im back home~~ as usual.. im missin the weather n shoppin over there!! the things there may be super expensive but it's chao nice! love their clothes,bags, accessories.. unique! their dressings is so fashio.nable/daring. was so so tempted to get one whole set of clothings that the dummies were wearin.. but i'll be mad to do so.. coz one whole set can easily cost me 20,000yen.. which is ~$300. n it's not branded lor. juz normal jap brand or smth.
but i still bought quite a few stuffs..it's not a lot but i spent eth that my dad gave me=X. esp at the acces.sories corner.. i juz couldnt resist even tho the pricin was ....!hahah. crazy la. i still cant believe i actualli bought a pair of jeans that was at a !!! price. think i was juz too numb after seein all the high prices.. n i juz din bother. n oso.. my dad was sayin."u lyk u buy.. coz u're not gg to come here again.".so yea..i bought some... resisted a lot of other items.. tryin to convince myself that the items are so not worth that price n i could perhaps get an almost look a lyk one on gm.rkt.=X
food wise.. it was gd.. but can u believe that i din eat a single su.shi when i was there!i din c it! n when i finalli saw some in to.kyo.. i din feel lyk eatin le. first few meals was veri jap.anese.. den subsequently.. there were buff.ets/bbq/steamboat..not too jap. oh.. i tried one piece of s.alm.on sashi.mi! it was nice! it din haf that slimy n weird taste that i dislyk. n i tried the ro.e thingy.. big orangy thing.. not bad.. it'll burst once i bite it.
people wise.. ja.ps are sooo polite! service was veri good! for eg.. i went into this depa.rtmental store n bought a top. the gal will lyk keep bowin..sayin thank u... den help u carry ur shoppin bag till u're out of the shop n pass it to u b4 givin a 90degrees bow n thankin u again!chao polite! den the depar.tmental store it's lyk is.etan those kind..diff shops on one flr.. each shop has one or 2 asst in there.. so when u walk pass.. th.ey will always greet u.. smth lyk welcome..pls come in.even tho u're juz walkin pass with no intentions to go in. chao gd service!unlyk in sg.. th.ey dun bother abt u.
besides this.. dressing is chao nice n fashi.onable.. the guys are quite cute..esp those in serv line or on the st of ha.ra.ju.ku!haha.
overall.. the trip was good.. juz that there's a lot of bu.s journ.eys in h0kk! damn sianz. but at least there's some entertainment on the bus.. got tv show n the guide was quite funny. watched one show abt the most famous gi.g0.l0 in jap. duno how many millions he can earn in a mth lo. he doesnt look that shu.aiz to me leh.. but i guess he's popular coz he's quite "xi xin".noe how to "hong" the tai-tais. quite an interestin show.. was tempted to go visit one outlet.haha. coz the interiors looked so wow.. so bling. but u'll need a lot of $$ to go in.. minimum spendin is 20k.
oh.. took a lot of highways too.. n 3/4 of the toil.et stops are chao clean! some even haf pretty decor inside the toi.let.. n it's only a simple stop along the highway!
some random pics that i took on the bus. (top left clockwise) some leftover snow on the mount.ains, a lake, a de.er! n duno which ak.an mou.ntain0k.. now is the day to day account..pictures will be uploaded slowly..
DAy 1.
11.35pm flight to na.rita air.port via a.n..a airlines. not bad. managed to sleep at most half an hr only n stared, listen music, play vi.deo games for the rest of the time.
dawn bre.aking
relivin my chil.dhood by playin mari.o
guide was sayin this column is for jap P.R.s.. but i wonder y are they called al.iensDAy2
Reached na.rit.a ai.rport at ard 6+? cant rem le. met our tour guide n mem. abt 24 in total. n as usual..i was the youngest there.. but our tour leade frm sg was oso quite young 23!
so orderly. oh ya..over at the airp0rt.. it was my first time seein so many man wearin biz suit..blazers n all. my dad was sayin that's how everyone dressed to work..even the bus driver was wearin a suit.took an hr bus ride to ha.neda dom airp.ort for our flight to h0kk. was quite earli.. so we slacked ard at the airport. fell alsp there too. was too tired.
