Thursday, January 26, 2012
Tokyo, Japan - Day 3 & 4
November 20 - 21, 2010
Day 3
Started the day by going to Tokyo Anime Center. They don't have the robots that we were looking for but they referred us to other shops where we could possibly find one. So we just bought some other items instead. We then headed to Akihabara and checked out the anime shops. Yey! We could take Voltes V and Daimos home at last! Not for us but for our friends back in Sydney. We almost brought Gundam home.. hehe. It's just everywhere!
Started the day by going to Tokyo Anime Center. They don't have the robots that we were looking for but they referred us to other shops where we could possibly find one. So we just bought some other items instead. We then headed to Akihabara and checked out the anime shops. Yey! We could take Voltes V and Daimos home at last! Not for us but for our friends back in Sydney. We almost brought Gundam home.. hehe. It's just everywhere!
We went to Ueno Park afterwards. The colours of the autumn leaves are just awesome! We stayed there up to before the sun set.
Then we caught a train to Takadanobaba, an area in Shinjuku where large Astro Boy murals are painted across the street of the station. Takadanobaba Station plays the theme music from the TV series on the JR Yamanote platform to signal that a train is about to leave.
While in Shinjuku we hopped from one mall to another taking our last chance to shop before flying back to Sydney the next day.
Day 4
Our holiday is almost over. We had our baggages ready, brought them downstairs and left them at the reception area.
It is only on our last day when we tried sashimi and sushi. I'm not a fan of raw fish but a visit to Japan won't be complete without giving it a try. :)
After lunch we went back to the hostel to get our baggages. Then we headed to Tokyo train station to purchase Shinkansen tickets to Osaka. Then we grabbed some food before boarding the train so we won't starve during the 3-hour trip. I think we left at past 3:00pm. We just hoped we had enough time to check in our baggages and catch our 7:00pm flight to Sydney. Yey! We made it just in time.
Our 9-day holiday in Japan was a very enjoyable one. I'm gonna miss the food, politeness of the locals, beautiful views, cleanliness and even the sights of small cars and bicycles going by. :)
Our 9-day holiday in Japan was a very enjoyable one. I'm gonna miss the food, politeness of the locals, beautiful views, cleanliness and even the sights of small cars and bicycles going by. :)
