tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75734598735499453832024-03-05T02:03:48.735-08:00Tokyo Travel Blog My travel diary, photos and tips for my trip to Tokyo, JapanMissKupokekisuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13823555463834775539noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573459873549945383.post-58039704011917313772012-11-06T20:26:00.001-08:002012-11-07T10:27:10.986-08:00Tsukiji Fish Market & Akihabara<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Tsukiji Fish Market</b><br />
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When i did a search on the best sushi in tokyo, Tsukiji Fish Market's Sushi Dai often came up. <br />
The
reviews read "sushi for breakfast" and mentioned 2-3 hour waits. For
me- eating sushi at 6am doesn't sound like it would agree with me and
waking up at 4am sounded even worse. But since i was in Tokyo, i might
as well get the best i could!!! AND it was awesome!<br />
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We
"slept in" and headed off to Tsujiki around 7:30am. The JR train does not take you to
the fish market, so we took the subway Oedo line which was just around
the corner from my hotel (Sunroute) in Shinjuku. The Oedo line took
several stops and in less than an hour, we arrived at Tsukiji. exit. (If
you're unsure if you're on the right train, if you see Roppongi, you
know u're heading in the right direction!)<br />
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Exiting the fish
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u will see this sign. i love how
there's a spot missing from all the finger pointing?<br />
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When
we got there, we hadn't decided yet if which place we were gonna eat
at, cuz there's quite a few options. But really it comes down to two
places. Sushi Dai or Daiwa Sushi. Sushi Dai had two lines- one
right outside the window of the restaurant that seats roughly 10 people
TOTAL. and then the PART TWO line around the corner.<br />
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Daiwa had maybe a handful of people waiting.<br />
I
did a quick search on my rental iphone on which was better. Both have
great reviews, but as one reviewer put it- For almost the same price, sushi dai
has a longer wait, but gives you more.<br />
Here's a pic i took of the Sushi Dai menu <br />
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3900 Yen, you get 10 pieces of nigiri sushi chefs selection, one extra piece you can choose, egg, a roll sushi and miso soup.<br />
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Compare it to Daiwa<br />
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It's 3500 yen but you only get a total of 7 nigiri sushi, one roll and miso soup.<br />
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So we stood in line in the
scorching sun for 2.5 hours at Sushi Dai. Luckily once we got passed a certain point,
the head waitress came and gave us umbrellas to shield the sun. how
sweet! We chatted with her about the trip and she was such a cool lady.
We also chatted up some ladies who'd come before and they telling us
it's worth the wait, but how she didn't know how much longer she can
keep coming here to endure the lines. With all us foreigners reading
blogs about how you should eat here, the locals can't catch a break!<br />
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Do
everyone a favor and while you're inside and while everyone is staring from
outside (they will stick their head under the noren to look at you <br />
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), and
don't take forever taking pictures of your food. Snap shoot and be
over with it and EAT!. that's why i loved my rental iphone4s. I could snap a
picture quickly and the pictures came out pretty decent. There were
bloggers in there who waited until all their sushi was made to take a
complete shot of the omakase, and had to take like 10 different angles.
