before leaving for Japan, me and my friends did many research on the internet, as we planned for a back-packing trip. So, we needed to settle accomodations and itinery all by ourselves. Scrolling through the internet has indeed helped us a lot in our planning, hence i was thinking, maybe i could do the same thing too, by sharing my experience here :)
It was few months before my final Pro exam when we'd planned for this trip. That time, AirAsia had one of it's Big Sale and my housemates, Jun and Liping, was eager to go somewhere and found that air tickets to Tokyo, Japan was cheap. I did not have much time to think about it because cheap tickets always run out fast.. and since it was also my dream to go Japan, i agreed to join them. So, airtickets to Japan were booked, even before our final exam, and we knew we had to pass our exam in order to make this trip to Japan.
Ok, our trip to Japan was from 14th Sept to 25th Sept, 12 days11 nights. LiPing was the master planner of our whole trip.. and she's quite good, although there's still space for improvement as it was her 1st time planning the itinery.
Our flight from KL, took us 7 hours to touch down at Haneda airport, Tokyo. By the time we arrived, it was 10.30pm in Japan. I had heard of Japanese walking very fast, and they always looked like they were rushing... this was the 1st thing i experienced once we came out from the gate. The arrival hall was bustling with people, brushing past us, and made us feel that we're in the way. I used to thought that i walked fast... but they're even faster in Japan.. haha :P
Immigration procedures took us about 1 hour. The line was quite long that night. or maybe that was the peak period in the airport.
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| We arrived in Japan!! -photo taken while waiting for the bus to JR Kamata station from Haneda Airport |
After juggling with our luggages for a 'short' distance (it did not feel like a 5 minutes walk for us, i would say 10 minutes instead), we finally reached the hotel. We were warmly greeted by the hotel staffs. Thanks to Agoda, where we prebooked and paid for our hotel, our check in procedures were simple, and we got our key to the room, along with 3 complimentary bottles of mineral water. :)
The room we got was a triple room, with 3 single beds, just like the pictures advertised in their page. and never had i seen so many toiletries in the bathroom. they provide toothbrush, toothpaste, razors, body scrub, shower cap...etc. if i'd known, i would just stay here for the rest of my days in Japan.. and leave my toothbrush and toothpaste at home.. haha The room was quite comfortable , the price was ok and i liked it. Too bad we're just staying for 1 night :(
Feeling hungry even though we had our meal on AirAsia's flight, we decided to go to McDonalds for dinner! McDonads Japan is so different from Malaysia, with an additional choice of burger on their menu -- BBQ pork burger, plus the sides in a set is not necessarily french fries and coke, we can choose either french fries, nuggets or another item which i forgotten (haha) while for drinks, there's a whole list of it too!!
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| AirAsia's Pak Naser Nasi Lemak -- Not Bad!! :) |
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| My BBQ pork burger set with fries and coke -- just the 'normal'set for me because i was too hungry to choose |
Before retiring for the day, we checked out the nearest 7-11 store nearby. We used to hear alot about their 7-11 before coming here... where we can get breakfast, coffee etc.. and ya, they really have alot of things there, an eye-opener for me! i haven't been overseas ever since so long ago, other than singapore.. heehee
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| Liping and Jun bought yogurt drinks from 7-11 that night :) |
