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HortPark – The Gardening HubHortPark – 园艺中心

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

On a bright sunny Saturday morning, we decided to take a walk at HortPark located at 33 Hyderabad Road (Singapore). Admission is free.


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HortPark - The Gardening Hub

HortPark is a 23 hectare park that caters to the showcasing and sharing of gardening related information so as to nurture gardening culture in Singapore. HortPark also play host to GardenTech 2009 – a garden fair.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

A themed garden which feature a children’s playground.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

Showcase of hydroponics.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

Another themed garden – our resting place to escape the hot sun.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

A futuristic spider-web play structure. Student come to HortPark for excursion and to learn about gardening and nature (in general).

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An ornament crafted from flower pots.

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For you to rest and get your sun tan? Pretty women will spring out of nowhere and offer to apply sun tanning lotion? ^^;

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A signage that shows the map of HortPark. Beyond here will take you to Kent Ridge Park.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

We decided to turn back and cover Kent Ridge Park the next round. 😛

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Close-up shot of flowers.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

Six glasshouses are located here as research station for Gardens by the Bay.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

A showcase of vertical garden.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

A couple taking self-portrait of themselves. Isn’t this a nice place for picnic?

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

Visitors viewing the different species of butterflies in Butterfly Garden which was opened in May 2009.

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Spotted a millipede nearby the Butterfly Garden.

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Asian Pots Garden – ideas and concepts on how you can make use of pots as decoration in your garden.

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Herb and Spice Garden.

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How nice it will be to sip coffee and do some reading (minus the heat). 😛

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Bamboo Labyrinth. Be careful of any ninjas or assassins! 😛

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HortMart – a shop located inside of HortPark that sells gardening and landscaping items.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

Rows of plants for sale to beautify your home or office.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

A wide selection of pot for your plants or flowers growing.

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I would like to buy some green back to beautify my balcony but drop the idea for now as I might not have time to take care of it.

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Small greenies for your desk decoration?

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Cactus in different shapes and color.

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Beautiful orchids.

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Another pot of beautiful orchid.

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Huge selection of flowering plants. Choose what you like.

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Mosquito Plants on sale at S$4.90. Suppose to keep mosquitoes away or to lure them? LOL!

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

Adam’s Cafe (located next to HortMart) for drinks and food. Yes, it’s a very hot day!

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

A restaurant serving modern Thai cuisine.

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Vertical garden – seems like it’s getting popular here in Singapore.

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HortCentre – also serves as the visitor centre.

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At the entrance of HortCentre.

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Walking out from HortCentre.

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Many carps can be found here but most of them are small.

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A view of HortCentre.

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On the way to the carpark.

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Workers left their wares around and left for lunch. Also, beyond the entrance of HortPark, there is a connecting bridge to Telok Blangah Hill Park.

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

At the carpark to get our car. Parking charges applies.

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A minibus belonging to HortPark. For more information on HortPark, you may visit want to National Parks Board, Singapore – HortPark.HortPark - The Gardening Hub

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

在明朗的星期六上午,我们决定到HortPark位于33号Hyderabad Road 海得拉巴道 (新加坡). 入场免费。


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HortPark是个二十三公顷公园迎合展示和分享园艺相关信息,以便在新加坡培育园林文化。HortPark还为“花园技术2009年-花园展”作为主办地区。

HortPark - The Gardening Hub

一个拥有主题花园的儿童游乐场。

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水栽法的展示。

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另一个主题花园-我们躲避炎热的太阳的休息地方。

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蜘蛛网的前卫结构。学生来HortPark游览和了解园艺和一般植物的生态。

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一个花盆的工艺饰品。

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让你休息和晒太阳的地方?有美女会突然跳出来帮你擦防晒油吗?^^;

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指示牌显示HortPark的地图。 还能走到肯特岗公园

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我们决定回头下次才到肯特岗公园。:P

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近距离的鲜花镜头。

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这里有6个温室作为滨海湾花园的研究站。

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垂直花园展示。

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一对夫妇在自拍。这是一个野餐的好地方?

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蝴蝶园是在2009年5月开业让游客观赏不同品种的蝴蝶。

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在蝴蝶园附近发现了一条马陆(千足虫)。

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亚洲花盆花园–让你了解如何利用盆装饰的思想和概念来布置花园。

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药草和香料园。

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能在这里喝咖啡阅读该多好啊(除了天气)。:P

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竹林。小心忍者或刺客出现! 😛

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HortMart-这家商店专门出售园艺和美化环境产品。

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很多植物让你美化办公室或家里。

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有多种植物和种花的盆栽选择。

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我想买些美化我的阳台,可是担心可能没时间照顾它所以暂时不买了。

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一些小盆栽装饰你的办公桌?

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不同的形状和颜色的仙人掌

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美丽的兰花。

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另一盆美丽的兰花。

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另一盆美丽的兰花。

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蚊子植物出售S$4.90。是想蚊子远离或吸引它们呢?LOL!

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Adam’s Café (在HortMart旁边)提供食物和饮料。今天天气真热!

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提供现代泰国料理的餐厅。

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垂直花园-似乎在新加坡越来越流行了。

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HortCentre-也是访客中心。

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在HortCentre的入口处。

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从HortCentre走出来。

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在这里可以找到许多鲤鱼,大多数都很小。

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HortCentre的景色。

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去停车场的路上。

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工人放下工具吃午饭去。另外,越过HortPark入口就是到直落布兰雅山公园的连接桥梁。

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在停车场准备取车。停车需付费的。

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一辆属于HortPark的面包车。 更多详情,你可以游览国家公园局,新加坡- HortPark

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Gadgets

Lenovo ThinkPad X200sLenovo ThinkPad X200s

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

Recently I got my hands on a Lenovo ThinkPad X200s. A ultra-compact and portable 12.1″ notebook for the mobile road warriors. It is similar to Lenovo ThinkPad X200 except that it’s lighter and less powerful.

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

The notebook comes in the familiar clean and professional matte-black look (some argued it’s boring). But still, the design was sturdy and solid to the feel.

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Right side of the notebook comes with 1 USB, 1 earphone, 1 microphone and 1 modem.

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

The left side consists of 1 power jack, 1 heat fan, 2 USB, 1 VGA, 1 Ethernet, wireless switch and 1 ExpressCard 54mm slot.

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

12.1 WXGA (1280×800) screen, 150GB Hard Disk Drive, Wifi/bluetooth, 2GB RAM and Integrated Graphics. The cup beside is my coffee. 😛

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

This model comes with Intel® Celeron® M processor 723 (1.2GHz, 1MB L2, 800MHz FSB) processor. I will be using this notebook for emails, word processing, chatting, etc. Nothing that uses a lot of processing power.

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Keyboard is nice to the touch and no irritating rattling to disturb other surrounding folks.

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The X200s comes with standard red-colored TrackPoint only (no touchpad – believe to save space).

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The Lenovo ThinkPad X200s also comes with an integrated camera for your video conferencing needs.

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Extra red TrackPoint rubber for replacing worn ones.

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My old trusty IBM ThinkPad T42 which I have used for 3 years. Right side comes with a dvd/cdrw drive.

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IBM ThinkPad T42 – Left side comes with 2 USB, 1 modem, 1 Ethernet, 1 earphone, 1 microphone, 1 heat fan and 2 PCMCIA slots.

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IBM ThinkPad T42 – behind is a parallel port and a power jack.

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Forgive me for the dust as I have not wipe it for ages. 😛

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My old IBM ThinkPad T42 comes with 15 inch screen, which I will miss dearly. Ha ha!

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Size comparison – old IBM ThinkPad T42 (left) and new Lenovo ThinkPad X200s (right).

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The Lenovo ThinkPad X200s screen was bright, clean and crisp although I was still not getting used to a the 12.1 inch yet.

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

I always have the feeling that my IBM ThinkPad T42 screen (left) is somewhat yellowish. This is further confirmed when I place it side-by-side with my new Lenovo ThinkPad X200s. Both notebooks are showing a blank page in Firefox.

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

Running PC Marks on both notebooks. IBM ThinkPad T42 did not manage to complete successfully and I didn’t bother to re-try.

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

Results for Lenovo ThinkPad X200s is 2036 PCMarks. Please do google for more comprehensive reviews or you can check out the bestselling and popular Notebooks at Amazon. Have fun!Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

最近我刚刚换了一台新的Lenovo ThinkPad X200s手提电脑。只有12.1英寸既方便又薄确实适合流动式运作的专业人士。和Lenovo ThinkPad X200挺像的不过软件差了点和比较轻。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

笔记本电脑类似以往的磨砂黑色外观(有些人认为没新鲜感)。但是设计坚固。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

笔记本电脑右侧搭配一个USB接口,1个耳机,1个麦克风和1个调制解调器。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

左边包括1个电源插口,1热风扇,2个USB,1个VGA,1 个Ethernet,无线交换机和一个ExpressCard插槽五十四毫米。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

12.1 WXGA (1280×800)屏幕,150GB硬盘驱动器,无线/蓝牙,2GB的内存和集成显卡。旁边的杯是我的咖啡。:P

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

这一款有英特尔® 赛扬 ® M处理器723 (1.2GHz主频,1MB的L2,800MHz FSB)。我将用这笔记本看电子邮件,文字处理,聊天等。 不会用来做大量处理能力的事情。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

键盘感觉很好, 没有让人讨厌的声音。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

该X200s配备标准红色轨迹球只(无触摸屏-以节省空间为理由)。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

这Lenovo ThinkPad X200s还为了会议视频需求配备了集成摄像头的。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

额外的红色轨迹球(取代磨损的)。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

我用了三年旧的IBM ThinkPad T42。右边配备一台DVD / CDRW驱动器。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

IBM ThinkPad T42 -左边配备2个USB,1个调制解调器,1个Ethernet,1个耳机, 1个麦克风,1热风扇和2个PCMCIA插槽。

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IBM ThinkPad T42 -后面是一个parallel port和一个电源插座。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

太久没擦了堆积了很多尘埃。:P

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

我旧的IBM ThinkPad T42有15.1英寸屏幕, 我会想念它的。 哈哈!

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

比较大小 – 旧的IBM ThinkPad T42 (左边)新的Lenovo ThinkPad X200s(右边)。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

The Lenovo ThinkPad X200s 屏幕很明亮,清洁,清晰虽然还不是很习惯12.1 英寸的屏幕。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

我总是觉得 我的ThinkPad T42 screen (左边)有点淡黄。当我把它和新的Lenovo ThinkPad X200s放在一起比较就证实了。两个笔记本都是在同一篇网页。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

在两台笔记本跑同一款软件。旧的IBM ThinkPad T42没顺利完成我也没再尝试。

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s的成绩是2036PCMarks. 请到google游览更多全面的评论或者可以到Amazon看畅销和受欢迎的笔记本电脑。慢慢享受吧!