No wonder the wait can be 3-4 hours!!!<br />
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My AWESOME chef<br />
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Yummy Soup<br />
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Here's all the delicious sushi my mother and i got to eat after waiting almost 3 hours!<br />
We got one of the larger Omakase set at 3900 yen, and one smaller set for 2500 yen.<br />
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This is the menu you can choose your extra piece from:<br />
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My mother choose the baby shrimp sushi which she enjoyed<br />
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Everything was amazing and our chef made it even more wonderful with some funny chatter and tasty choices!<br />
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After lunch we were gonna make the trip to Akasaka to see the new Sky Tree building, but didn't get the chance. We did see it from afar. If you get a chance, you should try to check it out or go to the Tokyo Tower. I hear the that the skytree has a lot of cool shops there as well. Akasaka is a great place to check out the old temples and souvenier gifts as well in their bazaars.<br />
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I did want to check out Akihabara-"Electronic town". It was cool to check out, but it's geared more for techies. Here's a few pictures i took.<br />
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To satisfy my love of desserts, i did see some very pretty sweet things right outside the train station at a shopping place called Atre2.<br />
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For Gundam lovers, there's a Gundam Cafe near the train station as well! <br />
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I really enjoyed staying in Shinjuku for our Tokyo trip. *See my hotel review in my previous blog called 5 days in Tokyo. <br />
You can spend a whole day just in Shinjuku if you wanted. Although there might be not a lot to do sightseeing wise, there's plenty of shopping and eating to do!!! <br />
*I read you can get a view of the city in the skyscraper part of town at the Metropolitan Government Office observation decks. <br />
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Alot of the shopping can be done just around Shinjuku Station.<br />
At the south of the station there's Lumine1 where u can find Dean and Deluca<br />
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beautiful Laderee (besides macarons, u can get pastries, hot chocolate and frozen yogurt!)<br />
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Lumine 2 is on the east side of station, where you can find more trendy clothing spots and a few eateries.<br />
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Inside the station there's a few convenience stores and a NYC treat Doughnut Plant on the southside!<br />
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But i didn't find the creme brulee donut, which is on my bucket list. <br />
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***ALICE IN WONDERLAND CAFE <br />
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Northeast of the station, u will find the Odakyu/HALC shopping center along with BIC camera. <br />
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One the bottom floor of this center was the Alice and Wonderland Cafe which my friend recommended to me and i loved! It was almost like a secret world with their sliding door that leads to a beautiful cafe of Alice theme. Here's their entrance<br />
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Awesome fake food displays outfront<br />
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Fun interior!!!<br />
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Love the hearts chandelier and cute alice outfits worn by the servers<br />
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Beautiful story book menu!!!<br />
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They charge you about a 500 Yen cover charge, but they give you an appetizer for free.<br />
We got a cute cup of ratatoulle which was delicious! I took home their cute coasters<br />
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Got the Carbonara Pasta plate<br />
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And Cheshire Cat dessert.<br />
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The food wasn't too pricey. The dishes were good and very cute, but nothing amazing tastewise.<br />
Their hours that were posted on the back of their flyer: October 2012.<br />
Lunch 11-3pm<br />
Cafe Time 3pm-5pm<br />
Dinner 5pm to 11pm<br />
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Another wonderful meal i had in Shinjuku was at Takashiyama Square at the tonkastu specialty place called Katsukura. My friend told me about how they have a pork cutlet that melts in your mouth delicious! <br />
Takashimaya Square is just a bit south of the Southern exit of shinjuku station. It was about a 10 minute walk from my hotel (Sunroute Hotel). Exiting my hotel, i just had to head right and cross the bridgewalkway by and it lead us directly to Takashimaya square. <br />
To work up our appetite, we shopped around first- they have a HUGE Tokyu Hands here where i found a bunch of cute stuff:<br />
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Katsukura is located on the top floor of Takashimaya with several other restaurants.They specialize in pork cutlet "Tonkastu". <br />
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My friend recommended to get the Toen Tonkatsu which is their specialty. <br />
