1st day; began with me forgetting
my whole skincare and body care in the airport toilet. I immediately
returned to the airport because I just couldn't let go of my skincare (sobs kiehl's).
Luckily, they kept it for me! After that, we're supposed to go to see
the Royal Palace Garden but it was raining, and cloudy, and I got sudden
call from my office (my main office is in Tokyo) telling me to come
there. I had to ditch the plan for 1st day because I ended up with my
coworkers and boss for a whole day. I finally returned to the hotel and unpack 30 mins before midnight. Not the first day I had in mind but I got to eat for free courtesy of my boss, so it was not entirely unlucky.
2nd day; we strolled by the hostel area before departing to Asakusa (it was last minute decision). I had been to Kaminarimon
about 3 times before but I never truly appreciate its beauty until then
(3 times I was there, I was escorting people). We walked all the way
to Tokyo Sky Tree but only got to admire it from outside because the
ticket line was so long. After that, we went to Odaiba. My feet and
shoulders were seriously killing me so I didn't take a lot of picture, I
stored my camera inside my bag after I entered Venus Fort. By the
night, we visited Oedo Onsen Monogatari. I heard about the magic of onsen before and finally got to experience that! All my soreness and aches were healed. I'm definitely a hot spring person.
3rd day; we went to Meiji-jinguu at Harajuku to begin the day. It wasn't as crowded as the last time I was there (August 2013) so I got to look around a bit more. The enma there was mostly written by tourists/foreigners (amusingly, many mentioned please no Trump for president). I enjoy reading these enma/wish
plates, purely because it reminds me that there are people in this
world who still wishes for world peace and greater things for this
world. We left Meiji-jinguu for Harajuku Takeshita Doori,
as always, it was crowded and overwhelming. We went to Disney Store
because I wanted to buy souvenirs for my baby cousins (but left it with
Captain America tsmtsum instead. I spent the next day looking for Winter
Soldier's with no avail). Finished with Takeshita-doori, we visited La Foret where Amez bought a pretty Laduree lipstick (and I snatched their catalogue, of course).
Amez wanted to go to Dominique Ansel
so we went there. The line was so long, I think we spent about 20
minutes until we got seats. Luckily, Dominique himself was there!
(totally unimportant but he bumped into me, and it felt like a famous
celebrity bumped into me. He's a pastry chef so he is totally a
celebrity for me. Everyone who makes sweets are God-sent). I ordered the
infamous cronuts and matcha latte. They were good but way too sweet for
my liking, after consuming them, I was pumped to walk from Harajuku to
Shibuya just to burn the calories. We spent the rest of the day in Shibuya karaoke-ing and shopping. I met up with some friends I made when I was studying there, it was really nice to meet old friends.
4th day; destination was Shinjuku. I met up with my Japanese friend and her twin sister. We began by eating katein zushi then visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tower to see Tokyo from above. After that we simply looked for another place to sit and talk. Bidding goodbye to her, I met up with another friend, this time from Vietnam. We almost called the appointment off but thankfully she could make it, which we was really happy for since our last meeting was in February 2014 when I went home from my study.
5th day; was the highlight for so many reason. First, we're going to the Ikebukuro, possibly my favorite place in Tokyo. But before that, we went to Seibu Department Store where I got myself Nars and Burberry products. The next destination was Animate, then Sunshine City where we're going to meet another friends. We simply visited random stores, freaked out because do we need this or not? but ended up not buying any. After meeting our friends, we went to the Otome Road where Amez kind of let herself free. Around 5, we bid goodbye to our friends and I picked up my other friend then we went to Nekorobi Cat Cafe. I'm not a cat person but I was pleasantly surprised when a cat got so clingy on me. Okay, I got to admit cat was cute, but only in that instant.
6th day; the last day, I have to leave for the airport by noon. In the morning, I met another best friend of mine from Japan. We went to eat at this very famous restaurant in Shinjuku Station called Sarabeth. The line was insane, it was longer than Dominique Ansel, I think we waited for around 30 - 40 minutes. But the food was delicious, it was so worth it. I had fun talking with my friend as well, the last time I met her was August last year so we had a lot to catch up.
As mentioned, I did not visited many tourist spot, I think only places in 2nd and 3rd day can be categorized as tourist spot. My main purpose this time was more meeting my friends and (shameless) shopping, so overall, I was really happy with this trip. I just wish I had more time to speak and hang out with my friends, it's been sooo long since I met them.
Have you ever been to Japan? Do you have any particular place you want to see/visit in Tokyo?
acceptance over understanding
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