Destination: Japan, Germany & Singapore
Duration: 13 Days 12 Nights (Feb 22~Mar 07, 2014)
Day 1: Flight Delay, Imperial Palace & Odaiba
The journey started disastrously when Silkair had a last
minute ‘mechanical’ problem thus delaying the PG-SG flight causing us to
miss-connect our SG-NRT flight. WTF??!!! Last week they miss-connect my luggage
and this week they miss-connect ME? DARN!!!!!!!!!!!!! They were serving McD in the
Penang terminal gate for all the affected passengers.
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| Filet O Fish & Water from SQ |
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| Sammy is bored too!!! |
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| Finally we are off to Changi! |
Once we reached Changi, we were told that they could put
us on another mid-night flight to Nagoya instead else we would have to wait for
another morning direct flight with Nippon Airways which would only reached
Narita at 4.30pm on Sunday! Of course we chose the Nagoya flight so that we
could reach Nagoya at 8.20am. They only served one inflight meal for the Nagoya
flight and it was the exact replica breakfast menu of Narita flight of Egg or
Rice with Mackerel.
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| Breakfast Menu |
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| Sammy is on the Plane too! |
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| Japanese Rice Set for Breakfast |
One we reach Nagoya, we were paid 15,000Yen each so that
we would reach our own destination as it was Singapore airline’s fault that we
did not reach Narita. Since Kawasaki is in the middle between Nagoya &
Narita, we only spent like 11,000Yen for our ride (Local from Nagoya
Airport-> Nagoya then Shinkansen from Nagoya-> Shinagawa, Local again
from Shinagawa->Kawasaki).
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| At the Nagoya Airport Station |
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| On the Way to Nagoya |
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| Sammy on the Ride... |
Unfortunately we did not plan any itinerary for Nagoya!
Else we could’ve explored the area before we left for Kawasaki! I heard there
are lots of nice Edo Castles in Nagoya!!! It was almost 12noon when we reached
Kawasaki Nikko Hotel thus my plan to Kawagoe was TOTALLY FUBAR!!! UUGHHHH!!!!
This was the 2nd time my Kawagoe plan got screwed! 2 weeks ago was
Snow Storm (link) and this week was Flight Delay! *bangwall*
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| Back to Kawasaki Nikko Hotel |
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| Did i mention i LOVE the Shiseido Facewash, Shampoo & Conditioner? |
Last minute changes required impromptu plan thus we came
up with a last minutes plan to visit Imperial Palace in Tokyo as it was closed
2 weeks ago during my visit (link). After Imperial palace, the plan was to visit
Odaiba which was famous for its night view.
Off we went after a brief lunch at the convi store beside
Nikko Hotel with yummy sandwiches. Basically our train tickets today were all
courtesy of Singapore Airlines since we still had 4,000Yen left from their
compensation. We bought the Suica card and reached Imperial Palace in no time.
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| Japanese Sandwich is AWESOME!!! |
We walked through the east imperial garden and it was
loads of fun. The weather was nice and there were lots of tourists as well. The
only downside was Sakura was not in season yet! *cry* It would’ve been perfect
if there were Sakura in the garden!!!
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| On the Way to Imperial Palace |
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| Here we are again... |
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| Traditional Building among Modern High-rise |
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| The Tourist Picture |
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| Getting into the Garden... =) |
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| Hmm.. a fish? |
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| Getting in! |
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| Guardhouse |
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| The Garden without any Greenery.. |
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| Finally some Colors! |
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| Sammy was there too! |
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| A Pond in the Garden |
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| Another View |
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| Bet This Would be Amazing in Sakura Season |
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| A Building in the Garden |
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| Are those Sakura??? |
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| Sakura? Really? |
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| A Bunker of Sort... |
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| The Famous Nijubashi Bridge |
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| More Bridge |
We began to walk back to Tokyo Station when we came
across some shopping district which happened to have a Tax-Free Burberry
Boutique. Let’s say someone was very happy with moi came out empty-handed.
Hahha…
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| Burberry in Tokyo |
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| Another Shopping Mall |
We continued our railroad journey to Obaida – another
touristy town on a man-made island in Tokyo Bay. There were lots of shopping
malls in the area but the area also provided a great view of the Rainbow Bridge
– which we crossed on the way to Odaiba. There is also a Ferris Wheel in the
area offering beautiful nightview.
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| At a Transit Rain Station - Great View huh? |
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| On the Way to Odaiba |
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| The Rainbow Bridge from Train |
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| Crossing the Rainbow Bridge |
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| Fuji-TV Building |
We were beyond starving when we reached Odaiba so we went
to the nearest mall – AquaCity for some food hunting. We ended up at their
foodcourt and wolfed down a big bowl of soba with Tempura Prawn in no time!
Darn! It was just so scrumptious and it felt so wonderful to eat something hot
in cold weather.
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| Food!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Ebi-ten with SOBA!!! Yummy! |
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| Petshop near the Foodcourt |
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| Cute! |
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| A Yorkie! |
There was a mini Statue of Liberty there too and the fuji-TV
building is AWESOME - More so during nightfall when we were leaving the place.
The Tokyo Nikko hotel is located at the bay too! We went into Decks Tokyo Beach
which consisted of multiple theme parks such as Legoland, Wax Museum & some
Manga stuffs.. but I guess we were too old for this.. hehe….
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| Here is the Tokyo Nikko Hotel! |
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| Decks Tokyo Beach |
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| Christmas Tree |
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| Lots of Kokokai!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Mini Statue of Liberty |
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| Ferris Wheel At Obaida |
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| Lots of Light Patterns |
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| Rainbow Bridge at Night |
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| Statue of Libery & Rainbos Bridge At Night |
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| Fuji-TV Building At night! |
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| Look at the Light Show! |
We finally called it a day and went back to Kawasaki at
around 9pm to prepare for a long day ahead tomorrow. Of course we needed to get
some supper 1st! Cold weather does make you hungry!!! Darn! FAT!!!
Bought some sandwiches, Onigiri & dessert from the convi store again –
onigiri & dessert for supper & sandwich for breakfast since breakfast
was not in the package this time. The onigiri tasted kind of strange but the
dessert was nice though.
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| Supper & some Sandwich for Breakfast |
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| Dessert from Convi! |
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| Onigiri - tasted Strange... |
Next Days (Foodsssss & Minato Mirai)
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