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Japan

A Day in Tokyo 2在东京的一天(二)

A Day in Tokyo 2

A Day in Tokyo 2

17th May 2009 – Headed off to Harakuju for our last day of sightseeing and shopping in Japan. JR Harajuku station in the photo above.

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First Stop – Meiji Shrine which is just a short distance away from JR Harajuku station. Majestic torii at the entrance to the Meiji-Jingu. Admission is free.

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Taking a short and lovely stroll towards Meiji Jingu. The morning air is especially fresh here.

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Barrels of wine offered by Bourgogne wineries in France to be consecrate at Meiji Jingu.

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Barrels of sake. I wonder whether these are donated as well.

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The Chōzuya (stone wash basin) at the entrance of Meiji Shrine. The procedure for cleansing can found here where I blog about Hokkaido Shrine.

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A team of student baseball players coming for prayers too? 🙂

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A traditional wedding being held at Meiji Shrine. This is the second time I have the privilege of seeing it.

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Another couple going through the traditional wedding. Third time of seeing it then. Ha Ha!

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Folks heading towards the shrine to perform their prayers. Procedure for prayers can be found at the blog post on Hokkaido Shrine.

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Wishes written by worshipers and visitors.

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The crowd coming here consists of both local and foreigners.

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At Harajuku bridge, as it was still early, the majority of the cosplayers are still not out yet.

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View from the top of the bridge. Many young people gather here to socialize.

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Shops near Harajuku bridge. There seems to be a long queue when we were walking by.

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Kyushu Jangara Ramen (with all the add-on toppings) ¥1000. The tonkotsu (pork bone stock) broth is thick and tasty! Yummy!!!

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Extra Spicy Set ¥750.

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Entrance of Kyushu Jangara Ramen at Harajuku.

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Takeshita Street – a popular shopping area for the young and it’s also lined up with a wide selection of food.

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Crowded street with many young shoppers.

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Marion Crepes – one of the popular crepes shops in Harajuku. We didn’t try any of them as was full from eating Kyushu Jangara. He he!

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Daiso (100 Yen shop) Harajuku in Takeshita Dori (street) is one of the largest in Tokyo.

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Banana milk drink from Daiso at ¥105.

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Nail clippers from Daiso at ¥105. This nail clipper have a compartment that trap cut nails so that it won’t scatter around. To remove the cut nails, just need to slide the nail clipper out and pour away the nails from the compartment.

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Harajuku costume shop with various different styles for selection.

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Cafe Crepe Blueberry House – another crepe shop in Harajuku and queue seems to be long too! Is the lady smiling at the camera? Ha Ha!

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This is one long queue. Out of curiousity, we walk towards the start of it to find out.

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The long queue is actually for the grand opening of “Forever 21” in Harajuku.

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Cafe Crepe Strawberry House. 😛

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Harajuku Zenmall – I love the “King Kong” display on the roof.

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From Harajuku, we took a short to Omotesando Hills to stroll around.

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Omotesando Hills Entrance.

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Louis Vuitton boutique at Omotesando Hills area.

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Next stop is Akihabara – a shopping district for electronics, computers, anime, games, etc.

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Well, we have to explore Kanda Shrine first. Had some difficulty in locating the shrine as we forgot to print the map. 🙁

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Mikoshi – A portable Shinto shrine.

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Photos of past Kanda festival (Kanda matsuri).

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Kanda Matsuri is one of the three major Shinto festivals in Tokyo.

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Kanda Shrine honden.

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Chōzuya Pavilion – the water is coming out from the mouth of a dragon sculpture.

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Entrance to Kanda Shrine – the gate is two storey high.

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Torii gate leading to Kanda Shrine.

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Back to Akihabara for Otaku shopping time!

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Nissan 180SX (a popular car used for drifting) – I used to drive one in Singapore. Brings back the memories…….

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Akihabara is a really big shopping paradise for electronics, computers, anime, games, etc. So much larger and more selection than Singapore!

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Akiba Usagi – torii gate design in front of entrance.

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MOS Burger – Teriyaki Chicken Burger Set.

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MOS Burger – Fish Burger Set. Total ¥1280 for the 2 set.

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Club Sega – an arcade in heart of Akihabara.

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Many signboards on with games or anime design.

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Animate – the largest retailer of anime, games, and manga in Japan.

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Yodobashi Camera – a 9 storey building that sell from toys, watches, anime, games, laptops, cameras, etc. Large enough to spend many hours here! Wanted to get a few Gundam and Macross figures but didn’t have enough time.

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Back at Ameya Yokocho (Ueno) to grab last minutes food stuffs to bring back to Singapore.

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Bought Tokyo Banana (8 qty) from JR Ueno Station at ¥1050.

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Our breakfast for tomorrow from Bagel & Bagel.

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Bagel & Bagel. ¥300 for 2.

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Cheers to Nihon (Japan)! I will be back again very soon!

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Last check on our Keisei Skyliner ticket to Narita Airport – 7.57am. Each ticket is ¥1920 for reserved sitting.

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18th May 2009 – Reached Keisei Ueno Station around 7.30am as we did not want to miss our skyliner train.

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Entry through the gates will take you to the platform area for the Skyliner.

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Interior of the Keisei Skyliner. Comfortable and plenty of leg room.

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At Narita Airport Terminal 1, walking towards our boarding gate area.

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Singapore Airlines Airbus A380. This is the flight that we are taking back to Singapore.

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Flight number SQ637 departing at 11:30am (GMT+9).

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Our seats are on the upper deck of Airbus A380.

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The screen that I will be hooked on for the next 6 hours and 40 minutes. 🙂

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Leg room is still fine for me.

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Leg rest – step on it to bring it down. We had an enjoyable and unforgettable trip. We will be back soon! Bye Japan!A Day in Tokyo 2

A Day in Tokyo 2

五月十七日- 最后一天的观光和购物我们到原宿。 这是JR原宿站的照片。

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第一站 – 从JR原宿站走一小段路就到的明治神宮。 雄伟的鳥居是明治神宮的正门。入场免费。

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漫步走向明治神宫。早晨的空气特别清晰。

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法国勃艮第酒庄献给明治神宫的一桶桶

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一桶桶清酒。不知是否也是捐赠的。

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在明治神宫正门前的手水舍(石洗手盆)。清洗的程序可以在关于北海道神宮博客找到。

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一群打棒球的学生也来祈求?

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明治神宫正在举行传统的婚礼. 我们幸运看到了两次。

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另一对夫妇举行传统婚礼。这是第三次了。哈哈!

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人们走向神宫祈祷。祈祷的程序可以在关于北海道神宮博客找到。

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信徒和游客的愿望。

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来这里包括日本和外国人。

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在原宿桥, 时间还早大多数的角色扮演者还没出现。

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从桥上拍得景色。许多年轻人喜欢聚集在这里。

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从桥上拍得景色。许多年轻人喜欢聚集在这里。

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Kyshu Jangara 拉面(加了料)1000日元。Tonkotsu(猪肉骨汤)肉汤浓而且很美味!

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加辣套暂750日元

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在原宿的Kyushu Jangara Ramen的大门。

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竹下通 – 年轻人最喜欢的购物区也有各种各样的食物。

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许多年轻的消费者在拥挤的街道。

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Marion 可丽饼 – 在原宿最受欢迎的可丽饼店。我们没有尝试因为早餐吃Kyushu Jangara吃得太饱。哈哈!

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大创百货 (100日元点)原宿在竹下通是日本最大的一间。

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大创百货的香蕉牛奶 105日元

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大创百货的指甲刀105日元。有隔间这样剪掉的指甲才不会乱飞。要去除指甲只需滑动指甲钳和倒掉指甲。

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原宿服饰店有各种不同风格任你选择。

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Café Crepe 蓝莓之家 – 原宿的另一间可丽饼店人龙似乎太长了吧! 那女孩是对着相机笑骂? 哈哈!

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又有体条人龙。出于好奇心,我们走向它看个究竟。

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人龙其实是为了Forever 21 在原宿的隆重开幕。

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Café Crepe草莓屋。

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原宿 Zenmall- 我喜欢屋顶上金刚的显示板。

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从原宿,我们漫步到表參道Hills 走走。

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表參道Hills大门。

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在表參道Hills附近的路易威登店。

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下一站是秋叶原 – 电子,计算机,动漫,游戏等的购物区。

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我们必须到神田明神先。有一些困难因为我太太忘了打印地图。 🙁

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Mikoshi – 移动式神社。

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以往神田祭的照片。

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神田祭是东京三大神道节日之一。

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神田神社建築

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手水舍馆 – 水是从龙雕塑出来的。

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神田神社入口 -大门有两层高。

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前往神田神社的鳥居牌坊。

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回到秋叶原御宅族的购物时间!

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Nissan 180SX(用来漂移的车)- 我以前在新加坡也有一辆。勾起我的回忆。

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秋叶原是电子, 电脑,动漫,游戏等的购物天堂。比新加坡更多选择!

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Akiba Usagi – 鳥居设计的入口处。

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摩斯漢堡 – 红烧鸡肉汉堡套餐。

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摩斯漢堡 – 鱼汉堡套餐。两个套餐共计1280日元.

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Club Sega – 在秋叶原中心的游乐场。

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许多动画设计和游戏的显示牌。

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安利美特日本最大的动漫游戏漫画零售商。

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友都八喜 – 9层楼的商场专门卖玩,手表,动漫,游戏,笔记本电脑,照相机等。足够让你花上几个小时!本想买几个鋼彈系列作品Macross塑像可是没有时间。其实有太太跟着很难买男生的东西。LOL!

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回到Ameya Yokocho(上野)购买食品带回新加坡。

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在JR上野駅买了Tokyo Banana (八个)1050日元

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我们明天的早餐Bagel & Bagel

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Bagel & Bagel。 两个300日元

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为日本干杯!我很快会回来!

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最后检查我们京成Skyliner成田机场的车票 – 7.57 am. 预定的座位每张票是1920日元

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五月十八日 – 因为不想错过京成Skyliner车我们7.30 am就到了京成上野駅。,

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通过出入口就回到Skyliner的平台。

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京成Skyliner的内部。舒适和足够的腿部空间。

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在成田第一机场, 走向我们的登机口区。

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新加坡航空空中巴士A380。 这是我们乘坐飞回新加坡的飞机。

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航班号SQ637出发时间上午11:30(GMT+9)。

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我们的座位在空中巴士A380的上层。

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接下来的六个小时又四十分钟我将会对这银幕着迷。

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腿部空间对我来讲还好。

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腿部休息板- 踩一下就能把它推下来。我们有个愉快而难忘的旅行。我们将马上回来!日本再见!

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A Day in Tokyo 1在东京的一天(一)

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16th May 2009 – Intended to wake up early at 4.30am to go Tsukiji fish market (the world’s biggest fish market) to view the famous tuna auction but due to the tiredness we sustained during yesterday’s shopping, we missed hearing the alarm clock ring and only managed to wake up at 6.30am. Despite this, we still hurried along. Ha ha! This is our 2nd day usage of the 2-Day Tokyo Metro Open Ticket and we took from Ueno station to Tsukiji station on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line.

