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Posted on January 6, 2009 - by yohana
Japan Day 3 – Harajuku, Shibuya, Ginza
Our third day in Japan had been reserved for exploring the centre and south-west side of Tokyo. We started the day with a train ride to the massive Tokyo Station and made a detour to the Daimaru food basement. Aah, I could cry tears of joy just from looking at all the beautiful (but pricey) cakes and sweets on display. Most of the smaller cakes/sweets/chocolates are individually wrapped and the presentation is absolutely amazing. The long queue at Baumkuchen caught our attention and we were immediately attracted to the oddly shaped cakes. We decided to buy it at another time because we needed to arrange our transportation to Kyoto at the JR ticket office. After everything was sorted, we walked around Marunouchi area including the Imperial Palace.
Posted on January 6, 2009 - by yohana
Japan Day 4: Kyoto
There was no need to wake up early this morning because we had nothing planned before our departure to Kyoto. We checked out of the hotel at around 10am, dragged our suitcases to the station and took at train to Tokyo Station. Before entering the JR line terminal, we searched for omiyage for Satoko – Tokyo Banana and imo youkan.
Satoko-san used to live at my place when she did her Indonesian language degree in Makassar and she has become very close to our family. So it was nice that we could see her again in Kyoto.