{"id":3542,"date":"2024-02-02T15:36:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T20:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jenny-chan.com\/blog\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2024-02-06T20:55:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T01:55:42","slug":"yokohama-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenny-chan.com\/blog\/?p=3542","title":{"rendered":"Yokohama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For my first full day in Tokyo, I had some errands to run in the morning. First there were a few things I wanted to mail out, so I headed to the nearest post office with a box of snacks I purchased for my sister. With previous experience, I know how tedious it is mailing to Canada due to customs, but I just didn\u2019t realize how much MORE<\/em><\/strong> tedious it got.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first the staff weren\u2019t sure if I was allowed to mail to Canada, so they were encouraging me to take it back and ship it in my luggage instead. But once they gave me the go ahead, I needed to fill out the customs form online. That meant I had to borrow a friend\u2019s address, fill out the form listing out every single item, wait for a confirmation, then ask the staff to print my label. It was needlessly complicated. And on top of that it cost 8,800 yen!! I had spent so much time that I paid it just so I could leave, but I remember how much cheaper it used to be to mail by EMS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, after that fiasco I was on my way to Toranomon Hills to meet up with a friend at her office tower. I was going to pick up something I had asked her to order for me, but I realized it wasn\u2019t feasible carrying it around as I was heading to Yokohama later, so after a quick \u2018hi\u2019 and \u2018bye\u2019, which was completely out of my way, I left without grabbing anything. LOL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day finally got better once I made it to Yokohama. In the 4-5 years since I last visited, they built the Yokohama Air Cabin, which is a gondola connecting Sakuragicho Station to Yokohama World Porters. Since it was a nice day out, I decided to take it one way there and was treated to some decents views from the top. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My first stop once I reached the end was to the Cup Noodle Museum. I remember visiting the one in Osaka when I was on my working holiday and it was a similar experience. First I visited their Noodles Bazaar for lunch and tried two kinds of ramen \u2013 the Laksa from Malaysia and Mie Goreng from Indonesia. Then with my timed ticket I got to make my personalized Cup Noodle at their factory. I was a bit sad cause they limited it to one cup per person that day, but at least I didn\u2019t have to line up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The rest of the time in Yokohama I spent wandering around the Red Brick Warehouse and did a bit of shopping inside World Porters. Then I did a leisurely walk back to the station and transited to Tokyo. For dinner that evening I met up with Yumi-san in Shimbashi for Okinawan food. I felt really bad because it was a last minute meetup, but Yumi-san was really understanding and it was great seeing her after all these years.\u00a0So happy I got my fill of Okinawan food!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For my first full day in Tokyo, I had some errands to run in the morning. First there were a few things I wanted to mail out, so I headed to the nearest post office with a box of snacks I purchased for my sister. With previous experience, I know how tedious it is mailing to Canada due to customs, but I just didn\u2019t realize how much MORE tedious it got. At first the staff weren\u2019t sure if I was…<\/p>\n

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