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Stop by Tsukiji Hongan-ji on our way to Tsukiji fish market.

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Quite a fair bit of people here doing grocery shopping or getting their breakfast.

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A stall that sells ramen. Only standing tables available. 🙂

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Following the locals to get our sushi breakfast.

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Chanced upon the preferred vehicle of transporting boxes and boxes of fishes and seafood.

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Queue at various sushi restaurants.

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Sushi Dai – one of the famous and popular sushi restaurants in Tsukiji fish market. The popularity can be determined by the long queues. I also heard that the queue starts forming from 5am and most are locals.

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Daiwa Sushi – another of the popular sushi restaurants. For Sushi Dai or Daiwa Sushi, you will need to queue roughly for an hour (depending on situation – might be more too) prior to getting your breakfast! Take note that your meal will be rushed (around 15 -20 min to finish your order) so as to cater for the long queue waiting outside.

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Almost every sushi restaurants here have queues! It’s just a matter of whether it’s long or short.

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Outside Tsukiji market, a group of cyclists is making maintenance checks on their mountain bikes.

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From Tsukiji, we decided to stroll around.

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The stroll takes us to GinzaWako department store.

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It’s early Saturday morning, yet a queue has formed in front of a book store. Sale, discount or give away?

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Salvatore Ferragamo boutique/building in Ginza.

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Ginza St – Shiseido Building (in orange-pink)

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Gyudon (Beef Bowl) at ¥380. Topped up with lots of shichimi (seven flavor chili pepper) and beni shoga (red pickled ginger)!

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From Ginza Station, we took Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line to Otemachi Station.

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Otemachi area consists of several high-rise office buildings. The above is Tokyo Sankei Building – home for Sankei Shimbun.

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Another tall office building.

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Otemachi Financial Center.

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It takes only 5 min walk to reach Tokyo Imperial Palace from Otemachi station. Admission is free.

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Noticed that there are some running events on-going here. Runners with number tags on their chest keep zooming past me.

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Walkway to Sakuradamon Gate, Tokyo Imperial Palace.

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Sakuradamon Gate, Tokyo Imperial Palace.

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Contrast between the olden and the modern buildings.

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A garden with premises of Tokyo Imperial Palace.

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I noticed that there are a lot of spiders making their home in Tokyo Imperial Palace.

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Two geese hard at work building their nest in the moat.

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At Shimbashi station.

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On bridge walking towards Yurikamome station.

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Bought the Yurikamome one-day pass for ¥800 per person for unlimited rides on New Transit Yurikamome. Stations are shown as above railway map.

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Decks Tokyo Beach shopping mall at Odaiba.

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Rainbow Bridge in the day.

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Tokyo Bay.

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Decks Tokyo Beach shopping mall which feature Sega Joypolis.

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The Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba.

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Cigarette vending machines – need an ID card to prove that you are above 20 years old in order to make purchase.

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Taking a break at Tully’s Coffee at Decks Odaiba.

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Tully’s Coffee Mocha x 2 at total of ¥820.

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Aqua City shopping center.

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Multiplex cinema in Aqua City shopping center.

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A shop selling lot’s of pinkish stuffs for girls.

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Our loots for the day at Agnes B – cardholders for storing our numerous credit cards. 😛

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My partner’s pink cardholder at ¥6000 (tax free) and mine at ¥7500 (tax free).

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A replica of the Statue of Liberty (with Rainbow Bridge in the background).

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Sega Joypolis.

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New Transit Yurikamome’s Daiba Station.

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Hotel Nikko Tokyo.

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Opps, I can’t remember the building. My bad.

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Bay area – the plane is flying quite low. Probably landing soon?

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Can you spot Tokyo Big Sight?

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Venus Fort, a Venice-themed shopping mall.

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Palette Town consists of Venus Fort, Ferris wheel, Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo Leisure Land and Toyota MegaWeb.

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Soup Stock Tokyo – I had the Tokyo Borscht Soup Set at ¥760.

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Soup Stock Tokyo – Hokkaido Pumpkin Soup Set at ¥760.

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MegaWeb – A showcase of Toyota cars.

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Lexus IS 250C – beautiful and sleek design.

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Toyota Formula 1 Car.

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Gran Turismo 4 – The real driving simulator.

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Driver’s workout – you have to press the button when it’s lighted red and before it skips to another one. The initial is quite easy but it keeps getting faster and faster.

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Zepp Tokyo – Some event on-going but I did not find out further.

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Entrance and ticket counter for Ferris wheel.

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Ferris wheel at Odaiba.

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Strawberry crepe for snacks at ¥460.

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Tokyo Teleport Station.

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The sky is getting dark. Rain is expected to fall soon.

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We had some time to spare so decided to explore whether we can catch any shows. All the timings are too late for us. 🙁

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Casino at Venus Fort.

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Beautiful water fountain in Venus Fort. The ambiance around is pretty nice too!

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Close-up of the water fountain. Did you notice that the ceiling is made to look like the clear blue sky?

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Superman statue in Venus Fort.

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Omurice with onion sauce at ¥690.

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Teriyaki Hamburg Rice ¥790.

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More food selection for you to choose from.

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The night have befall. Night view of Venus Fort.

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Night view of MegaWeb Toyota.

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It’s nice to take a slow walk during the night at Odaiba.

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The Ferris wheel is also lighted up in the night!

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The replica of the Statue of Liberty is glowing in the night!

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This is what we waited to see – the romantic night view of Rainbow Bridge.

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五月十六日- 本来想四点三十分起身去築地市場(世界上最大的鱼市场)观赏著名的金枪鱼拍卖可是因为昨天购物走得太累了所以睡过了头,没听到闹钟响六点半才起身。虽然如此,我们还是匆忙的赶去。哈哈! 这是我们第二天用特别二日车票東京地下鉄日比谷線上野駅搭到築地駅

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途径築地市場时的築地本願寺

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一些人在吃早餐或买菜

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拉面的摊位。只可以站着吃。:)

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跟着当地人找寿司早餐。

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偶然看到运送鱼类和海鲜的箱子和盒子车。

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各家寿司店的人龙。

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大寿司- 其中一家在築地市場著名和受欢迎的寿司店。受欢迎程度可在人龙的长短分别。听说早上五点就开始排队而且都是当地人。

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大和寿司 -另一家受欢迎的寿司店。不管是大寿司或大和寿司,排队时间需要大概一个小时 (看情况-可能更长)才能够吃到早餐!注意, 用餐时间很赶(只有十五至二十分钟)以应付外面等候的人。

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几乎每件寿司店都排队!只是长或短。

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筑地市场外面,一群骑自行车的外国人在维修和检查他们的自行车。

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从筑地市场我们到处走走。

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走道銀座 – 株式会社和光。

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星期六的早上,书局前就排了一条很长的人龙。是折扣或赠送吗?

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Salvatore Ferragamo精品店/银座建筑。

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银座街 –資生堂建筑 (橙红色)。

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牛丼(日式牛肉饭)380日元。加了很多七味粉(七味唐辛子)和beni shoga (红生姜)!

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从銀座站,我们搭丸之內線大手町站

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大手町大多数都是高楼办公室。以上是日本产经大厦 – 产经新闻的家。

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又另一栋高楼大厦。

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大手町金融中心。

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从大手町站只需五分钟就走到皇居。 入场免费。

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注意到有一些人在跑步,好像有什么活动。身上带着号码的人一直从我身边跑过。

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Sakuradamon门的走道。东京皇宫。

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Sakuradamon门。东京皇宫。

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古代和现代建筑的对比。

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拥有东京皇宫的花园。

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我注意到很多蜘蛛把贾建在东京皇宫。

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两只鹅在护城河建巢。

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新橋站

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在桥上往新橋車站走。

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买了新橋一日车票每人800日元无限制乘坐新交通新桥。以上地图显示了车站位置。

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御台場Decks东京海滩商场。

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白天的彩虹大橋

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东京湾

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Decks东京海滩商场里的Sega Joypolis游乐场。

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在御台場的富士電視台

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香烟贩卖机- 需要身份证证明已满二十岁才能买。

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在御台場的Decks喝杯Tully’s 咖啡休息。

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两杯Tully’s 摩卡咖啡 820日元

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Aqua City 购物商场。

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Aqua City 购物商场。

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一家卖很多分红商品的店。

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今天在Agnes B买的东西 – 装许多信用卡的卡夹。

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太太的是粉红色 6000 日元(免税)。我的是7500日元(免税)。

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自由女神像的复本 (彩虹桥的背景)。

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Sega Joypolis游乐场。

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台场站的新交通新站。

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Hotel Nikko Tokyo.

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哎呀,忘记这是那里了。

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海湾地区- 飞机飞行的相当低。 可能快要降落。

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你看到东京国际展示场吗?

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维纳斯城堡威尼斯为主题的购物中心。

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五彩城包括维纳斯堡,摩天輪 Zepp Tokyo, 东京康乐地和丰田超大商场。

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Soup Stock Tokyo – 我叫了东京罗宋汤套餐760日元

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Soup Stock Tokyo – 北海道南瓜汤套餐 760日元

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MegaWeb – 展示丰田汽车。

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Lexus IS 250C – 美丽和时尚的设计。

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丰田F1赛车。

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Gran Turismo 4 – 真正的驾驶模拟器。

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司机的锻炼 – 必须在红灯亮起时按下按钮。最初还容易但是越来越难。

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Zapp Tokyo – 有些活动正在进行但是我没有进一步了解。

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摩天轮的入口处和售票处。

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御台場的摩天轮。

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草莓可丽饼甜点 460日元

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Tokyo Teleport Station

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天块黑了。应该快下雨了。

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有点时间本来想看电影,可惜时间太晚了。:(

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维纳斯城堡的赌场

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在维纳斯堡里也有美丽的喷泉。周围的气氛也不错!

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喷泉的近摄。你注意到天花板看似碧蓝的天空?

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维纳斯城堡的超人雕像。

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蛋包饭(洋葱酱)690日元

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照燒牛肉饼饭790日元

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跟多食物任你选者。

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夜已经降临。维纳斯堡的夜景。

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丰田MegaWeb的夜景。

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晚上在御台場漫步挺不错。

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摩天轮在晚上会亮起来!

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自由女神像的复本在晚上亮起来!

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这是我们想看的 – 彩虹桥的浪漫夜景。

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啤酒时间!三得利啤酒197日元

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A Day in Tokyo在东京的一天

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15th May 2009 – Using the 2-Day Tokyo Metro Open Ticket that we purchased earlier, we took the subway from Ueno Station to Nishi-Shinjuku station (duration about 34 mins) and walk over to Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.

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Facade of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building was once the tallest building in Tokyo. The banner at both sides of the building is “Tokyo 2016 Bid Emblem” – candidate city for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and Paralympic Games in 2016. Sincerely hope that Tokyo can clinch it!

