September 30, 2010
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Tokyo 2010 – 1
Tokyo is still one of the busiest city in Asia, been here so many times, the people here are always in a hurry , you can see all these people rushing for their trains, underground transports, and even crossing the road throughout the day.
On the day of arrival I checked-in my favourite Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo at Shinjuku, with the 24 hrs free in-room internet, I actually did my last xanga entry about my JL flight while waiting my friend who flew from HK to join me.
the beauty of a modern city, my friend eventually arrived pass 2330, after freshen up, we went for our late dinner at one of the 24 hours Japanese Curry chain store Co Co Curry.
Next day morning though we were late and couldn’t see the actually market operation we still went to The Tsukji Fish Market and queued up for food….
At last my friend picked to try the KaisenDon because the queue was shorter than the famous Sushi place Sushi One we eventually waited for 45 minutes……and was totally worth of cause…..
a kind of the protest from the market people……?
Then head to the Odaiba
The Fuji Television, and the Toyota show room
Want a new…..car? of just a people mover…?
Going for a ride, and the Haneda Airport is quite near…….
at night went back to Shinjuku to have a nice Tempura at again my favourite store…
look ordinary but taste soo good, crispy and not oily, your stomach will feel good…
prawn and eel I usually don’t eat eel, but I finished this….
Typical way for tourist to have fresh fruit….at this famous fruit shop Hyakkaen, then a dessert at a small local cafe.
Ramen as breakfast at the train station…. and then coffee at the Excelsior caffee
after a little bit of shopping, headed back to the hotel and getting ready for the DisneySea day this is the very first time I went to the Tokyo Disney Resort by the free shuttle, which save my legs for walking too much…
(A new building just opposite to my hotel)
we’re the only passengers
DisneySea is ready for the Halloween
I was at this Haunted Mansion 4 years ago, but the waiting time was 3 hours, I did the free fall ride this time!
on this visit I had quite a lot of food inside Disney……
the sanck and the special Halloween set
once it’s dark it’s the famous show : BraviSEAmo where the spirit of water meets the spirit of fire…
a quick light dinner of the deli stuff…
Aida?…not quite…..! last but not least the fire works
finally having some Disney dessert before leaving…..
ok u actually paid for this special Halloween plate with the dessert. The next morning, Breakfast a western and and Onigiri (one with sour plum and the other salted salmon)
and a Onigiri with sour plum and salted salmon then another coffee round
touring around the Imperial Palace Area and eventually met the Rudest Tourists from the biggest land of the East Asia……who won’t care of others, just talking loud, no patient to wait for their turn, and just walk pass while you are trying to take a picture…….
Lunch at the Tokyo Station and ahd these Okinawa cuisine, the prok ribs don and the Bitter melon set.
soft iccream of vanilla and green tea flavour,,,,
Dinner at Shibuya self-service Udon store then an Ic-cream from Cold-Stone
so far this is the only place I’ve paid tips cos they sang for me………
to be continued………
Comments (5)
Oh, I miss Tokyo. Looks like you had a great time! Does the hotel let two men stay in the same room? I discovered that some hotels in Japan have an issue with that.
@christao408 - oh yes, they do as well. Therefore I booked the room for 2 but only with my name, and since I arrived ealier, I checked-in by myself….
That sounds like a fun trip, i want to visit Japan again soon. The hotels in my recent Italy visit want to charge me US$ 10 per hour or $20 for a day for very slow internet. Japan is a lot more advanced than most Europe countries in terms of internet access. Look forward to more travel blogs, your food pictures are making me hurgry as I am getting sick and tired of spagethi and pizza after 15 days of Italian food, hehe.
So many nice scenes and food porn! I’ll be visiting Tokyo this Christmas too, and will check out your good eats for sure! *droooling*
@stevew918 - haha….hope ur internet access doesn’t need the ‘Siesta’ like the other Italian
@CurryPuffy - going to TYO again? bet it’s ur 2nd time this year!…..haha actually I only picked the Tempura place since I like it very much, other than that I just eat as I go around……some were even the fast food at the train staion but still really impressed with the presentation and the quality!