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I got the smaller size Fillet and my mother got the smaller Sirloin. Her sirloin was actually just as good as the fillet and might have been a little juicier than mine (i think mine was done a little too long). The meals come with a ridiculous amount of sides, so the smaller cutlet size was plenty for us. <br />
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Three sauces. One is the salad dressing (yuzu flavor) and there's a regular tonkatsu sauce and one that is sweeter.<br />
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Side of tofu and you grind your own sesame seeds! Loved this touch!<br />
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Add your tonkatsu sauce after.<br />
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Yummy miso soup! More than just a piece of tofu floating around like u find in LA.<br />
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MY AWESOME MEAL!<br />
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This was the most fanciest Tonkatsu meal i've ever had. It wasn't crazy expensive either. It was very elaborate and really delicious!!! Katsukura is a chain, so if you run into one in Japan, i would highly recommend you try it!!! (I spotted one again when i was at the Kyoto train station, but didn't get a chance to eat it again)<br />
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***MACARON HEAVEN!!! <br />
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On our last day in Tokyo, we did a little more exploring of Shinjuku. We hadn't yet ventured east of the station and there, we found even more goodies. If u walk a few blocks east, you'll find some cool department stores, Isetan being a big one with all the fancy stuff. But the JACKPPOT i found was the DESSERT MECCA at the basement of Isetan. It was full of DESSERTS GALORE, including quite a few places that had MACARONS, which seems even more popular in japan than in the states. Japanese love the French!!! The downside was that Isetan DOES NOT ALLOW PHOTOS. You can probably play dumb and snap a few, but they really frown upon it. And it killed me, cuz it's a photographers DREAM. Everything looks pristine. Cakes are perfectly decorated, cookies are beautifully packaged, beautiful colors everywhere. And did i mention that Tokyo is full of beautiful people too- perfectly make up'd faces and stylish (although some funky) clothes. There's also a savory foods section and even their piles of salads and pastas and fried stuff are perfectly stacked. <br />
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If you love desserts, ISETAN's confectionary floor is a MUST!!! I'm sure i could come here everyday for year, try something new and love it =)MissKupokekisuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13823555463834775539noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573459873549945383.post-51276623522211523802012-10-25T20:00:00.004-07:002012-10-25T20:00:25.587-07:00Shibuya and Harajuku Shopping Districts<b>Shibuya</b><br />
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Tokyo has many great shopping areas, Shibuya and Harajuku being the more trendy and popular among the younger crowd, Ginza and Roppongi focused more on high end goods. <br />
With help from our hotel's front desk, traveling to Shibuya and Harajuku was just a short ride on the train. <br />
We went from Shinjuku Station via JR Yamanote line and exited Shibuya at the Hachikomae Exit.<br />
You will find the famous statue of the dog Hachiko! <br />
This will be your view from this exit as you face the famous Shibuya Crossing.<br />
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You have Mark City shopping center to your left, straight ahead is where you'll head towards Shibuya 109 Womens, The Loft and Tokyu Hands Craft stores, and a bit to your right is a luxury department store Seibu and to your right is 109 Mens. <br />
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We started at Shibuya 109 which is a 10-story fashion store for young women.<br />
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I found some really cool Tattoo stockings which seems to be a huge trend now.<br />
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Fun stockings<br />
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Plethora of crazy socks!<br />
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Radios blaring, pretty girls, it's a must stop for any fashionista. Love the decor.<br />
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Cute Hello Kitty Store! Club KT<br />
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Headed to Mark City Shopping Center for lunch.<br />
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I heard good things about Midori Sushi which has fresh quality sushi for reasonable prices. Because of its popularity, it's best to go early to get in line. They open at 11am, and on a wednesday we arrived at 10:45 to find already a short line.<br />
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It is on the 4th floor. Sat at the sushi bar and ordered the following.<br />
A Mix sushi plate (nigiri pictured, i got a tuna roll too)<br />
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My mom got the Chirashi Bowl<br />
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Sushi was fresh and we thoroughly enjoyed our meal. Customer service was also outstanding. <br />
One of the waitresses, saw that i was gonna take some medicine and she immediatly grabbed me a glass of water! When we left, there was a long line to get in.<br />