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After some security checks, we took the express elevator to the 45th floor observatory. There are 2 observatory – the north and south, both offers different view of Tokyo. Admission is free. Notice that there are a fair bit of students visiting as well.

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City view from the north observatory deck. High rise buildings are everywhere.

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Shinjuku Park Tower.

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Is the green patch Shinjuku Gyoen or Shinjuku Central Park? Let me know if you have the answer.

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On a clear day, you will be able to see the silhouette of majestic Mount Fuji. Look closely at the photo but don’t blame me if you can’t see. 🙂

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A nearby location map. Next destination is Shinjuku Station.

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Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower. I like the way the building is shaped like a cocoon and it’s also unique and futuristic looking.

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Entrance of JR Shinjuku East. Shopping time for my my partner!

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Takashimaya Times Square. More loots coming from my partner and I am the carrier. Ha ha!

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Shinjuku Uniqlo Megastore in that was newly open on 24 April 2009. Can be located on the west side of Shinjuku station.

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5 levels of apparels for you choose until your wallet is bleed dry! 😛

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After 3 hours of following my partner around, she finally gives in to her tiredness and wants to break for lunch. Haha!

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Settled for Tenya – a fast food chain that specialize in tempura.

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Tenya’s Tendon Set (rice and soba).

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Tenya’s Tendon Set. Total is ¥1510 for both set.

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Tenya’s tempura – freshly fried yet not too oily!

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Suntory C.C Lemon drink ¥150. Focus on the wrong object! LOL!

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Next shopping area is Shibuya. At the metro subway platform waiting for the train from Shinjuku to Shibuya.

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Folks catching a short nap after lunch?

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Shibuya 109 – a shopping paradise for ladies. Well, the men can follow and enjoy the numerous sights too! ^^;

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The crowd outside the Shibuya 109. We were sitting nearby to rest our tired legs.

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Back to shopping again. Shop till you don’t have money!

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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in Japan. It was having at least 20 odd people in long queue before our turn but the service was pretty fast and we got ours in about 5-10 mins.

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The free sugar-glazed doughnut that you get while queuing. Absolutely appreciate the kind gesture!

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Mango flavored doughnut ¥180.

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Chocolate coated doughnut ¥180.

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Ootoya and Tenkaippin Ramen – both are great value food chains that are popular with locals. Please do try them when you are in Japan.

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At Starbucks (above HMV) resting our legs and having a Starbucks Ice Café Mocha ¥430 while watching people goes by at the famous Shibuya hachiko junction.

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Shibuya hachiko junction is the world’s busiest pedestrian street crossing!

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Look at the amount of people crossing this street junction in the afternoon. I understand it’s get more crowded in the evening or after office hours.

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Getting a drink to quench our thirst after spending another 3 hour shopping – Suntory Vitamin Water ¥147.

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Roppongi Hills Mori Tower for further shopping.

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Water fountains at the entrance of Mori Tower.

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Tokyo Tower taken from Roppongi Hills Mori Tower. Sun is setting soon.

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Tokyo Tower zoom shot.

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Different views of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower.

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TV Asahi Corporation building in Roppongi.

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Mori Art Muesum and Tokyo City View (Observation deck).

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Nicely lit structure. I believe that we came up the escalator from the metro subway Roppongi station.

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Having dinner at Tenkaippin Ramen in Roppongi.

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Tenkaippin ramen menu.

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Chinese noodles with thick gravy ¥730.

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Spotted Hard Rock Cafe Tokyo on our way out from Tenkaippin Ramen. Went back to hotel after a full day of shopping…..my partner is exhausted. Ha ha!A Day in Tokyo

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五月十五日- 用了我们较早先购买的两天东京地铁车票, 从上野駅搭到西新宿駅(路程大概三到四分钟)再步行到東京都庁舎

A Day in Tokyo

东京都政府大厦的正门。

A Day in Tokyo

東京都庁舎曾经是东京最高的建筑。建筑两旁的旗帜写着“东京迈向2016”- 第31届奥林匹克运动会的候选城市。正希望东京被选上!

A Day in Tokyo

经过安全检查, 我们乘搭快捷电梯到45楼的观景台。有两个观景台 – 分别是北方和南方,两个提供东京不同的面貌。而且入场免费。注意到有很多学生来参观。

A Day in Tokyo

从北方观景台的城市景。

A Day in Tokyo

新宿公园大厦。

A Day in Tokyo

不知道禄色的是新宿御苑还是新宿中央公园。如果你知道请告诉我。

A Day in Tokyo

如果天气晴朗,你能够看到富士山的轮廓。仔细看看照片,如果看不到可别怪我。:)

A Day in Tokyo

附近的一个位地图。下一个目的地是新宿站

A Day in Tokyo

Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower。我喜欢的建筑的形状像个茧独特又有未来感。

A Day in Tokyo

JR新宿东面入口处。我太太的购物时间!

A Day in Tokyo

高島屋时代广场。 更多购物收获而我是专门拿东西的随从。哈哈!

A Day in Tokyo

新宿UNIQLO大型商场开幕于24 April 2009。位于新宿站西面。

A Day in Tokyo

五层楼的服装任你选择,小心钱包流血至干。:P

A Day in Tokyo

五层楼的服装任你选择,小心钱包流血至干。

A Day in Tokyo

决定吃天井 – 专门卖天妇罗的快餐店。

A Day in Tokyo

天井的 Tendon Set (饭和荞麦面)。

A Day in Tokyo

天井的 Tendon Set。 两个套餐共1510日元

A Day in Tokyo

天井的天妇罗 – 新鲜但油腻!

A Day in Tokyo

三得利 C.C. 柠檬饮料150日元。重点放在错的地方。

A Day in Tokyo

下一个逛街地点是渋谷区。在地铁平台等待火车从新宿到渋谷。

A Day in Tokyo

午餐后睡个午觉?

A Day in Tokyo

渋谷区 109 – 女士的购物天堂。 男士也可以跟着到处看看! ^^;

A Day in Tokyo

渋谷区 109外面的人群。我们脚累了在附近座座。

A Day in Tokyo

又到逛街时间。逛到没钱!

A Day in Tokyo

在日本的Krispy Kreme甜甜圈。 有二十多个人在排队才轮到我们不过他们的服务挺快的不到十分钟就到我们了。

A Day in Tokyo

排队时会分免费的甜甜圈。太感动了!

A Day in Tokyo

芒果口味的甜甜圈180日元

A Day in Tokyo

涂上巧克力的甜甜圈180日元

A Day in Tokyo

大户屋天下一品 – 两个都是当地人喜欢价廉物美的连锁店。如果你到日本一定要尝试。

A Day in Tokyo

在星巴克(HMV 楼上)歇腿和享受星巴克的咖啡冰摩卡430日元看着人群过著名的渋谷交叉站。

A Day in Tokyo

渋谷交叉站是世界最繁忙的行人道!

A Day in Tokyo

在下午看着人们穿越交叉站。在晚上或办公时间后更拥挤。

A Day in Tokyo

又走了3小时后,买瓶饮料解渴-三得利维他命水147日元

A Day in Tokyo

再到六本木森大廈逛街。

A Day in Tokyo

在森大廈入口处的喷水池。

A Day in Tokyo

六本木森大廈拍的东京铁塔。太阳快下山了。

A Day in Tokyo

东京铁塔伸缩镜头。

A Day in Tokyo

六本木森大廈的不同景色。

A Day in Tokyo

A Day in Tokyo

在六本木的朝日电视台

A Day in Tokyo

森美术馆东京城市景观(观望台)。

A Day in Tokyo

A Day in Tokyo

非常亮的建筑。相信我们是从六本木地铁站的自动扶梯上来的。

A Day in Tokyo

在六本木的天下一品吃晚餐。

A Day in Tokyo

天下一品的拉面菜单。

A Day in Tokyo

厚肉汁的中国面条730日元

A Day in Tokyo

途径天下一品时看到Hard Rock Cafe Tokyo.经过了一天的购物我们回到酒店...我太太精疲力尽.哈哈!

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A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo在函馆与东京的一天

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

14th May 2009 – Hakodate Morning Market (asa-ichi) in search of breakfast.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Just need to cross the road from hotel and we reached Hakodate Morning Market.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

One of the many stalls selling dried products. From one of the stalls, we bought 2 packets of cheese scallops (each 500 grams) and 3 packets of cuttlefish. Total damage is ¥5000.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Another stall that sells seasoning paste used for cooking.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

On the left, a store selling clothes. It’s still early and there weren’t much people around.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Beside the dried good area, this portion sells more of the wet stuffs – vegetables, fruits, meat, etc.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

The left side are some restaurants.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Seafood galore! This area is round the main Hakodate Morning Market entrance.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Huge selection of Hokkaido crabs at reasonable prices up for grabs.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Our accommodation last night – Hotel New Ohte (opposite Hakodate Morning Market).

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Finally decided on a restaurant to have our breakfast – Hakodate’s renowned seafood-topped donburi (rice bowl).

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Hakodate’s crab donburi ¥1260.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Hakodate’s signature ika (squid) donburi ¥1890. Fresh live squid on top that will wriggle (dance) when you pour soy sauce over it.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

The chef will help you to cut the head portion. My partner squirms with discomfort while I am eating this. LOL!

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

This is how the squid look like when alive. 😛

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Cloudy skies – seems like it’s going to pour soon. To avoid getting caught in the rain, we hastily went back to hotel to check-out and head towards JR Hakodate Bus Terminal.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

The interior of JR Hakodate Station. We didn’t have time to explore fully here.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Doing some shopping in JR Hakodate Station.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Bought the creamy cheesecake soufflé from Pastry Snaffles – A well known Hakodate delicacy ¥1150 for a box of 8. We wanted to buy a box back to Singapore but weren’t able to as the expiry date is rather short and had to be consume in 6 days time.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Taking the Airport Bus (by Hakodate Teisan Bus which operates every 20 minutes) from JR Hakodate Bus Terminal. ¥300 per trip to Hakodate Airport (20 minutes duration).

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Entrance of Hakodate Airport.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Check-in counter for our ANA domestic flight to Tokyo.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Observation deck on the 3rd floor.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Hakodate Airport.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Mocha coffee ¥500 at Misuzu Coffee while waiting for our flight.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Departure gate area waiting for boarding.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

I noticed a very intuitive feature whereby the folks in the departure area can still talk to people outside. They picked up the phone with the corresponding number (e.g, 3) and start talking away.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

The flight from Hakodate to Haneda Airport only takes approximately 1 hr and 20 mins. Waiting for our luggage.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

At the basement of Haneda Airport, we took Tokyo Monorail Rapid to Hamamatsucho Station and transfer to JR Yamanote Line to our destination of Ueno Station. ¥630 per person and the journey takes approximately 40 min.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Our cozy hotel in Ueno. 5 min walk from JR Ueno Station.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

The bathroom. I like the use of white color rather then the usual cream color. It makes the toilet brighter and look cleaner.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Headed for our late lunch at a nearby Japanese gyudon chain – Matsuya. You will see more of the electronic ordering machines here in Tokyo!

