Holiday

I went to Japan for holiday with family last week. The links below are the blog entries of each day. Hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing! Day 1 – http://ocpuso.com/201502/19/visit-japan-2015-day-1/ Day 2 – http://ocpuso.com/201502/20/visit-japan-2015-day-2/ Day 3 – http://ocpuso.com/201502/22/visit-japan-2015-day-3/ Day 4 – http://ocpuso.com/201502/23/visit-japan-2015-day-4/ Day 5 – http://ocpuso.com/201502/23/visit-japan-2015-day-5/…

We went to bed at 2am this morning, but needed to wake up very early morning because our flight home was midday, and it was about 90 mins trip to airport from our hotel, plus we needed to get ready, had breakfast, and check out. In Shinjuku station, We reserved…

Last night was so tiring, so we decided we were going not to have an early morning. Luckily checkout time was 11am. Today we were going to finalise shopping before heading to Tokyo. Mom and dad would be catching 10.55pm flight home from Haneda Airport. We first went to Takashimaya…

Today we spent half of our day in Nara. Main attractions in Nara were Kofukuji Temple, Nara Deer Park, and Todaiji Temple. On arrival at JR Nara station, we saw one of the biggest apple ever, so we bought one and tried. Well it tasted like apple. The back streets…

We woke up earlier than usual today. It was going to be activity-packed early morning. We need to enjoy another onsen bath, get ready, have breakfast, pack and check our before catching 9.25am train to Osaka.  The public baths open at 7am daily, so we got up at 6.30am. Ichino-yu…

Our first destination today is Fushimi Inari. This is where the famous tori gate after tori gates line up the way leading to the temple up on the top. We encountered loads of Chinese tourists, big cameras, and selfie sticks. I bought a yakitori that costed ¥500 a skewer, and…

After breakfast, we headed for Kyoto by Shinkansen Tokaido. The 2.5 hours 513 kms train ride from Tokyo felt short using the bullet train. Half way through, we got to see a glimpse of Mount Fuji through the right hand side window of the train before it was obscured by…

Waking up at 7.15 before my alarm went off. But I didn’t complain as I wanna make the most of today. The hotel we stayed provided breakfast for 3 people, so I let my mom, dad, and sister have it. And for breakfast in the room, we had (fish egg-)…

Touched down at Tokyo Narita International Airport at 7.30am this morning, and an hour later, we were out and ready to collect rental pocket wifi from the post office on the 3rd floor of the airport. Talking about efficient Japanese airport. Before heading downtown using NEX, we managed to exchange…