Back in Singapore.... continue my trip review....
7th day - 17th Jan wed - hakodate
tour of hakodate today.... hakodate looks like san franscisco.... all the hills and slopes.... very nice place with small town feel... and the ice at hakodate is the worst!!! i fell down twice! argh... 1st time was my left leg slided while going down some steps... luckily i was holding on to the rails... else i will go tumbling down the stairs... 2nd time was off the pavement... and i fell onto my butt! more precisely, i fell on my tripod head and hit my tailbone.... my bone hurts... even till now! after i fell down, totally no mood to walk on the ice back to the tram station... so we hailed a cab and went back to hotel... that night... we ate KFC to compensate myself for falling down... haha~ luckily i fell down at night.... finished what we wanted to do liao....
we stayed at toyoko inn when we were at hakodate... the hotel is not bad... cheap too... got free breakfast of onigiri and miso soup.... then at night from 6.30pm to 6.50pm, there is also free dinner.... everyday is curry, except wed which served stew.... since it was a wed..... and we got back early... there was still some stew served.... we couldnt resist so we sat down and tucked in.... so yummy, so nice! the stew was creamy and the potato was very chunky and soft.... but the bad thing is there is no place for the luggage... the hotel provided luggage space under the bed, which is very inconvenient.... even putting the luggage under the bed is difficult....
8th day - 18th jan thurs - osaka
took 10hrs train from hakodate to osaka today.... very nice... saw the good scenery... only tokyo to osaka was a little boring... only buildings... but i got to see how nagoya, kyoto looks like from the train station.... haha~ then we went shinsaibashi, dotonborri at night... ate takoyaki, okonomiyaki and ramen.... yum yum!
9th day - 19th jan fri - osaka USJ
USJ day!!! Universal Studios Japan! we sat spiderman 2 twice! very fun! a new ride is being built at USJ... a huge rollercoaster that goes almost round the whole park and out of it... huge man... think it going to be open during summer.... looking forward to it!
I also managed to get all 16 books of nodame cantabile... heehee... read the 1st few books already... very interesting... so cute! make me miss the drama more...
10th day - 20th jan sat - tokyo
Supposed to go Nara today... but the luggage too heavy and too tired... went back tokyo earlier... ended up at ueno zoo... cos we were still thinking abt the time at the asahiyama zoo and wanted to see how the ueno zoo looked like... heehee... asahiyama is better than ueno.... then went to look for tamaki hiroshi's photobook... Book Garden at ueno had only his 1st one, which i bought... so went to Shinjuku to get his newest photo book...
11th day - 21st jan sun - lake kawaguchi
Ooh... mt fuji is majestic at lake kawaguchi... the mt was half covered with snow... but too bad today cloudy day.... cant get really good clear shot of mt fuji.... but luckily the clouds cleared up at ard 10am.... at least can see the mountain... got a bit of snow on the ground... not so bad... easy to walk... we had a very very good lunch... 2645yen only.. and a lot of good food... will post a pic of it later... went back at 6pm... didnt wait for the fireworks...
12th day - 22nd jan mon - nikko
aiyo so much snow at nikko up on the mountains! so horrible. worse than i have ever seen... not much snow at the bottom.. at the world heritage sites... but when we went up the iroha slopes to go to the kegon waterfalls and chuzenji temple... so much snow! and its considered a less snow year for them! and.... i fell down AGAIN! when we were walking to the chuzenji temple... abt 1km walk from the bus terminal... this time i did the splits... #$(*#))##... but the lucky thing is that we got a free ride out from the resthouse we had our lunch... so happy!!! no need to walk 1km back to the bus terminal among the snow... then we went to the world heritage sites where my sis had a lot of fun... Reached hotel ard 7pm and ordered dominos pizza to eat... yumyum and watched tv at the same time... then we panic when we packed our bags... too many things and too heavy...
13th day - 23rd jan tues - home......
headed off for the airport at 7am.... took 11am flight back to singapore... touched down at 1800... tired... dunno why me and my sis got sun-tanned only on our faces... but super nice trip!
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Trip Review Day 1 to 6
some quick update... sorry... no pics yet.... typing this while waiting for my clothes to wash and dry... no worries abt the earlier earthquake... didnt feel anything at all.... only saw got tsunami alert on tv.... 10cm waves on the eastern side of hokkaido...