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Grilled Beef Set ¥480.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Large Curry Rice Set ¥480.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Shopping at “Ameya Yokocho” (candy store alley) at Ueno. It was traditionally a wholesale market for candy and snacks. Also commonly referred as “Ameyoko”.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Hundreds of stall selling from fishes, crabs, vegetables, clothes, cosmetics, green tea, sport shoes, etc.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Taito Station – Game arcade. Sighting of folks wearing surgical mask is common in Japan – used when they are having cold or prevention against hay fever, etc.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Lord of Vermilion is a fantasy card-based arcade game produced by Square Enix. I am a fan of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series! I stayed glued to view people play even though I don’t understand Japanese. 🙂

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

A cute game for children whereby they have to jump constantly and turn the handle bar in order to move and steer the character on screen.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Ameya Yokocho is really crowded during the evening time. Maybe working folks have just knock off and was doing some shopping prior to going home.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

A stall selling döner kebab – very much well-received by locals.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Discounted sale of clothes and sports apparels.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Look at the crowd. 🙂

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Tokudaiji Temple. Accidentally chance upon it in the bustle of Ameyoko.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Niki no Kashi (Niki’s Snacks) – a discount snacks and food store that you can grab loads of stuff back to your home country.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Takoyaki stall. Looks popular.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

A Kirin Tea Drink ¥150.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Keisei Ueno Station – For taking Keisei Skyliner to Narita Airport. We will be taking this in a few days time.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

A shop selling crepes and I noted that mostly are girls queuing. Sweet tooth?

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Some photos of the buildings around Ueno follows.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Nakacho – seems like rows of restaurants here?

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

McDonald’s Japan – McPork Set Meal, Teriyaki Chicken Set Meal and Shaka Shaka Chicken ¥1180.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

McDonald’s Japan – McPork.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Shaka Shaka Chicken with black pepper. You put the black pepper into the bag and shake it. Once done, open it and consume it!

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Anyone game for adult movies? 😛

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

On our way back, passed by JR Ueno Station – one of the major railway station in Tokyo.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Numerous eateries can be found here.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Tokyo Banana in JR Ueno Station. We noted that we will come back and buy it in the next few days before we leave Tokyo.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Back at the hotel, it’s time for snacks – Snaffles from Hakodate. Note the manufacture and expiry date – 6 days.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Pastry Snaffles that just came out from the refrigerator.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Snaffles – Extremely delicious cheese soufflé.

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Not a night goes by without beer! Sapporo beer (cold maturation) ¥197.A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

五月十四日-函馆早市场寻找早餐。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

从酒店过一条马路就到函馆早市场。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

众多卖干粮摊位的其中一家。我们向其中一家买了两包奶酪扇贝(各五百克)和三宝鱿鱼。总花费5000日元

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

另一家卖烹饪调味料的摊位。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

左边,卖衣服的摊位。时间还早所以每什么人。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

除了干粮,有一部分是街市卖蔬菜,水果,肉类等。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

左边是一些餐馆。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

海鲜天堂! 这里靠经函馆早市场门口。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

许多总类的螃蟹任你选择,价廉物美。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

昨晚住的酒店- Hotel New Ohte(函馆早市场对面)。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

终于决定这家餐馆-函馆著名的海鲜丼物

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

函馆螃蟹丼物1260日元

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

函馆著名的鱿鱼丼物1890日元。新鲜的活鱿鱼,当你倒入酱油鱿鱼还会乱动。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

师傅会把鱿鱼头切掉。我太太看我吃这时非常不自在。LOL!

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

这是活得鱿鱼。:P

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

乌云密布- 看似快要下雨了。为了避雨,我们匆忙的回酒店拿行李直冲JR函馆巴士站。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

JR函馆站的装潢。 我们没有时间探索这里。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

在JR函馆站内逛。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

在Pastry Snaffles买了奶油乳酪蛋糕。 这是著名的函馆美食1150日元/八个。本想买一盒会新加坡但是有效期只有六天来不及。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

从JR函馆巴士站乘坐机场巴士(由函馆帝产巴士运作,每20分钟)。 到函馆机场每趟300日元(20分钟路程)。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

函馆机场门口。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

全日本空輸内航班前往东京的柜台。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

三楼的观景台。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

函馆机场。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

等待飞机时在Misuzu咖啡屋喝摩卡咖啡500日元

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

在登机区等待登机。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

我注意到一个特点就是人们可以在登机区和外面的人聊天。随手拿起电话安相同毫毛就开始聊天。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

从函馆到羽田机场只需一小时又二十分钟。等待领取行李。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

羽田机场的地下城,我们搭东京单轨電車濱松町站转换JR山手线到目的地上野站。 每人630日元,路程大概十四分钟。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

我们舒适的上野酒店。从JR上野站步行5分钟。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

厕所。我比较喜欢白色多过奶色。白色让厕所看起来更大更清洁。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

到附近日本牛丼餐馆松屋吃午餐。在东京你可以看到更多的电子订货机器。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

烤牛肉480日元

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Large Curry Rice Set ¥480.

咖喱饭(大)480日元

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

到“Ameya Yokocho”(糖果店巷)逛逛。这是传统的糖果和点心批发市场。也称为 “Ameyoko”。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

上百个摊位售卖鱼,蟹,菜,衣服,化妆品,绿茶,运动鞋等等。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Taito Station- 游戏场所。 到处都是戴口罩的人- 日本人如果感冒或预防花粉症都会戴口罩。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Lord of Vermilion史克威爾艾尼克斯日本遊戲軟體製作開發的幻想卡制娱乐游戏。我是史克威爾艾尼克斯的太空戰士系列Kingdom Hearts系列的忠实粉丝。虽然我不懂日语但还是不走看别人玩。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

儿童玩得可爱游戏必须不断地跳跃和推动银幕上的人物。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Ameya Yokocho 横旁万真多人。 也许上班族刚放工在回家路上逛街。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

摆摊卖döner kebab – 日本人非常喜爱。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

打折的衣服和运动服装。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

密密麻麻的人群。:)

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Tokudaiji Temple – 无意中在逛Ameyoko时找到的。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

二木零食商店-折扣食品店让你购买许多东西回国。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

章魚燒店 – 非常受欢迎。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

阿麒麟茶饮料150日元

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

京成上野站 – 乘搭京成Skyliner成田国际机场。 再过几天我们会乘坐这。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

一家销售可麗餅的店, 我发现在排队的都是女孩。爱吃甜食吗?

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

以下是上野周围的建筑物。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

Nakacho – 好像有两排餐馆?

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

日本麦当劳- 猪肉套,红烧鸡肉套餐和Shaka Shaka Chicken。 1180日元

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

日本麦当劳的猪肉包。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

加上黑胡椒的Shaka Shaka Chicken。 在纸袋内加黑胡椒摇动。完成,把纸袋开了便可以吃。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

有人想看成人电影吗? 😛

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

回酒店路上,经过JR上野站 -东京主要铁路的车站之一。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

这里可以找到许多餐馆。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

在JR上野站的Tokyo Banana

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

回到就嗲- 甜品时间-函馆的奶油乳酪蛋糕。 有效期只是六天。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

刚拿出冰箱奶油乳酪蛋糕。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

奶油乳酪蛋糕 – 非常好吃。

A Day in Hakodate & Tokyo

啤酒是每晚的精神支柱!札幌啤酒 (冷成熟) 197日元

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A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate洞爷湖和函馆的一天

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

13th May 2009 – Nice weather when I woke up around 7am. As it was still early, I went to Onsen to freshen up. Nothing beats having a hot spring bath in the cool morning hours.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Using the 2 coupons issued yesterday, we went to the restaurant for our breakfast. There was quite a selection available.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

This is what I have taken for the first round. It’s a buffet so 10 or 20 rounds is fine as long you don’t burst your stomach. 😛

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Morning walk around the lake. The weather and fog have cleared up.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

A magnificent mountain beyond the Nakajima Islands (captured in zoom mode). Looks like Mount Fuji?

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Sukara against the clear blue sky.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Duck-shaped boats for hire.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Shikotsu-Toya National Park – Signboard with information about Lake Toya and Mt. Usu.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

The counter for cruise ride around Lake Toya.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Flowers along the banks of Lake Toya.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

The Pleasure Boat ride that we wanted to take yesterday to see the fireworks.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Tranquil place for relaxation. Although the sun is out, but it’s still chilly whenever the wind blows.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

A really amazing place to be!

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

More beautiful sakura!

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Spotted the boat that was used to launch the firework displays.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Checked-out and went to the bus stop opposite Kohan Tei to wait for the bus to JR Toya Station. The morning wind is extremely chilling and that is why we left out luggage at the bus stop and went to hide behind a building. Ha ha!

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Bus ride to JR Toya ¥320 per person. Bus walkway was quite cramped and there isn’t any place to put our luggage so we just left it on the seats where it’s not occupied.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

The view in front of JR Toya station.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Entrance of JR Toya station.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Lake Toya was chosen to host the Group of Eight summit in 2008. We were glad that we have also visited Lake Toya. 🙂

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Tickets from Toya to Hakodate on Hokuto 8. ¥4830 per person.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Waiting for train to arrive.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

After the conductor checked our tickets, we were told to wait at a certain platform as we did not purchased reserved seats.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Inside the train, it was quite comfortable ride for me as I was enjoying music on my phone. My partner was playing PSP throughout the journey!

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

I guess it was more comfortable for this chap here! Wahaha! Oh yes, the seats can swivel so that it can face each other (see above) – ideal for groups of 3 or 4 while traveling.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Menu showing the prices of food that can be ordered on the train.

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After 1 hour and 45 minutes journey, we reach Hakodate Station.

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Hokuto trains.

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Interior of Hakodate JR Station.

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Entrance of Hakodate JR Station.

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At Tourist Information Center (JR Hakodate station), we purchase 1 day pass for unlimited rides on bus (excluding airport bus) and streetcars (trams) at ¥1000 per adult. Alternatively, you may also just buy 1 day pass for streetcars only at ¥600 per adult. We also got a free guide book for “Romantic Hakodate”.

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Walk 5 mins from JR Hakodate to our hotel. We were allowed to check-in even though it was only 1.30pm. It was stated check-in timing only at 3pm during our reservation and we were planning to leave our luggage if we reach early.

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Toilet.

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Lunch time – we went around searching for “Lucky Pierrot” – a fast food chain that can only be found in Hakodate. Finally found it after asking a kind person.

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Checking out the menu as I heard that Lucky Pierrot serves whale burger. I wanted to try it out of curiosity but couldn’t find it.

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Omelette rice, side dishes, ice cream, shakes, drink, etc are available as well.

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Inside of Lucky Pierrot. It was starting to drizzle a bit outside. 🙁

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Lucky Pierrot Chinese Chicken Burger ¥350.

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Lucky Pierrot Egg Burger ¥380. Look at the sauce and egg flowing out……it’s absolutely delicious!