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We walked off our lunch by checking out The Loft and Tokyu Hands a few blocks away. Hitting the Loft first, this was the fancier looking of the two. Both carry a lot of the same items, so you might want to check out Tokyu Hands first, which can be a bit less expensive. Both carry everything from crafts, stationary, tools, electronics, household goods to furniture. <br />
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Here's a look at the Loft:<br />
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While i was walking around, i ran into a HUGE Forever 21 store!<br />
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Here's a look at Tokyu Hands, which is a chain store. You can find them in a lot of big cities. <br />
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The little characters on the top (stickers) are from One Piece Anime which is VERY popular right now!<br />
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It started to rain, so we took refuge inside the Seibu Department store on the way back to the station. One of the fancier department stores, basically i was only interested in the basement floors which is where u find the food!!! This is where i found <b>Pierre Herme Macarons!!! </b><br />
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Surprisingly they were giving out halves to sample!!! I fell in love with their passionfruit and cream cheese flavor and ended up buying a 6 piece box for 2100 Yen.<br />
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I got two of the passionfruit cream cheese, one olive, one chocolate, chocolate basil, and pistachio.<br />
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All were good but i wasn't feeling the olive. It definitely tasted like olive but i am not sure it worked as a macaron flavor for me! I really appreciated that at pretty much all the bakeries i visited in japan, they took great price in their packaging and made sure that u didnt' go home with a blob mess in your box of goodies. They often will ask you if ur going to eat it soon or if you need dry ice to pack your to-go desserts. Pierre Hermes has jumped to the top of my list of favorite macarons!!! I'm so sad that they are not in the US. I did see it again one more time at the Isetan in Shinjuku. There's about 8 locations within Tokyo! <a href="http://www.pierreherme.com/storelocations/?city=Japan&name=Seibu+Shibuya+-+Tokyo" target="_blank">http://www.pierreherme.com/storelocations/?city=Japan&name=Seibu+Shibuya+-+Tokyo</a><br />
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The rain did not stop but i wanted to still check out Harajuku on the way back to Shinjuku. It was the next stop up on the way back and once we exited the station, we checked out part of Takeshita Dori, which you see right away<br />
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Found a big pink Daiso!<br />
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I visited some cool looking shops and met some nice, fun employees!<br />
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Because it was raining so hard, and the shopping street is not indoors, we didn't get to stay as long as we wanted.<br />
There's another district south called Omotesando HIlls, but we didnt'get to check it out.<br />
Would love to come back, especially when weather is nicer and check out more of their stores. I hear sundays is the day to go to check out all the people in their most stylish outfits and costume! <br />
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Day 2 in Tokyo, we felt more confortable taking the train! Got to disney resort and rode the cute mickey mouse shuttle bus to Disneysea Park. (you have to buy a separate shuttle ticket- about 2-3 bucks)<br />
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After a couple of stops on the shuttle, we arrived at Disneysea<br />
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<b> </b>We had our 2 day passport, so we bypassed the long lines and entered the park to find a beautiful mickey display!<br />
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As we entered the park, we were impressed with the whole "sea" theme<br />
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Learning from my day previously at Disneyland, i scanned the maps for fast pass rides and headed west on the map. ToyStoryMania 3D tramride was already packed and no passes available.<br />
Grabbed a fastpass for Tower of Terror which was just as fun as the LA one- the tour before the ride was a little different tho.<br />
The park being just as huge at the other park- grabbed some strawberry flavored popcorn, and had a good walk towards the back of the park where i got on the ride Raging Spirits which had a short line.<br />
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This was a fun rollercoaster ride with one 360 loop. Got a pumpkin churro (halloween special) across the way in the Arabian Coast side of the map and came back to get on Indiana Jones, which is one of my faves at CA Disney. Headed back to Port Discovery section and rode the water version of autotopia called Aquatopia, which was lots of fun, like the Pooh Hunt type ride where u don't know which way you will go with unexpected spins and turns.<br />
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Headed to Mysterious Island and grabbed a fast pass for Journey of the Center of the Earth which later turned out to be one cool ride! You ride through caverns with quite a bit of speed and see some strange creatures and come up for air for a swooping drop. In the vicinity you can also get a Gyoza Dog and check out 20,000 leagues undersea submarine ride (it was closed when we went...)<br />