1st day - 11 jan thurs - tokyo
went ueno (bought ｓｏｍｅ ｔｉｄｂｉｔｓ）， ｇｉｎｚａ uniqlo (biggest uniqlo in tokyo... my sis bought 1 premium down jacket, 1 fleece jacket, 1 scarf, 1 gloves, 1 cap... all for 133sin dollars), harajuku... (100yen shopping), shinjuku yodobashi (to get screen protector for my epson p2000, tried to find laptop bag.... but cant get 1 that i like), tokyo station (to get prawnking's stuff... so tokyo station (to get prawnking's stuff... so many! filled up half my luggage liao... no more space liao...)
2nd day - 12 jan fri - sapporo
took the 7am train to sapporo... had to change 3 trains... total journey 10hrs.... but it was a very nice trip.... 1st train... we travelled in eastern part of japan.... saw all the snow cap mountains.... 2nd train..... went thru the seikan tunnel.... undersea tunnel that connected japan main island to hokkaido.... 3rd train.... from bottom tip of hokkaido to sapporo.... it was -4deg when we reached sapporo at 5pm.... so nice! saw snow too!!!just under my feet as i walk.... shiok! went to eat crab and prawn buffet... yummylicious!
3rd day - 13 jan sat - sapporo
city tour of sapporo today.... went sapporo beer museum, tv tower, clock tower, odori park, mt moiwa, sapporo factory..... lots of sightseeing and shopping... confirmed that it is treacherous to walk on snow.... dry snow is ok.... its like walking on a sandy beach... worse is the wet hardened snow and the snow on the pavements at the crossings.... like ice skating.... skid and slided a few times..... imagine sliding in the middle of the pedestrian crossing where there are so many cars looking at u cross the road... so embarassing... some japanese ladies still can run across the roads in their high heels!
4th day - 14 jan sun - otaru
ooh..... i like otaru.... quaint little town... so peaceful.... and there was this town... so peaceful.... and there was this music box museum that kept playing smap songs... so nice.... snowed very hard today...... made 2 music boxes at the museum.... watched kimura takuya's new drama.... karena ichi zoku... mecha kakkoii!!!
5th day - 15 jan mon - asahikawa/biei
we went to the middle of hokkaido today.... 1hr20min train ride from sapporo.... went to the asahiyama zoo, the most famous zoo in ｊａｐａｎ... watched king penguins walk round the park.... so cute.... like the polar bears too.... then went biei in furano area.... to see trees.... transport is very inacessible there... so we ordered a limousine cab to take us on 1 of their tours.... patchwork road tour.... see trees.... these trees are famous ok.... dun play play.... but it was too snow covered.... ground and sky all white... the trees look like floating in mid-air haha.... snow here is different from otaru snow.... biei snow is light and fluffy... otaru and heavy and wet.... think its becos otaru is nearer to the sea.... it was abt -3 or -4deg when we went... it was considered a warm day for them, their normal temp in jan is -25deg.... watched sxs at night... very funny....
i spoke to the limo driver.... best time to go hokkaido is in july.... where all the colors are out.... but will be crowded.... and will need to drive ourselve ard....
6th day - 16 jan tues - hakodate
train from sapporo to hakodate.... hakodate is the coldest so far.... cos it surrounded by the sea... and the wet snow/ice is the worst.... Went Goryokaku after a hearty lunch at a popular seafood restaurant. I think the same restaurant was now Japan Hr before and the food is really good.... and quite cheap too... Total we spent abt 3700 yen and its abt 50 sin dollars... really worth it.... super yummy too.. cant get such quality for this price back in singapore... Goryokaku is normal.... the illumination also nothing much...
bought jap manga nodame cantabile.... but only got a few books.... very popular manga after the drama hit.... need to get books the remaining books from osaka and tokyo... should i get tamaki hiroshi's photobook? hm....
tmr is hakodate city tour... then we will be moving to osaka and then going back to tokyo.... so fast.... half of the trip over liao....
ok.... got to go.... clothes going to finish in the laundry... and there is a drunk guy behind laundry... and there is a drunk guy behind me in the hotel lobby.....