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Yeah! The rain has stopped! After the fantastic lunch, we went to the bus station to take bus to to Fort Goryokaku. It is accessible by streetcars (trams) as well but will need to walk further (20mins). Since we had the unlimited rides for bus as well, we were advised by the service staff in Tourist Information Center to go for bus as it will only take 10mins walk.

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On the bus and checking out the ticket and payment machine.

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Goryokaku Tower. You can pay ¥840 to go up the tower to have a bird’s eye view of Fort Goryokaku.

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A ship display in Goryokaku Park.

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History of Goryokaku?

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Scene of flowers can be seen almost everything.

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Cannons used in olden times.

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Tulips of various colors.

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Goryokaku Park is a popular place for hanami with over 1500 cherry tress. But we are a couple of days late and the sakura have withered already.

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This is where I would park myself to enjoy hanami. 🙂

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A playful shot of our shadows.

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Some duck-like animal? I am unable to correctly identify it. Haha!

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Taking the streetcar (tram) to Yunokawa Hot Spring.

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The locals use these streetcars frequently too so it’s quite packed at times. Be prepared to stand.

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Yunokawa Hot Spring.

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A free foot bath near the Hakodate Tramway’s Yunokawa Onsen Station (opened all day and night).

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You can soak your tired legs here.

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Another kind of trams. We will be taking it back to Hakodate Eki Mae station to go back to hotel and equip ourselves with more warm clothing. In the afternoon, despite have sun shining, it was quite cold. We reckon that it will be much colder in the night, especially when we up high at Mount Hakodate (our next destination).

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This tram is quite empty this time round and we managed to get seats.

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On our way back to hotel, a cute sign on the walkway – Crab at Hakodate Morning Market. There are several kinds of the same sign with different content along the walkway.

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Hakodate Morning Market. It is closed now.

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Getting our dinner from a ramen stall opposite Hakodate Morning Market.

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Seafood Ramen ¥1050.

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Charsiu Miso Ramen ¥730.

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Amazing view from the top of Mount Hakodate. We took a bus from Hakodate Station Bus Terminal and the fare per adult one way is ¥360. But as we have purchased 1 day pass for unlimited rides on bus (excluding airport bus) and streetcars (trams), we did not need to pay as it can be used here. The journey takes about 30 mins to top of Mt. Hakodate.

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You can also take the Mt. Hakodate Ropeway to the top of Mt. Hakodate at ¥640 one way / ¥1160 return.

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Even with extra clothing, it is still cold here as the wind is extremely chilling (around 9 degrees temperature). My partner is not out in the open for long as she went to seek warmth in the building (shopping in a souvenir and food store). Ha ha!

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My opinion is that the night view from Mount Hakodate is indeed true to what multiple sources have quoted “among the top 3 best night view in the world”.

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Mount Hakodate. Although the night view is nice and romantic but I wasn’t prepared for the huge crowds (tour groups, school excursions, etc) on top, jostling for space to capture the view on their cameras.

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Took the bus back but alighted at Jujigai and walk to Hakodate Beer.

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Time is 8pm but the inside was quite empty (other 1 more table was occupied other then ours). Most shops closed quite early here in Hakodate.

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Menu for the drinks and food.

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Ordered a plate of assorted sausages at ¥850 to go with the beer.

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Red Brick Warehouse (Kanemori Warehouse). It is very quiet here.

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Near the bay area. There are sightseeing boats here but it’s already closed for the day.

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Red Brick Warehouse (Kanemori Warehouse).

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Some restaurants are found here but seems like most are closed.

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Although weather is cold, I had the craving to slurp on Hokkaido Milk ice-cream ¥62. Ha ha!A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

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五月十三日- 早上七点起床好天气。时间还早,我去泡温泉。一大早没什么比泡温泉爽。

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利用昨天的两张早餐券,我们到餐厅吃早餐。选择挺丰富的。

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这是我第一轮拿的食物。是自助餐所以你可以拿一二十轮都没关系只要别吃饱爆肚子。:)

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早晨漫步湖边。雾和天气都清除了。

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宏伟的山区在中岛群岛后面(集中点捕捉)。有点像富士山吗?

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蓝天白云前的樱花

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鸭形船可租用。

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支笏洞爺国立公園 – 指示牌显示洞爷湖有珠山的信息。

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乘坐洞爷湖游船的柜台。

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沿着洞爷湖河边的花。

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昨天本来想乘坐看烟花的游船。

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宁静的地方,可作为休息区。虽然太阳出来了不过风吹时还是寒冷的。

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好漂亮的地方!

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美丽的樱花!

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这是放烟花的船。

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离开了酒店到巴士站等巴士去JR洞爷站。 早晨的风非常冷所以我们把行李丢一旁跑到大厦后躲。哈哈!

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到JR洞爷站的车费是320日元/每人。巴士走道挺窄的而且没地方放行李只好放在没人坐的座位。

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JR洞爷站前的景色。

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JR洞爷站的入口。

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洞爷湖被选为八国首脑会议的地方。幸好我们来过。:)

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从洞爷湖到函馆北斗8的车票。4830日元/每人。

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等待火车时。

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查车票后,我们被通知在某个平台等因为我们没买预定车票。

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我整个车程都听音乐,挺舒服的。我太太一路玩PSP

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我想这家伙最舒服吧!哈哈!椅子还可以转来转去(看上图)- 适三或四人坐。

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可在车上购买食物,上图是火车上的菜单。

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经过一个小时又四十五分,我们抵达函馆站。

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北斗列车。

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JR函馆站的大楼。

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JR函馆站的入口处。

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在旅游信息中心 (JR函馆站),我们买了一日巴士车票(不包括机场)和电车票 每人1000日元。或者,你也可选择一日巴士车票每人600日元。我们拿到一边免费的指南书“浪漫函馆”。

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从JR函馆站步行五分钟就到酒店。虽然现在是一点半不过酒店让我们登记。我们本打算把行李寄放在酒店因为正常登记时间是三点。

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厕所。

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午餐时间-到处搜寻“Lucky Pierrot” – 只有在函馆才有的快餐连锁店。 向路人质询后终于找到了。

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在看菜单,听说这里卖鲸肉汉堡。为了满足好奇心向式式但是找不到。

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煎蛋饭,小菜,冰淇淋,奶昔,饮料等等。

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Lucky Pierrot 店里面。 外面开始下毛毛雨。:(

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Lucky Pierrot鸡肉汉堡350日元

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Lucky Pierrot鸡蛋汉堡380日元。看!酱和鸡蛋流出来了。。。。。 绝对好吃!

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雨终于停了! 丰富午餐后,我们乘坐巴士到五稜郭。 电车也可以到不过需走二十分钟。既然买了无限量车票,旅游信息中心的工作人员提醒我们乘坐巴士比较靠经,只需步行十分钟。

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在公共汽车上的售票机器。

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五稜郭塔。只需付840日元就可上塔观看五棱郭堡的景观。

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在五棱郭公园的船只展示。

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五棱郭的历史?

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花的景观到处可看到。

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古时的大炮。

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各种颜色的郁金香。

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五棱郭公园是个赏花見热门地方, 有1500棵樱桃树。我们完了几天樱花都枯萎了。

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我会在这里赏花見。 :)

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拍影子。

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这是鸭子吗?我分不清楚。哈哈!

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乘坐电车到汤之川温泉。

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当地人常使用电车因此相当拥挤。有时还得站着。

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汤之川温泉。

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函馆缆车汤之川温泉站附近的足浴(全天开放)。

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你可以把脚泡在这里。

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另一重电车。我们将达这电车会酒店穿多几件衣服。下午,虽然顶着大太阳天起挺冷的。我们相信晚上会更冷,尤其在函馆山(下一个目的地)。

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这电车没什么人所以有的坐。

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回酒店过程,有趣的招牌 – 函馆早市场的螃蟹。一路下有几种不同的款式的招牌。

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函馆早市场。已关了。

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在函馆早市场对面的一家拉面馆吃辣面。

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海鲜拉面1050日元

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叉烧味噌拉面730日元

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在函馆山上的迷人景色。我们从函馆巴士总站乘坐巴士每人360日元(一趟)。我们买了无限量一日车票(不包括机场)和电车, 我们不需再付钱。到函馆山顶路程大概三十分钟。

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你也可以达缆车到函馆山顶一趟640日元/来回1160日元

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加了衣服,山顶还是非常冷(大概九度左右)。我太太没在外头太久,躲在大厦里寻找温然(在纪念品和食品商店逛)。哈哈!

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我觉得从函馆山看下来的夜景真美,有资料显示函馆的夜景是“世界排名第三”。

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函馆山。 虽然夜景很美又罗曼蒂克不过没料到会有那么多人(旅行团,学校旅行等等)在山顶,抢位置拍照。

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乘坐巴士下山在十字街下车步行到函馆啤酒。

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时间是晚上八点可是里面空的 (除了我们还有一桌客人)。 大部分函馆商店都早关门。

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饮料和食物菜单。

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叫了四种啤酒品尝。1260日元

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叫了一盘各类香肠850日元

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金森仓库。这里好安静。

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靠近湾区。 有观光船不过已经打烊了。

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金森仓库。

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有几间餐馆可是好像管了。

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虽然天气冷,有种冲动所以买了北海道牛奶冰淇淋62日元。哈哈!

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A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya札幌和洞爺湖的一天

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

12th May 2009 – Breakfast at hotel and then proceed to check-out as today we will be leaving to Lake Toya. We need to check-out by 10am but as our free transport to Lake Toya is scheduled at 1.30pm, we left our luggage at the good care of the hotel before strolling around. The good thing is that the storage area is behind the front desk counter, which means that any possibility of losing thing is greatly minimize. Then we went to Pole Town to have our caffeine fix at Starbucks¥860 Café Mocha x 2.

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Ham & Cheese Bun.

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Custard Cream Bun. Both total up to ¥225.

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At most JR or Subway station, there are actually various sizes of lockers for you to store your stuffs temporary. The small size locker is priced at ¥300 for 12hour storage. Valuables are not encouraged to be left in lockers.

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After lazing in Starbucks watching people go by for 2 hours, it’s time to head back to hotel to claim our luggage. A coupon was issued when we left our luggage and this have to be hand over to the hotel staff. Instead of taking subway, we decided that we had some spare time to walk to Sapporo while lugging our baggage along.

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Took a rest at Odori Park. 😛

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Reach our destination JR Sapporo Station after 20 mins walk. An accomplishment!

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The meeting point for the free bus transport to Lake Toya – Esta Shopping Mall (a prominent building outside of JR Sapporo). We have to carry our luggage up the stairs. 🙁

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At the top of the stairs, the building is JR Sapporo.

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Some other malls/buildings facing JR Sapporo. It’s a gloomy day and seems like going to rain anytime. Glad that we have reached the meeting point prior to any downpour as we will be drenched as we do not have any raincoats or umbrellas with us.