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After i went on Tower of Terror<br />
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Grabbed a Mile High Sandwich to split at New York Deli<br />
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and Rode the Electric Railway<br />
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Don't forget to check out the Duffy the Bear and ShellieMay giftshop called McDucks, which carries characters unique to Tokyo Disney.<br />
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My favorite part of Disneysea was the Mermaid Lagoon!!! It was so beautiful and made me feel like a little kid again. A cute world of it's own of Ariel's friends, there were a few mini rides, a playground section for the kids and a restaurant.<br />
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Took a stroll through the Arabian Coast<br />
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While the day was wearing on us, we couldn't leave without a sweet treat and we found the perfect dessert<br />
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A delicious double scoop of gelato from the Gondolier Snacks bar. They had so many wonderful sounding flavors like blueberry yogurt, caramel crunch, melon and tiramisu. I settle for Grape and Peach Yogurt. I thought their cone was unique and fun.<br />
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We should have stayed for the nightime show of fantasmic, but we didn't get to stay late. Two days in row was taking it's toll and we didn't want another night of returning to our hotel so late. So we did some shopping in the mediterranean harbor section and took the tram back to the train station and conked out to get ready for day 3 of Tokyo!!!<br />
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**tip- <b>Tokyo Station</b> has a lot of great eats, but i found a gem by Keiyo Street shop<br />
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Found very fresh sushi plates to go for super cheap!<br />
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Through an exhausting flight, through two days in a row of Disney fun, this meal actually was the best thing i ate since i got to Japan! Go figure. <br />
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<br />MissKupokekisuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13823555463834775539noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573459873549945383.post-50807571608677596802012-10-23T19:55:00.004-07:002012-10-23T19:55:48.468-07:00Tokyo Disneyland<b>TOKYO DISNEYLAND!!!</b><br />
Upon arriving at the resort, you
will see signs for both parks. Disneyland is to your right. About a 5
minute walk will lead you to the entrance gates to Disneyland where u
can purchase your tickets.<br />
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I came on a Monday and it was superpacked and extremely hot, even in october!<br />
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Once you're inside, it's a free for all- my recommendation is beeline towards getting your <b>fastpasses</b>!
They work just the same- find the rides on your map that have fast
pass availability and make your way to the busiest ones (Monster's Inc
being the most popular i think, Winnies Pooh Hunt, Buzz Lightyears Astro
Blasters) and check the time they give you and make sure you're back at
that ride at the time allotted. The popular ones go out fast. Some even
"sold out" fast passes around noon. <br />
Make sure you check out the
different stations of popcorn. There's a little chart on the back of
your map of what flavors they have available- Lots of fun flavors- like
butter/soysauce, seasalt, caramel, chocolate, curry, strawberry, corn
potage, honey. . They vary at each park. You can buy a good size small
box or a souvenir container. I was there during HALLOWEEN month, so i
found a really cool collapsible container with a Halloween theme which i
got at the Tomorrow Land Terrace (Burger joint)<br />
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For
a fun meal, i would definitely recommend checking out the Queen of
Hearts Banquet Hall.- near the very back of the park near It's a Small
World.<br />
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It
is cafeteria style. The line outside can be long, but it moves quickly.
But there's also a long line inside of people picking their food. But i
don't think we were waiting for more than a total of 40 minutes.<br />
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Our meals: chicken salad and rotisserie chicken<br />
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I managed to ride on the following rides:<br />
Spacemoutain,
BuzzLightyears Astro Blasters, Snow White, Western River Railroad,
Pooh's Honey Hunt, and Pirates of the Caribbean.I was super bummed my
favorite ride peter pan was closed!<br />
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Cinderella's Fairy Tale Hall is worth checking out for it's beautiful artwork.<br />
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You can have your cinderella experience upstairs:<br />
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With it being so crowded and my companion not being able to ride most of the rides, it was hard to get a full day's worth. <br />
But at the end of the day, we did get to catch some of the Electric Parade which is always a crowd pleaser!!!MissKupokekisuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13823555463834775539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573459873549945383.post-14374865042456432662012-10-23T19:54:00.001-07:002012-10-23T20:10:41.726-07:00Tokyo Disney Resort <b>TOKYO DISNEY RESORT</b><br />