1st day - 11 jan thurs - tokyo
went ueno (bought ｓｏｍｅ ｔｉｄｂｉｔｓ）， ｇｉｎｚａ uniqlo (biggest uniqlo in tokyo... my sis bought 1 premium down jacket, 1 fleece jacket, 1 scarf, 1 gloves, 1 cap... all for 133sin dollars), harajuku... (100yen shopping), shinjuku yodobashi (to get screen protector for my epson p2000, tried to find laptop bag.... but cant get 1 that i like), tokyo station (to get prawnking's stuff... so tokyo station (to get prawnking's stuff... so many! filled up half my luggage liao... no more space liao...)
2nd day - 12 jan fri - sapporo
took the 7am train to sapporo... had to change 3 trains... total journey 10hrs.... but it was a very nice trip.... 1st train... we travelled in eastern part of japan.... saw all the snow cap mountains.... 2nd train..... went thru the seikan tunnel.... undersea tunnel that connected japan main island to hokkaido.... 3rd train.... from bottom tip of hokkaido to sapporo.... it was -4deg when we reached sapporo at 5pm.... so nice! saw snow too!!!just under my feet as i walk.... shiok! went to eat crab and prawn buffet... yummylicious!
3rd day - 13 jan sat - sapporo
city tour of sapporo today.... went sapporo beer museum, tv tower, clock tower, odori park, mt moiwa, sapporo factory..... lots of sightseeing and shopping... confirmed that it is treacherous to walk on snow.... dry snow is ok.... its like walking on a sandy beach... worse is the wet hardened snow and the snow on the pavements at the crossings.... like ice skating.... skid and slided a few times..... imagine sliding in the middle of the pedestrian crossing where there are so many cars looking at u cross the road... so embarassing... some japanese ladies still can run across the roads in their high heels!
4th day - 14 jan sun - otaru
ooh..... i like otaru.... quaint little town... so peaceful.... and there was this town... so peaceful.... and there was this music box museum that kept playing smap songs... so nice.... snowed very hard today...... made 2 music boxes at the museum.... watched kimura takuya's new drama.... karena ichi zoku... mecha kakkoii!!!
5th day - 15 jan mon - asahikawa/biei
we went to the middle of hokkaido today.... 1hr20min train ride from sapporo.... went to the asahiyama zoo, the most famous zoo in ｊａｐａｎ... watched king penguins walk round the park.... so cute.... like the polar bears too.... then went biei in furano area.... to see trees.... transport is very inacessible there... so we ordered a limousine cab to take us on 1 of their tours.... patchwork road tour.... see trees.... these trees are famous ok.... dun play play.... but it was too snow covered.... ground and sky all white... the trees look like floating in mid-air haha.... snow here is different from otaru snow.... biei snow is light and fluffy... otaru and heavy and wet.... think its becos otaru is nearer to the sea.... it was abt -3 or -4deg when we went... it was considered a warm day for them, their normal temp in jan is -25deg.... watched sxs at night... very funny....
i spoke to the limo driver.... best time to go hokkaido is in july.... where all the colors are out.... but will be crowded.... and will need to drive ourselve ard....
6th day - 16 jan tues - hakodate
train from sapporo to hakodate.... hakodate is the coldest so far.... cos it surrounded by the sea... and the wet snow/ice is the worst.... Went Goryokaku after a hearty lunch at a popular seafood restaurant. I think the same restaurant was now Japan Hr before and the food is really good.... and quite cheap too... Total we spent abt 3700 yen and its abt 50 sin dollars... really worth it.... super yummy too.. cant get such quality for this price back in singapore... Goryokaku is normal.... the illumination also nothing much...
bought jap manga nodame cantabile.... but only got a few books.... very popular manga after the drama hit.... need to get books the remaining books from osaka and tokyo... should i get tamaki hiroshi's photobook? hm....
tmr is hakodate city tour... then we will be moving to osaka and then going back to tokyo.... so fast.... half of the trip over liao....
ok.... got to go.... clothes going to finish in the laundry... and there is a drunk guy behind laundry... and there is a drunk guy behind me in the hotel lobby.....
In Hakodate!
Hallo!!! Finally managed ｔｏ ｆｉｎｄ a pc for use!
Ｈｏｋｋａｉｄｏ is great! Experienced snow for the first time!
Will ｕｐｄａｔｅ more later... going out for lunch now!
Bye!
Ｈｏｋｋａｉｄｏ is great! Experienced snow for the first time!
Will ｕｐｄａｔｅ more later... going out for lunch now!
Bye!
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