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2nd floor of Esta (also our meeting place). “BIC Camera” store for you to shop while waiting for transport.

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I also noticed that there is a Sightseeing Bus Counter which provides “Sapporo One-Day Tour” at ¥5700, “Otaru Night View Tour” at ¥5800, “Lilac Tour” at ¥4100, etc. For the more adventurous, there is also “Susukino Transsexual Stage Show Tour” at ¥9900. Please do share with me on your experience if you do go. 😛

Information shown are Tour, Departure Time, Arrival Time, Fare and Operation Period – English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean language are available.

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My favourite drink – Calpis Water ¥150. Smooth, refreshing and creamy taste with slight hint of milk, somehow like Yakult. There is also a carbonated version – Calpis Soda, which is exceptionally good thirst quencher during a hot afternoon.

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Folks queuing to show hotel reservation confirmation and will be arranged a seat number.

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Apparently, this makeshift counter provides free bus transport services to various accommodation (if you have reserved with them) under Noguchi Kanko Group. From left to right, Kohan Tei (Lake Toya), Gokiraku Tei (Lake Toya), Daini Meisui Tei (Kitayuzawa), Meisui Tei (Kitayuzawa) and Horohoro Sanso (Kitayuzawa). Our destination is Kohan Tei!

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From the bus window, I took a snap of the scenery. The weather is not looking good.

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Simply love the feeling of natural surrounding. Especially when there aren’t any tall modern buildings in sight.

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A stop point for folks to answer the call of nature or just to buy some food. A slight drizzle have already started. This area is foggy and cold. I wonder whether we are at the highlands?

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It’s so foggy that visibility is reduced. But I love the feeling! It’s like I am in the clouds. 🙂

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Continuing our journey on the bus. It’s May but along the way, I still noticed some patches of snow.

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After 2hr 30mins ride on the free shuttle bus, reached Kohan Tei. The view of the room standing at the door entrance.

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Walkway to entrance door. The room is a combination of western and traditional setup – you can either sleep on the western bed or futon.

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The tatami floored traditional room – comes with table, chair with zabuton and a separate armrest. No shoes on the tatami, please. Yes, the room is facing the lake!

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Exploring the wardrobe – found our yukata and toiletries. Storage space available under the wardrobe.

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The closet containing our futons.

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Sneak preview of the magnificent view from our room window.

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Toilet. Always small in Japan.

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A garden (taken from room window).

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Still drizzling but we still venture out!

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A foot bath at the ground floor.

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More fog building up. Weather is cold!

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The right building is Kohan Tei.

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The rain keeps getting bigger. I was hoping the free fireworks display will not be canceled due to bad weather.

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Some shop facing the entrance of Kohan Tei. We wanted to take the Usuzan Ropeway Car but the weather forbids us to stray away far from hotel. The Usuzan Ropeway Car ride will take you to the top of Mount Usu, where you can enjoy the panoramic view of Lake Toya. For your information, Mount Usu is an active volcano!

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Toyako Manseikaku (Beside Kohan Tei).

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More shops. We also halted our plans to take the Pleasure Boat, which takes you round the lake and the neighboring four islands that make up Nakajima Island. Our main intention is view the firework display from the boat trip.

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The sky is turning dark. We decided to have dinner earlier as we couldn’t go anywhere else.

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Japanese dinner is served in-room. This dinner set is part of the room package.

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The food is very well presented. 🙂

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A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

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Dessert. It’s not ice cream but more like jelly and have a milky taste.

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Yeah!!! Fireworks display still proceeded despite the drizzle. The 20mins fireworks display happens every night at 8.45pm during the period from 28th April to 31st Oct and is subjected to weather conditions as the fireworks are launched from a moving boat.

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I went downstairs to try capturing more photos.

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My camera doesn’t seem to be able to capture good shots of the firework so I went back to room to enjoy the rest of the fireworks from the room window. After viewing the fireworks display, I went to Onsen. Didn’t take any photo during then but it was a nice bath with fabulous view. For more information, please visit here.

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Some snacks follows – Calbee Potato Chips ¥158 and Sapporo Classic (only sold in Hokkaido) ¥278. The 2 green cards are our breakfast coupons (part of the hotel package as well). Was quite disappointed that the rain have caused us to miss some attractions at Lake Toya but nevertheless still enjoyable. Went to sleep in anticipation of fine weather for next day!A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya
五月十二日- 吃了早餐退房后我们前往洞爷湖。我们必须在十点之前退房,前往洞爷湖的巴士一点半才出发所以我们将行李留在酒店到处逛逛。方便的是存储区就在柜台后面,遗失行李的可能性非常低。我们到附近的星巴克解咖啡瘾。 两杯摩卡咖啡¥860

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火腿加奶酪面包。

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奶黃面包。两个价格 225日元

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大多数JR或地铁站都有各式的储物柜让你暂时放东西。小的储物柜十二个小时300日元。贵重物品最好不要留在储物柜。

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在星巴克坐了两个小时,是时候会酒店拿行李了。寄放行李时酒店发了张票给我们,拿行李时必须交给柜台员工。我们选择拉着行李步行到札幌站不搭地铁。

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在大通公园在休息一下。:P

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步行二十分钟后抵达目的地JR札幌站。

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洞爷湖巴士的集合地点- Esta Shopping Mall (高大的建筑在JR札幌站外)。我们得把行李炕上楼梯。:(

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楼梯顶的大楼是札幌站。

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面向札幌站的其他商场。乌云密布似乎快要下雨了。好在已抵达目的地。不然会变成落汤鸡因为我们没带雨衣或雨伞。

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Esta 商场的二楼(集合地)。“BIC Camera”让你一面等待一面逛。

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我注意到有售卖札幌观光巴士一日游卷,5700日元,小樽夜景观光5800日元,“丁香屬观光”4100日元等等。有冒险精神的人,还有Susukino 人妖表演 9900日元。如果你去过请和我分享经验。:P 显示的信息是观光,出发时间,到达时间,车费和营运期间 – 有英文,中文,日文和韩文。

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最喜爱的饮料-可爾必思150日元。清凉,解渴带有点奶味,有点像養樂多。还有有气版本的可爾必思气水,对解渴是最有效的。

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显示酒店预订确认后会被安排座位。

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显然的,这临时柜台提供免给巴士服务给很多家酒店(只要和野口观光集团定酒店)。从左到右,湖畔亭(洞爺湖),洞爷亭(洞爺湖),第二名水亭 (北汤泽),名水亭(北汤泽)和Horohoro山庄(北汤泽)。 我们的目的地是湖畔亭!

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从车窗,拍了一些景色。好像快下雨了。

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最喜欢大自然的感觉。尤其这里没什么高楼大厦。

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休息站,下车买吃的和上厕所。开始有点毛毛雨了。这里冷雾又多。我们到了山上吗?

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雾多到看不清楚。喜欢这感觉!好像在云中. 🙂

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继续巴士车程。现在是五月, 路上还是有点雪。

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作了两个小时三十分钟的路程终于抵达湖畔亭。从房门拍得房间照。

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房间的走道直到房门。房间是西日结合式-可以睡在床或日式床垫和棉被。

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疊蓆传统房间-有桌椅和日式座椅。疊蓆房内不许穿鞋。房间向湖!

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探索衣橱- 找到浴衣和化妆品。衣橱下有空间放行李。

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放床垫的橱。

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让人叹为观止的景色。

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厕所。日本厕所都很小。

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花园(从房间窗户拍的)。

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虽然下着毛毛雨,我们还是忍不住出去了。

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设在底层的脚浴。

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雾很浓密。天气很冷!

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右边是湖畔亭。

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雨越下越大。希望烟花不会被取消。

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面对湖畔亭的店。本想达Usuzan Ropeway Car因为天气没法子。Usuzan Ropeway Car会带你到有珠山,可以看到洞爺湖的全景。有珠山是活火山!另一酒店Toyako Manseikaku 在湖畔亭旁边.

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更多店。我们取消乘游船的计划,船会带你绕湖和周围的岛。我们最想看的是烟花。

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天开始黑了。决定早点吃晚餐。

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日式晚餐在房内享用。这晚餐已包含在房间配套。

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食物摆设非常漂亮.:)

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食物摆设非常漂亮.:)

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甜点。不是冰淇凌比较象是果冻而且有奶味。

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烟花每被取消,虽然还有一点雨。二十分钟的烟花在四月二十八日至十月三十一日的每晚八点四十五分准时展示,烟花是从船发射的。

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我到楼下捕捉烟花镜头。

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我的相机不能捕捉烟花,回房间继续欣赏。看完烟花后我去泡温泉,不过没有照片。更多详情,请阅览这里

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零食- 卡樂B薯片158日元和札幌啤酒classic(只在北海道售卖)278日元。两张绿卡是早餐卷(包含在配套)。因为下雨而看不到几个景点有些失望。希望明天天气晴朗,睡觉了!

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A Day in Otaru & Sapporo小樽和札幌的一天

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11th May 2009 – Buffet breakfast at the hotel where you are allowed to eat till you are full. This is also the breakfast that that we had over the past 2 days (9th & 10th May 2009). Consists of different varieties of Onigiri, sausages, salad, eggs, miso soup, croissant, etc.

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We took the subway from Susukino Station to Sapporo Station as we need to take JR to the historic and romantic city of Otaru using the Sapporo-Otaru Welcome Pass. For more information, you may want to read “A Day in Sapporo 1“.

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While waiting for the train to Otaru, a JR train that serves another route stops at the platform.

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Alighted at Minami Otaru Station instead of the popular Otaru Station so that I can walk down towards the touristy Otaru area while exploring the quieter side of Otaru.

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The entrance of Minami Otaru Station.

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Following instructions from signboard, we walk to Kikkogura Sake Museum. I believe it’s also known as Tanaka Sake Factory Kikkogura.

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After requesting for an English pamphlet (which contains the process of sake brewing), we went to tour around the sake factory. Rice used for making sake is slightly bigger then the regular rice that we eat and they are polished down 30% to 60% (according to the brewing standard) until it’s left with the middle white part. Also as 80% of sake is water, Kikkogura uses cold and pure underground water.

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The rice goes through a delicate process of brewing before it’s stored.

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One of the many displays that show what was worn during the olden days when brewing sake.

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Displays of sake barrels. After which, we went on to the sake shop which offers a varieties of sake. You can try 10 different kinds of sake for free here! Find the one you like based on the colour, smell and taste. We managed to find something we like – 300ml at ¥1020.

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The Otaru Steam Clock in front of Otaru-Orugel-Doh (Otaru Music Box Museum).

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Entrance to the Otaru Music Box Museum is free. We went in to check out what Otaru is famous for – Music Boxes! There are displays of hundreds of different kinds of music boxes, both large and small.

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Such delicate workmanship! It’s definitely a piece of art!

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Some other designs. You can also try to build your own music box here under the guidance of their staff from the price of ¥1800 onwards. We didn’t go for this as it requires 1 hour for the adhesive to dry.

