Destination: Japan
Duration: 6 Days 5 Nights (Feb 08~Feb 14, 2014)
Day 2: Food Porn!!!
It was a Monday so we needed to walk to our Kawasaki
Office which was literally 5 mins walk from Kawasaki Nikko Hotel. Breakfast in
the hotel was great – we had the international selection and the Japanese
selection – love the soba! We finally met our US colleague and traded flight
stories. Apparently they were either:-
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Delayed
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Diverted to another airport and slept on the
bench, or
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Took 4 hours++ to reach Kawasaki before the
storm hit!
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| Day 2 Breakfast |
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| Day 3 Breakfast - look at all the varieties! |
Everything went well in the office and lunch was at a restaurant nearby the office. I ordered the Oyakudon which tasted kind of meh and my Assistant Manager Alice had seared chicken!!! Seared but close to RAW chicken! Eeewwww!!! She didn't know it when she ordered it but she chomped them down! Go girl!!!
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| That "Seared" Chicken meal |
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| Oyakudon |
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| Some Sliced Pork Rice |
At night, our US colleague Diana
took us to the Lazona Mall (another side of Kawasaki station) to ogle at FOOD!
Japanese really loves their food presentation! We just wished we had a bigger
stomach or a body that could never gain weight so that we can enjoy all the
food!
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| Look at that Strawberries!!!! |
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| This caught our eyes! |
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| Tandoori in Kawasaki |
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| Look at all the Bentos!!! |
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| Salad for the ladies! |
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| All so Delicate! |
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| Look so nice but expensive!!! |
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| So CUTE!!! |
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| Instant Miso Soup with Smiley Face! |
We ended up at the foodcourt which sold varieties of food
and we ended up with this Japanese meatball stall. I ordered the lady size
meatball omelet with curry sauce for 720 Yen and it was so YUMMY!!! Alice &
Diana ordered the shrimp & chicken option with cheese but they couldn’t
finish it since it was too rich. They both loved it though. =)
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| Diana's Baked Shrimp & Cheese Rice... |
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| Alice's Based Chicken & Cheese Rice |
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| My Meatball with Omelet in Curry Sauce!!! |
Day 3: Work Hard & Play Harder
It was National Holiday in Japan but we still needed to
get to the office to work work work. However, boss had allowed us to leave the
office earlier to celebrate the national holiday! Hooray! We grabbed a very
late lunch at the Lazona foodcourt again. This time I ordered the raw salmon
& tuna rice with soft boiled egg on top. The combination was YUMMY and the raw
fish was so fresh!
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| There were some light snows in the morning but couldn't catch it on camera... |
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| Someone's hamburger... |
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| Salmon & Tuna Rice with Soft-boiled Egg!!! LOVE IT!!! |
Thanks to Hyperdia.com and tripline website (so ACCURATE!!!), we
managed to walk from Tokyo to the Imperial Palace. BUT IT WAS CLOSED!!!!
Apparently the closing time was 3.30pm! So early!!! It’s like my experience at
Castle of St John’s in Kos all over again (link)! *sob* Since it was closed, we
simply walked around the castle – we walked and walked and finally realized
that it was a really BIG CIRCLE. It took us like 1 hour++ to complete the
circle! But the view was nice and weather was cold so it was fine. (Just hope
to have a better companion though)
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| On the way!!! |
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| Here is the Imperial Palace!!! |
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| CLOSED... *facepalm* |
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| Snow Everywhere! |
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| Walking around the Palace.. |
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| The King? |
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| A Bridge Connecting mainland to the Palace... |
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| Stunning View! |
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| Snow again!!! |
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| Thick Snow!!! |
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| A Building nearby |
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| A Snowman!!! |
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| Naked Guys Statues! |
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| Look at the Snows! |
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| Very Steep huh? |
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| Buried in the Snow... |
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| The only Gate we walked through |
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| SAD!!! |
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| Sammy & the Nijubashi Bridge! |
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| Random Street in Tokyo |
We took another train from Tokyo Station to get to
Roppongi so that I could get my hand on Hark Rock Tokyo t-shirts. Everything
went well without incident and since Tokyo Tower was in sight, we simply walk
towards it in the ice old night.
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| Tokyo Station in the Fresh! |
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| Getting into Tokyo Station! |
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| Tokyo Tower looks Nearby? |
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| Hard Rock Shop! |
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| Hard Rock Cafe! |
It was my 2nd time to Tokyo Tower but my last
experience was during daytime. Thus this was a total eye opener! Tokyo looked
AMAZING at night! All the LEDs, the lights! We could even see Rainbow Bridge in
full glory!!! =)
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| Tokyo Tower at Night! |
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| Mini Tokyo Tower in Heart Formation |
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| Tokyo At Night! |
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| A Road in Between |
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| The Rainbow Bridge! |
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| A Close Up!!! |
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| Zoom into Tokyo Skytree! |
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| Selfie!!! |
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| Miniature Tokyo Tower! |
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| Transparent Floor with Heart Shape Mini Tokyo Tower at Ground Level |
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| Cutie Tokyo Tower! |
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| Lego Movie! |
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| A Temple near Tokyo Tower... |
After that, I simply grab a sandwich from a convenient
store beside Kawasaki Nikko Hotel for late dinner. Let me tell you – sandwiches
from convenient store are AWESOME!!! I love it so much!!! Also, hot bath after
long time outdoor in freezing temperature was AWESOME too!!!!
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| Sandwich, Dessert & Drink!!! |
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| Yummy! I'm DOOMED!!! |
Next Days (Lots of FOODssssss)
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