<a href="http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/en/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/en/index.html</a><br />
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Tokyo Disney Resort has two parks: Disneyland and DisneySea. <br />
Disneysea is kind of like California Adventure, in that it's a separate park. <br />
Both parks have alot of the same rides as the ones you will see in the US, with a few extra different ones at Disneysea, which is more water theme based.<br />
Disneysea is located within the resort but you have to take a shuttle to get to it from the resort entrance, it is not walking distance to Disneyland park. <br />
Since i wanted to visit both parks, we purchased multiday passes. A Two day passport costs 10,700 Yen. One day pass is 6,200 Yen . This is less than what it costs in the US ($87)!!! You can use the multiday passport for one park each- you cannot park hop in one day. Ticket info <a href="http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/en/ticket/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/en/ticket/index.html</a><br />
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If you are doing multiple days at the resort, there are disney affiliated hotels where they have free shuttle buses and some will have ticket sales available:<br />
<a href="http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/en/about/oh/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/en/about/oh/index.html</a><br />
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<b>Directions:</b><br />
Here is a very useful chart for traveling by TRAIN. <br />
<a href="http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/en/access/train_bus/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/en/access/train_bus/index.html</a><br />
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A very helpful link on how to use the train station in general :<br />
<a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2016.html" target="_blank">http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2016.html</a><br />
*do not get the trains confused with the subway lines<br />
<a href="http://www.livingasian.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/tokyometro.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.livingasian.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/tokyometro.jpg</a>.<br />
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Here's a more detailed route directly from my hotel in Shinjuku: Sunroute Hotel Shinjuku Plaza.<br />
Upon exiting lobby- go left and u will see a Mcdonalds. At this intersection, catty corner, u will see the entrance to Lumine 1 shopping center inside Shinjuku Station. You want to find the South Entrance to the station, which is a little further past the Lumine shopping entrance. Before you enter into the station, u will find the JR ticket center where if you have JR rail passes, you can exchange them here. I believe the office doesn't open until 9am. The Disneypark opens either 8 or 9 depending on the day you go. If you don't buy a pass, you need to purchase the train ticket just outside the JR office to the right of it outside the building. Purchase a ticket for the amount you see of the final destination. You will look for Maihama and it should say 380 Yen. You will use this same ticket at tokyo station and maihama station, but it is not round trip. <br />
Use the ticket to enter into the South Entrance at shinjuku station- Look for the ticket gates and insert your ticket into the one that allows you to go in (typically a green light) and retrieve your ticket as it comes out the other end. Keep this ticket to get into the Tokyo station to transfer. Look for the Chuo Rapid Line. Take the rapid train vs the local train which will make many stops vs a few stops. Exit at the Tokyo Station stop and use your same ticket to get in. You will have to find the Keiyo Line (red) to Maihama. Tokyo Station is very large and you will have to walk a good 10 minutes within the station to the Keiyo line entrance. You will start to see ads for disneyland the closer you get. You will go downstairs and take the Keiyo line to Maihama station which will take you to Disneyland Resort. You will not receive your ticket back at this stop and you will have to purchase another ticket for the same price when you leave to get back. Ride took about 50 minutes. <br />
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**<b>Travel tips: </b><br />
Escalators, walkways, steps- generally will have a protocol where the fast lane is on the right. <br />
Many people are in a hurry and will use the right hand side of the escalator/walk way to rush through. Do not stand still in the fast lane and disrupt the flow! <br />
(i noticed in Osaka, the fast line is on the left...)<br />
Train/Subway- give seat priority to the elderly, handicapped, pregnant women and children. <br />
If you are sitting and a "priority" person comes at the next stop, it is common courtesy to give up your seat to them. Often times during rush hour, there will hardly any space to stand. Hold your belongings and companions tight and brace yourself as you will often get shoved and packed into a train like sardines. It's common to have someone standing right in your face or an armpit to your face. You can wear a facemask! which is really common in japan, especially if you have a cold- it's a courtesy to others to wear a facemask. A few times on the train- you'll be a pro. Just make sure whatever train you get on, you are going in the right direction. If you are completely lost, many workers in tokyo speak some english, so don't be afraid to ask!!!<br />