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Found myself being captivated by the table lamp design.

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Other souvenirs and crafts can be found here as well. We bought a small pink colour carousel-styled music box at ¥2100, which will turn round-and-round while playing music titled “One Love”.

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Passed by this shop but didn’t explore further. Might be a souvenir shop?

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We had a melon ice-cream here at ¥300.

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Otaru Post Office.

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Fantasy World Otaru.

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A life-like statue of a bear and dog. Notice the “Hello Kitty” face nearby? Hehe.

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Looks like a place for you to experience snow and ice?

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Another speciality of Otaru – glass products. Here you can try your hands at glassware making. Prices start from ¥2000 onwards and take about 10mins each.

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There are assortments of glassware for you to choose to make.

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Bakudan Yaki at ¥380. A giant version of Takoyaki and top up with mayonnaise and bonito flakes. The contents of the wheat flour batter are cabbage, quail eggs, shrimp, octopus, squid, sausage, etc.

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Otaru Pier – such a beautiful scene.

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A carpark inside a warehouse? 🙂

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Otaru Beer.

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At the entrance of Otaru Beer. Re-filling in progress!

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Otaru Beer is medieval and German styled restaurant that serves both food and beverages. There is also a tour of the process of beer making in accordance to German traditions. Admission is free.

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The highlight of visiting Otaru Beer. Sampling of the freshly brewed beer!

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Otaru Weiss (small) on the left at ¥490. The other is Otaru Pilsner (small) also at ¥490.

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The famous canal of Otaru – with the old warehouses along it’s bank. I can imagine the nostalgic and romantic feeling that it offers during night time as well as winter season.

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A musician playing music along the banks. If you like what you have heard, you can even buy his music ablum CD.

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Another seller of drawings and crafts.

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The other view of Otaru Canal (Otaru Unga).

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Lunch time – walk around and decided to have ramen. Total for 2 ramen below is ¥1590.

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Miso Ramen.

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Shoyu (“soy sauce”) Ramen.

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A historical looking shophouse. Below are some other buildings captured along the way.

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Kitakaro Cafe for some snacks and coffee. Hmm….did we eat a lot for the day already?

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Purchased our snacks and went outside of the cafe to sit at the outdoor section. Kitakaro is famous for their Baumkuchen and we wanted to buy it but the expiry is only 4 days from date of purchase. It won’t make it back to Singapore and will only end up in our stomach. Haha!

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¥500 for the set – Coffee, Cream Puff & Ice Cream.

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The cream texture is just right as it not too sweet or oily. The outer crust is crispy yet soft and shatters at every bite.

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Wine shop.

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This shop sells “Hello Kitty” stuffs.

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An interesting looking shop. I wander what they sell? CDs? 😛

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Former Temiya Line – opened in 1880 and was defunct in 1985. It is Hokkaido’s first and Japan’s third railway line.

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Parts of it have made way for the road.

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At the entrance of JR Otaru Station to board train back to JR Sapporo Station (still using the Sapporo-Otaru Welcome Pass).

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As we still have some spare time and also nearby JR Sapporo Station, we decided to head north to visit Hokkaido University Botanic Garden (10 mins walk).

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In this 13.3 hectare garden, there are around 4,000 taxa of plants that are native to Hokkaido to be found.

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A snapshot of the greenery.

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Signs for Poplar Avenue, Flowering Shrub Garden and Bust of Dr. Inazo Nitobe.

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The magnificent view of the poplar trees.

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A row of pink flowers. I wonder what are they called? It will be good if there is a small sign near the trees to tell me. 🙁

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Dinner time is drawing near. We headed to F-45 building (opposite Sapporo Tokyu Inn, 3 mins walk from Susukino Station) in search of Ebi Kani Gassen (12th Floor) for our craving for crab buffet.

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Eat all you can in 90 min. The set we chose is priced at ¥3675 per person and it comes with king crab legs, snow crab legs, shrimp tempura, shrimp sushi, crab sushi, tempura shrimp sushi and egg custard (chawanmushi). You can also add in another ¥1050 for all you can drink beer too!

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A close-up view of the fresh and tasty king crab and snow crab legs. Did I hear your stomach rumbling? 😛

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From the 12th floor lift lobby, you can see a clear view of Norubesa (a building with a huge Ferris wheel). After which, took a short stroll back to hotel with our huge stomach bulge.

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Back at the hotel, we decided to do our laundry. Instructions in English are available.

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The washing detergent vending machine which dispense one small pack good for 1 full load wash at ¥30.

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There are actually 4 sets of washing machines and dryer available – 2 set on each side. At that point of time, all 4 sets are not in use. The washing machine usage costs ¥200 and the dryer costs ¥100 for 30 mins usage. From our recent experience, you will need a minimum of 1.5 hours run (¥300) for your clothes to dry.

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Fruits platter bought at ¥530 from Daimaru (Sapporo Station) for dessert.A Day in Otaru & Sapporo

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五月十一日,酒店吃到饱的自助早餐。前两天我们都吃同样的早餐(九日十日)。包括不同种类的饭团,香肠,沙拉,鸡蛋,味噌汤,羊角面包等。

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我们从薄野站搭地铁到札幌站再转换JR线到历史悠久和罗曼蒂克的小樽市。更多信息,你必须看札幌的一天

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在等待火车的空当,另外一辆前往别处的JR列车停在平台。

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我们之所以在南小樽駅下车而不是小樽駅下车是为了探索小樽旅游景点以外的一面。

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南小樽站的入口处。

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跟着指示牌,我们步行到Kikkogura日本清酒博物馆。也被称为田中萨凯厂

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再要求英文小册子(包含酿酒的过程),我们参观酿酒工厂。制造酒的米比平常吃的米大,经过抛光过程剩下30%至60%(根据酿酒标准)只剩下中间白色的部分。

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米经过了仔细的酿造过程再送到储藏室。

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众多的显示器中展示了古代酿酒时的衣着。

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酒桶展示后。我们到了商店,店里排列许多总类的清酒。您可以免费尝试10种不同类型的清酒。以颜色,味道选者自己喜欢的。大吟醸酒宝川 300ml 1020 日元.

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小樽音乐盒博物馆前面的小樽蒸汽时钟。

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小樽音乐盒博物馆入场免费的。我们进去看看小樽著名的-音乐盒!有数以百计和各种不同类和形状的音乐盒。

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这么精致的手工!绝对是一件艺术品!

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其他的设计。你也可以尝试在员工的领导下自己制作音乐盒收费从1800日元起。因为时间有限我们没有参加,胶粘剂需要1个小时才干。

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发现自己对台灯设计着迷。

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这里也可以找到其他纪念品和工艺品。我们买了一个粉红旋转式的音乐盒,2100日元,它一面旋转一面播放音乐。

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经过此店,但没有进去。可能是纪念品商店?

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吃了个甜瓜味的冰淇淋300日元

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小樽邮政局。

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小樽幻想世界。

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像熊和狗的雕像。 注意附近的“凯蒂猫”脸吗?Hehe。

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看起来像冰雪地?

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小樽的另一转藏 – 玻璃制品。在此,你可以尝试玻璃器制作。从2000日元起。每一个需要10分钟。

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有各种各样的玻璃器可选者。

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Bakudan烧烤380日元。巨大型的章魚燒加顶端的蛋黄酱和鲣鱼薄片。面糊包括面粉,白菜,鹌鹑蛋,虾,章鱼,鱿鱼,香肠等。

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小樽码头 – 美丽的景色。

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仓库内是停车场? 🙂

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小樽啤酒

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小樽啤酒的入口处。

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小樽啤酒是间中世纪和德国风格的餐厅提供食品和饮料。此外,还参观了按照德国传统的酿酒过程。入场免费。

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参观小樽啤酒的特别之处。平常新鲜酿制的啤酒!

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小樽魏斯(小)左边490日元。另一个是小樽比尔森啤酒(小)也是490日元

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著名的小樽运河-旧仓库沿着河流。可以想像怀旧和浪漫的感觉尤其是晚上和冬季时。

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一位音乐家演奏着音乐。喜欢还可以他的购买音乐专辑。

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另一位画家在卖画和手工艺。

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小樽运河的另一面。

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午餐时间 – 到处走走,后来决定吃拉面。两碗拉面共计1590日元

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味噌拉面。

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酱油拉面。

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具有历史性的店屋。在路上捕捉其他建筑的镜头。

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Kitakaro 咖啡坐吃些小吃和喝咖啡。嗯 … 今天吃得有点多?

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买了小吃之后走到户外咖啡坐。Kitakaro闻名的是年輪蛋糕,我们想买但是有效期只有4天。再回到新加坡之前已把它吃进肚子咯!

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一套500日元 – 咖啡,奶油 Puff 及冰淇淋。

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奶油质地刚好不甜不油。外层脆软每咬一口都发出吱吱的声音。

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葡萄酒商店。

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这店销售“凯蒂猫”商品。

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看似有趣的商店。不知卖什么!光碟吗?

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Temiya线 -开放于1880年至1985年。是北海道第一和日本第三条铁路。

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部分为了道路已被摘掉。

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在JR小樽站的入口处登上火车回JR札幌站(仍在使用札幌-小樽通行证)。

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仍然有些空余时间也在JR札幌站附近,我们决定向北方走到北海道大学植物园(10分钟步行路程)。

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在这十三点三公顷的花园,大约有4000类植物是本土北海道发现的。

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好美的景色!

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路标显示Poplar Avenue,花木园和新渡戶稻造博士肖像。

A Day in Otaru & Sapporo
壮观的poplar trees。

A Day in Otaru & Sapporo
一排粉红色的花朵。不知道它们是什么?如果有个标志在附近最好。

A Day in Otaru & Sapporo
晚餐时间临近。我们前往F–45大楼(札幌东急饭店对面,大通站步行3分钟)寻找Ebi Kani Gassen(12楼)的螃蟹自助餐。

A Day in Otaru & Sapporo
在90分钟内任吃到饱。我们选择了一套价格3675日元的螃蟹套餐,有帝王蟹腿,天婦羅,寿司虾,蟹寿司,天婦羅寿司,和蒸鸡蛋(chawanmushi)。

A Day in Otaru & Sapporo
仔细查看新鲜和美味的帝王蟹和蟹腿。是你的肚子在叫吗?

A Day in Otaru & Sapporo
从12楼电梯大堂,可以清楚看到Norubesa(巨大摩天轮)的景观。之后,我们走回酒店消化消化。

A Day in Otaru & Sapporo
回到酒店后,决定洗衣服。有英文指示。

A Day in Otaru & Sapporo
洗衣粉自动售货机-每包洗衣粉30日元

A Day in Otaru & Sapporo

有4台洗衣机和烘干机,每边两套。洗衣机每三十分钟200日元烘干机每三十分钟100日元。以我们的经验,你将需要至少1.5小时洗和烘干衣服(300日元)。

A Day in Otaru & Sapporo札幌站大丸买了个水果拼盘当甜品530日元