My travel addiction started!! First destination this year is Japan! Why Japan? Why not! Maybe I was hoping to see Ultraman and Doraemon. I have set a new travel target for 2016. If last year, my travel target was to visit libraries when travelling. Mission accomplished! I've been to libraries in Australia, Thailand, Myanmar. This year I would like to visit mosques!
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Sizuka is waiting for ANA flight. ANA or All Nippon Airways is fairly new for Malaysians as they have just started flying from KLIA in November 2015. I bought the tickets online on 23 Jan to fly on 25 Jan, guess what! I paid only RM1,200.00 for return! (Comparable to AA @ RM1,500 and JAL @ RM1,900). It is a full board flight with meals and baggage allowance (plus extra allowance for winter season!). Departed KLIA at 8am for a 7-hour flight.
The first night in Tokyo, I stayed at MyStays Asakusa. Small hotel but very clean and very nice staff. Below the hotel is an Indian Restaurant, Doli. They serve super yummy food! Must try! |
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| The next day I moved to Shin-Yokohama by shinkansen aka bullet train. Quite expensive but for just for the experience of it. In Shin-Yokohama, I stayed at Daiwa Roynet Hotel. The best thing I like about Japan so far is all toilets are equipped with bidet! When I got home, I forgot how to clean up without bidet hahaha. OK this is the view from my room in Daiwa Roynet. And......the walking starts! |
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| Shin-Yokohama Hospital |
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| Tiba2 tapak boots Sizuka terkopak! Operasi menampal kasut. |
Few days in Shin-Yokohama, walked around the town. Went to Sakuragicho (looks like Singapore) and Yokohama. One thing I will never forget, Japanese people are super nice! Very helpful. Every time I open my map, someone will surely come forward and asked if I needed help.
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| My version of Olaf named Seri! |
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| If you want to catch the best view of Mt Fuji, wake up super early!! This is the view from in front of my hotel - Koe House , a very nice japanese style guesthouse owned by a nice guy Mr Koe. He provided free shuttle to Hot Spring Onsen, They serve nice meals too. |
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| There are two routes of tour bus - red line and green line. It is a must do at kawaguchiko! You can also find some halal restaurants in the city. Alternatively, buy onagiri from 7-11 or family mart at the price of 100+ yen. Aku panggil nasi kepal. Amik yang salmon or tuna or vege, confirm halal. Mengenyangkan dan sedap! Omg I miss onagiri! |
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| My travel mission for 2016 - visit the mosques! Travel mission 2015 accomplished - visit the libraries! |
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| Sizuka agak jakun sebab first time jumpa the real snow!!! This pose is called Kajol nak Kojol pose! |
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| Kau mampu main snow pakai sport shoes?? Aku mampu! |
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| oh! my! gad! this is stunning and i'd love to go again! |
I took local train from Shin-Yokohama to Kawaguchiko. But return, I took express bus from Kawaguchiko to Shinjuku. Why? Because of the experience and nasib baik gak tak naik train sebab kabor nye some landasan tutup pasai salji tebal. I didn't book any accommodation in Shinjuku konon nak adventure la kan. I planed to pick the first budget hotel I found in Shinjuku. So the hunting started once arrived at the middle of super busy Shinjuku area. I found a small yet very nice small hotel hidden behind a building under construction but exactly at the busy traffic light. With a French design concept - Hotel Young Inn (couldn't find its link) is a great choice and good bargain for Shinjuku area (eh Shinjuku tu kira macam KLCC standard ok!). Next to the hotel is a halal restaurant with super yummy bread!
The owner of the restaurant gave me direction to the mosque (musollah) which is located at a muslim area full of halal restaurants etc. Very interesting area! After solat, it's shopping time! Spend a lot of time and money at Shinjuku Uniqlo sebab byk sangat choices and ada sales. Byk design yang takde kat Malaysia ok!
I want to come back to Japan in summer to climb Mt Fuji!
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