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<br />MissKupokekisuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13823555463834775539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573459873549945383.post-67039909693119928972012-10-23T12:52:00.000-07:002012-10-24T18:11:05.628-07:005 days in Tokyo<b>My Tokyo To Do List:</b><br />
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<li>Tokyo Disneyland </li>
<li>Tokyo Disney Sea</li>
<li>Tsukiji Fish Market (eat at Sushi Dai)</li>
<li>Shinjinku (eat at Katsukura and at Alice and Wonderland Cafe)</li>
<li>Shopping in Harajuku district</li>
<li>Shibuya shopping district (eat at Midori Sushi)</li>
<li>Check out Akihabara- Electric City</li>
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<b>PLANNING:</b><br />
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<b>Tickets: Airfare and JR Rail Pass</b><br />
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For our flight, ideally we wanted to fly from LAX directly to Kansai (osaka) airport but it didn't seem to be an option. Most flights will stop over in San Francisco or Tokyo. I booked tickets through Orbitz for ANA (All Nippon Airways). Our trip was for the beginning of OCTOBER and it was about a little over a thousand for an economy class ticket. With about an hour between layovers, total trip time to japan was about 14 hours and 12 hours when returning back to LA. <br />
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I booked our flight for ANA but it turned out that the fineprint showed that our LA to Japan flight would be operated by United. I had read quite a few negative reviews about UA, but we had a relatively tolerable flight, considering its length. The coach seats even had personal tv screens with quite a few movie options as did ANA. What happened to the standard peanuts they used to give out? Did i miss those? Maybe... but both airlines provided plenty of bevies and eats, ANA providing the better food out of the two. <br />
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We planned on taking the bullet train to Tokyo from Osaka and use the train for getting around in tokyo and found the JR rail pass would be ideal for us. JR rail pass is good for JR lines, including busses and ferrys- however, for the bullettrain, it is not valid for the fastest train options. <br />
See this page for more details <a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2361.html">http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2361.html</a> . An adult ticket costs $356.00. Most ticketing sites only accept Visa or Mastercard, but i booked mine through the JTB travel website which takes AMEX. <a href="http://online.jtbusa.com/JRpass.aspx">http://online.jtbusa.com/JRpass.aspx</a> Once you order, you will be mailed a voucher (not your actual pass) which you take with you to Japan and exchange for the actual Rail Pass at either the train station JR office or airport. <br />
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*Order your rail passes atleast a couple of weeks ahead. We had booked our flights early in May- it was tough to figure out when to get the best deals, as prices fluctuated all over the place esp with fuel charges. <br />
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** We actually had ended up having to cancel our Rail passes in the end after our flight to japan got rerouted directly to Tokyo due to a typhoon and we no longer had to use the bullet train. Local train travel within the Tokyo area was relatively inexpensive vs utilizing the rail pass. JTB kindly processed our unused vouchers once we got back (minus 10% fee). <br />
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<b>Hotel:</b><br />
Picking a hotel wasn't too difficult. I knew i wanted to stay somewhere with easy access to the train station where i can get to Disneyland and get through my todo list easily by train. Shinjuku is a heavy<br />
entertainment/shopping district, so i wanted to stay here so we would have plenty to do near our hotel and it was within 30-45 minutes to most of the places i wanted to go to. Disneyland also has affiliated hotels which offer free shuttle bus services to disneyland, but they were on the pricier side. I decided on Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku through Hotels.com . <a href="http://www.hotels.com/ho256969/hotel-sunroute-plaza-shinjuku-tokyo-japan/">http://www.hotels.com/ho256969/hotel-sunroute-plaza-shinjuku-tokyo-japan/</a> It seemed very popular among tourists, very close to the train station, close to shopping plazas and reasonably priced. Average night cost is about $140. Through hotels.com, they happened to have a free cancellation policy up to a few days before the trip, which ended up being a lifesaver as the typhoon resulted in having to move up our tokyo trip a few days forward. The hotel was kind to find us a room last minute calling from the airport, unfortunately i ended up booking it privately after cancelling through hotels.com which costed a couple hundred more in the end. But we ended up saving some money overall after the JR pass cancellation. I hated that our plans had to change and it was stressful rearranging everything, but perhaps it turned out to be more advantageous as we went with the flow! <br />
