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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.
Posted on June 18, 2008 - by trisnadi
Japan Day 2 – Mount Fuji Tour
The itenary for our second day in Japan was the Mount Fuji tour. We woke up feeling a lot better and quickly got ready. We had to be at the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka by 8am to be picked up by the tour bus. We started the day with breakfast – bread at the hotel which we bought last night and coffee from Starbucks on the way to the meeting point. The girl at Starbucks was very nice, taught me a bit of Japanese language 
But hey, everyone in Japan seems nice.
Posted on June 9, 2008 - by trisnadi
Japan Day 1 – Tokyo
We arrived at Narita airport (Tokyo) feeling tired and dazed but excited. It was a rainy day, much like Sydney when we left. Everything went smoothly until the moment we wanted to validate the JR Pass – we forgot to bring it!!! somehow it accidentally got left behind at home. Aargh!
Posted on June 9, 2008 - by trisnadi
Let the holiday begin! Bye bye Sydney
Our flight to Singapore/Japan was scheduled to depart at 8.30am and we decided to go to the airport rather early so that we wouldn’t have to rush. It rained quite heavily that morning and we watched the storm clouds from the foodcourt window as we ate our breakfast (Raisin toast & coffee from Krispy Kreme – sad, i know).