I can’t remember the last time I willingly got out of bed at 3:30 in the morning. However, seeing as the recommended time to go to the Tsukiji Fish Market was between 4:30-5:30am, I had no choice but to forgo my sleep in order to catch some of the action! Tsukiji is apparently one of the largest markets in the world. I read that on average they get 3,000 tons of fish each morning, selling 2.8 billion yen worth by…
Chiba was something I was secretly looking forward to since I got to Tokyo. I got everything prepared beforehand, including my card, the envelope and my gift for Aiba-kun. After taking a nap at hotel, we went back out and headed for Chiba. It wasn’t extremely complicated to get to Chiba. We took the yellow Sobu Line which took a little less than an hour before arriving at Makuharihongo Station. Coming out of the station, it was almost exactly as…
Torani no totoro totoro! I’m getting a little ahead of myself here, but I was definitely traveling on high spirits on the way to the Ghibli Museum! It was raining again when we left our hotel that morning. We got off at Mitaka Station and totally got confused trying to figure out which direction to go. We finally found a sign that pointed us in the right direction for Studio Ghibli, so we started walking. Along the way we passed…
It was cloudy day when we made our way to Yokohama early Sunday morning. We took the trains to Sakuragi-cho Station and followed the paths that led towards Minato Mirai 21. We walked pass the Landmark Tower, which is the tallest skyscraper in Japan. Since the skies were so cloudy, we decided not to go up to the observation deck at the top. However, we did walk around the port and saw the ships that were docked on the side….
It was another early start on the day of our Osaka trip. We got to Tokyo Station much earlier than we needed because I was paranoid we’d miss the bullet train. After confirming that we had the right tickets, my sister and I searched around for a conbini to buy breakfast so we could eat on the train. The seats for the shinkansen were really spacious, so the entire ride there was quite relaxing. I probably dozed off at some…