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The airport bus (called limosine bus) took us directly from Narita airport to the hotel. I'm not sure if Haneda airport (newer, cleaner) has this service. The lobby area was quite nice- they offer free wifi in the lobby area, not in the rooms. The hotel receptionists spoke english and were very helpful when i had questions getting around tokyo. They have a good subway map you should definitely get, and they have a tip sheet available on popular tourist places and which trains to take. They also have tourist pamphlets by the check in area. Check in line can be long, as i noticed on a friday the line was almost to the door. <br />
Economy rooms are VERY SMALL. Having been to japan before, i was used to small rooms, but if u have a lot of luggage with you or not a short person, it can be a challenge getting around the room. I'm not sure how much bigger the luxury rooms are, but i can't imagine them being that much bigger. <br />
They had a mini frig, tea pot, TV, and 2 pretty comfortable beds. Japanese tend to like harder beds and pillows. They also had a long dress pajama shirt you can wear and they provide slippers. Although the beds, restrooms and hotel items were all very clean, the hotel rug and hallways looked quite worn. Bathrooms included hairdryer, a bidet toilet, shower/tub, refilled shampoo/body wash/conditioner dispensers, face wash/handwash, disposable razor, toothbrush/paste, Q tips, comb, showercap. I enjoyed the shower- perfect water pressure. Looks like they had laudry facilities ,but we did not use this. Didn't have a great view, but we could see a bit out into the front of the hotel street. <br />
Elevators and rooms use a keycard which activate on touch, which i thought was pretty cool. <br />
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There is a Family Mart across the street, subway station to the right, Shinjuku Trainstation toward the left about 5 minutes out (Enter at Lumine Entrance across from Yoshinoya), a mcDonalds nearby and Takashiyama Square about a 10 minute walk. I was very happy staying at this hotel and would stay here again.<br />
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<b>Phone Rental:</b><br />
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I was worried about not being able to use the internet easily in Japan and didn't want to risk incurring ridiculous roaming charges on my phone, so my friend suggested that I rent a smart phone for my trip. You can do this while you are in japan, but she told me that there are places in Los Angeles where you can rent the phone ahead of time and it will be activated once you get to japan. This was a great time saver. <b> </b> <br />
The place i used was KDDI mobile. I think some of the larger Mitsuwa locations have this type of phone rental service. Here is KDDI's branch locations through US. <a href="http://www.kddia.com/en/Contact#branch_locations">http://www.kddia.com/en/Contact#branch_locations</a><br />
There's also Docomo services:<br />
<a href="http://www.docomo-usa.com/en/store/index.php">http://www.docomo-usa.com/en/store/index.php</a><br />
At some of these places you can also rent compact wireless routers (mifi), so you can connect your laptops to it. Wifi is available throughout Tokyo, but it's not always free and you have to hunt for places that have it. <br />
KDDI offered basic phones and smart phones. I went with a month rental of the iphone4S which i really enjoyed using. I had an unlimited data plan for 1 month for about $150. Phone calls and texts were $1.50 and only valid while use in japan (calls received in japan from japan were free). I could use the phone data service though through wifi while i was still in the US. Having a smart phone on my trip was definitely a life saver. When my plane got rerouted, i was able to rearrange my hotel reservations using the internet through my phone. I could check my e-mail regularly and looking up directions or reviews of a place was a breeze. Also, the iphone4s camera was kick ass- it took great shots and it was super convenient that i didn't have to carry a separate camera. <br />
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*<b>Weathe</b>r: weather in japan can range from freezing cold to unbearably muggy hot. This is the second time i have been in japan in october and for the most part, we hit some rain, but weather wasn't extreme- it was in about the 70s-80s and rained a few days. I'd recommend around this time to definitely bring a rain jacket/umbrella as it's typhoon season. Dress warm but bring a couple of t-shirts as well as a few of the days we were there reached the 80s. <br />
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<b>Monatary: </b>Most of the places i went in tokyo took Visa, MC and AMEX. They do charge a foreign transaction fee which usually ended up being a couple of bucks, but did add up for larger purchases. <br />
During the time i went, the YEN was very weak at about 80cents for 1 US dollar as opposed to when i went years ago when i went there richer! <br />
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<b>READY TO GO</b>! Got my tickets, my passport, my rail pass, my phone, hotel reservations, money, itinerary (i did plenty of research ahead of time on places i wanted to eat and shop!) and ready to enjoy my trip!!! <br />
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Great websites i used to plan my daily trip adventures:<br />
<a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2164.html">http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2164.html</a><br />
<a href="http://whereintokyo.com/index.html">http://whereintokyo.com/index.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bento.com/">http://www.bento.com/</a><br />
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