reached hokk at ard 2+... lunch stop first. it was a jap course. some raw stuffs.. but i cooked them in the mini hotpot.haha. love the so.ba!
after lunch was another hr++ ride to our re.sort. had a stopover at a goodie cum toil.et stop. either i was too tired or the sunlite was too bright.. i couldnt open my eyes.. could only squint-_-.
my lun.ch.. love the noodles!
mini ch.erry blo.ssom tree.our res.ort was at to.kachiga.wa.. some small town/cit.y.. veri quiet.. so after dinner.. there wasnt aniwhere to go. was suppose to go for hotspring but mum wasnt interested n it was actualli quite small n pathetic..not outdoors too. think kor ha.nwah's was better.
dinner was a jap course again.. a mini grill to ourself. love the chawa.mushi n so.ba! after dinner.. we went back to our rms.. was surprised to find the mattresses all laid out for us coz it was t.a.tami style.. our luggages were oso arranged nicely.b4dinner when we went to our rms..it wasnt laid out yet. either i was too trustin or naive.. my first thots were wa.. they're so sweet to lay out for us(tink kor.. we had to pull the mattresses out by ourselves..acie!haha). but my mum's first thots were wa... they came in..we din lock our luggages.check ur things!-___-.
aniway.. this ta.tami style wasnt that gd.. coz the flr wasnt central heating. so not shuangs. n i wore the yu.kata to take pics for fun too!haha.
Day3
mornin call at 6am n day break was at 4.30am lor.that is 3.30am sg time!chao earli den bf at 7am n bf was rice, fish n soup! imagine eating those at 6am sg time!*puke*. but i still managed to eat half of it.
this was the super heavy bf.c0.d fish,rice, so.up..next was a 20mins ride to to.kachi winer.y. tried their whi.te wine. not bad..abit sweet kind.
(top left clockwise) supposedly a field that grows gra.pes.. but now isnt the sea.son so cant see any gra.pes, the win.ery entrance, me, wanted a nicer pic of the fe.rris wheel.. but it turned out lyk this only-_-.after that was an hr+ ride to ku.shiro. to see cranes! guide kept emphasisin that it's only winter when u can see a lot of cranes.. springtime they'll go back to give birth.. so u muz be realli lucki to spot a few un married/young cranes. n we were that lucki! saw not one but 4 cranes.. n b4 we left.. we saw another 3 more flyin down!but they were too far le.. so couldnt realli capture them. n someone brought bino.. so we borrowed to view the cra.nes=).
oh the guide told us some funny stories abt the feud that the old granny who looks after the cranes have with the shop opposite. so if we patronise the shop opp.. the granny will be super angry with us. n so we didnt!haha. we patronised her vendin machine! n the guide was so darin.. it's their custom or wat.. i duno.. he actualli greeted her by touchin her chest!den he say the old granny loves it!hahahaha.dotx
nextwas lunch.. n it was buffet style at an.a hotel in kushi.ro. love the sob.a again!hahaa. n the cakes looked soooo good but too bad it wasnt provided in the buff.et.
after that we went to the yellow sulphur vol.cano.it stinks! so i din go near it. hate the sulphu.r smell.. mum bought melon ice cream over there.. n i love it!
next was la,ke kushiro where we got to "pao" our feet in the natural hotspring! chao shuangs! the weather was cold den we pao our feet in the hot water=).
another hr+ ride to our ho.tel called ak.an view hotel.but there's no view of the la.,ke frm the hot.el-_-. put down our luggages n proceeded to the lake.. a few mins walk behind.. super cold over there.. abt 7 degrees n the wind was chao strong!shuangs!. next was a stroll along the shops in the ai.nu vil.lage. nth much to buy except sourvenirs or food.
dinner was buff.et style in the h0tel. again .. took so.ba n i oso lyk the cu.rry rice! tried the cold crab.. but no meat one-_-
didnt try the hots.pring again coz 1.it was sulph.ur kind.yucks. but it was outdoor.. damn sianz.. couldnt try.slept super earli again. oh ya.. this ho.tel toilet was so so so patheticalli small! i even measured it with my arms! let's imagine.. the length wise.. it's only both my arms stretched horizontalli. width wise it's one arm + abt half arm stretched horizontalli! it's tt crampy. kept knockin my leg la till i got a small bruised-______-
day4
bf was buff.et style.yay. at least it's not rice .
