (scenery)