took a 2hrs+ ride to ot.aru!
some pretty view beside the to.ilet stop along the hi.ghway! love the green grass with yellow flo.wers + the mou.ntains with leftover snow far behind!over at ot.ar.u, it was 1.5hrs free n ez.. but we had to visit 3 plces.
some buildings in o.ta.ru n me enjoying my special mixed icecream!=)1. the ota.ru orgel museum! i love the plc!!! lots of musical boxes.. quite A magical feel n i love the org.el music. was tempted to buy a lot if only i had $$$
ended up buyin one small musical box. could choose my own music n i chose the music frm the movie "spirited awa.y". wanted to find for a music that i heard on the bus.. it was kinda mystical/magical kind. but i couldnt coz 1. i duno how to read jap n 2. there were so many music to choose frm! n i had no time to slowly listen!sianz. if only i had time.. i would haf make an entire musical box myself. di.y section! or buy more musi.cal boxes!
i want to buy eth!!! but i only bought one box there.. the simplest one=)2. kit.achi gl.ass mu.seum. quite sianz.. juz see those pretty glas.ses that are sold at super high prices. ended up sitting outside eatin ice cream.the shop was famous for their 7 layers ice cream.. but i bought the special mix instead.. haf 6 flavours.. vanilla.choc.stra.wberry.lavender.mel0n n green tea. nice!
3. ota.ru can.al. a pretty foto takin spot
the can.al n some nice lookin buildin opp it.after ot.aru was sap.poro! the guide was so good.. coz he say since it's on the way.. we might as well go.. wasnt on the list.. it was to a white choc fac.tory.. the plc is famous for the white choc + biscuits. but i wasnt interested in that coz i dun lyk white choc.. was more interested in the flower gar.den!hahah. love the flowers there.. super nice + those cute houses!spent my time taking fotos while the others went in to buy chocs
next was dinner..bbq style. not bad.. our family bought an additional aba.lone.. not bad too.. chewy chewy kind. love the ambi.ence there.. esp the outdoor sittings.. hafin bbq in the coolin weather.shuangs.
out of the 4 aba..only one was ours! after dinner..we went back ho.tel to put our luggages den out we go.. guide brought us to the undergrd shopp.in mall. could haf bought stuffs if only the shops din close so earli at 8pm! dotx. ended up buyin only one pair of earring.sianx
the cake is super nice!
Day 5
after bf.. we went to the sap clo.ck tower.. took fotos with the flowers n li.lacs!
then next was to shi.raoi ain.u village.. had a mini song n dance perf. the person who intro the ain.u lifestyle to us was damn funny. first he said he;ll speak only in jap..spoke it in eng.. den he babbled some jap n den he spoke in eng.. n den chinese.. n den abit of cantonese.. den he went i only speak jap.-__-.
after this was to the b.ear ra.nch. nth much.. a small plc. managed to feed the bear in an enclosed cage thru a pipe. greedy bear.. ate so much den the tour mem decided not to feed him only.. n he got angry.dots. then another one.. someone was teasin it.. n he got angry too.ahha. was "roaring"haha
gre.edy n smelly=x
the pink saku.ras was at some park that was beside a t.oil.et stopover along the hig.hway.prettyyyy!
my ha.iry not that yummy super ma fan to peel cr.ab
left the ran.ch n went walkin ard the plc.. walked to this small road where there's a row of s.aku.ra tree!prettyyyyy!
after this was another super long journey to ha.ko.da.te.. had dinner at the rest near the harb0ur front! nice western food. after dinner.. we had to walk to the bus ma.. then suddenly a gush of super strong wind came n i almost flew off lor. even my dad got caught off balance. lucki my mum was beside me to grab me b4 i flew off=x
the place where i almost flew off~~Day 6
went to ha.koda.te morning market.. nth much except to see how fresh the food were.. den it was to the ha.ko.dat.e airport for flight back to to.k,yo! ate ra.men for lunch at the airp.ort
reached tok,yo ard 2+.. n it was drizzlin slightly. went to ha,raju,ku n we had only 1.5hr to shop.. n 30mins was wasted when the guide brought us to omo.te.san.do.. para.gon equivale.nt. branded stuffs only. a simple top can easily cost 10K. which is
abt $145.-_-. left the plc to walk along the st. stopped at g.a..p n i went high in there. spent an hr there n bought a pair of jeans, top n jacket. crazy spending. coz the things aint cheap
continued walkin along n stopped at a small bag shop tucked in a corner.. love the bags there n bought one within 15mins!haha. continued walkin n stop at a shop that has nice clothes but not exactly worth the high price coz it was too simple.
hmm.. ha.ra.juku is smth lyk our or.chard rd. mayb coz i dun haf much time to shop there.. so i din realli get to see a lot of stuffs.. but its a veri gd plc to ppl watch. can see so many diff types of ppl. got ppl scoutin for pretty gals too.. weird dressin ppl.. fashionabl.e shua.i guys or pretty gals. saw one gal with orange hair.she wore a dress n had a hat.. n she looked lyk a walkin dol.l to me. too bad.. i was slow in whippin my cam out! n i rem this guy.. quite tall n thin kind.. he was wearin a skinny tight pants.. shirt..jacket, tie.. a tall hat. weird dressing la.
then along the st.. there'll be a lot of ppl sittin there.. can be quite intimidatin seein a big grp of ppl sittin there.. one grp had cams n lightings props with them. tink most ppl sittin there are lyk ppl watchin too or scouting for ppl.
oh.. i was oso stopped by this despar.ate surveyor.. spoke to me in jap.. so i gave him a ?? n shake my head.. wanted to continue walkin den he asked me if i spoke eng.. n i said no.. if he asked further i would haf spurt out some kor! haha. but he had a gd memory.. coz i walked back after that when gg back to the bus n i din haf my jacket on le.. he almost stopped me again but realised that he stopped me b4 n so he refrained. i guess in sg.. i would haf been stopped again.
after hara was dinner at a small ta.wain.ese rest.had chin food. not bad.. but lobst.er was miserable. one pathetic piece each
went to our hot.el n it was located in a veri gd location. left our luggages in the rm n off we go for shoppin!. guide brought us to to.bu.. a departmental store a few mins walk behind the hot.el! loooove the clothes but no $.. so bought one top only.. din walked much tho coz parents feelin tired.. n aniway the shops closed at 8pm.sianz. regret not buyin more stuffs frm the shop called de.mo coz their stuffs are quite cute
Day7
finalli dunit to wake up at 6am.. could wake up abit ltr. had buffet bf again but this time was good coz haf a lot of variety! n there were so many students in the hotel. accordin to the guide.. it was their sec 3 grad holi.chao shuangs.
guide brought us to another mall called sei.bu.. n shoppin starts again.. this time i bought more earrings n another top. ex.. but i heck!haha
n i din haf time.. sianz.. couldnt go back to the shop dem0 again.haiz. lunch was mo.s burger + un.agi ben.to. too bad i din get to try unique mo.s bu.rger coz i cant read jap. so i could only order e.bi n fish-_-. but they dun haf ri.ce burgers.. it was normal burger
reached airp0.rt ard 2+ n our flight ba.ck was at 4.35pm. pla.ne was quite empty so was quite shuangs.. slept abit.. n woke up to see a starry starry sky! nice! was quite weird that my side of the plane was dark n starry.. while the other side of the plane.. the view was still in su.nset mode!interestin!.
mum n me at na.ri.ta ai.rport
was suppose to capture the stars.. but it turned out lyk this-_______-reached sg at ard 10++. took cab back n when we reached home.. found out that dad striked 4d!haha.cover abit of our trip. at least he covered my shoppin! haha. if i knew he striked.. i would haf bought more stuffs la!darn! n den he said this" no more trips till nxt yr".=x. but nah.. for me.. if i can find a job.. they'll be another one in july!hahahah. if i can get a job now la. haix.
im too spoilt la.
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