Japan - Tokyo Day 2

Ohayou Gozaimasu!

It's our second day and last day in Tokyo. 

Best Western provides free shuttle to and from Tokyo Disneyland/Disney Sea, you only need to reserve at the reception upon your check-in to ensure your slot. 

We don't have plans visiting Tokyo Disneyland, but because the hotel offers free shuttle we decided to take a look at the place. As early as 8am the park is already crowded!!! (It is not even a weekend) Good thing we aren't going inside, we might not enjoy it due to jam-packed people.

TOKYO DISNEYLAND

How to get here:

Tokyo Disneyland is a five minute walk from JR Maihama Station. It can also be reached in a few steps from the Tokyo Disneyland Station along the Disney Resort Monorail.

Admission fee: 6400 YEN

Opening Hours: 8am - 10pm

the crowd

Disney Hotel

Disney Resort Monarail will take you to DisneySea, Disneyland and Bayside Station.

Tokyo Disneyland Station

After strolling around Tokyo Disney Resort we head to Asakusa to visit Sensoji Temple.

ASAKUSA

Asakusa is the traditional district of Tokyo.Where you can find budhist temple, some local store and  restaurant. A place where an atmosphere of Tokyo's past decade still remains.   

How to get here:

Asakusa is served by the Ginza Subway Line, Asakusa Subway Line, Tsukuba Express and Tobu Railways. It can also be accessed by the Tokyo Water Bus.

From Tokyo Station

Take the JR Yamanote Line to Kanda Station (2 minutes, 140 yen) and transfer to the Ginza Subway Line for Asakusa (10 minutes, 170 yen).

From Shinjuku Station

Take the orange JR Chuo Line to Kanda Station (10 minutes, 170 yen) and transfer to the Ginza Subway Line for Asakusa (10 minutes, 170 yen).

SENSOJI TEMPLE

Asakusa's main attraction is the Buddhist temple "Sensoji".

NAKAMISE SHOPPING STREET

Sorrounding Sensoji Temple is this large shopping street that sells local products, food and souvenirs.

AKIHABARA

The central district of Tokyo that is famous for many electronics shops. Anime lovers and gamers must visit this place, loads of anime shops and arcades that will keep you busy for hours. As for the gadgets, they also sell second hand gadgets here for affordable prices. Akihabara has a lot to offer!

How to get here:

From Tokyo Station
Akihabara is two stations north of Tokyo Station by JR Yamanote or Keihin-Tohoku Line. The trip takes about three minutes and costs 140 yen. During weekday daytime, the Keihin-Tohoku Line skips the station between Tokyo and Akihabara, which shaves off a few more seconds from the travel time.

From Shinjuku Station
Take the JR Chuo Line (orange colored rapid service) from Shinjuku to Ochanomizu Station (10 minutes) and make a quick and easy transfer to the JR Sobu Line (yellow colored local service) for one more station to Akihabara (2 minutes). Alternatively, take a yellow colored train without transfer all the way from Shinjuku to Akihabara (17 minutes). The one way fare is 170 yen in either case.

Gundam Cafe

Maid Cafe

SHIBUYA

We're back in Shibuya for our last minute shopping :)

street performer in Shibuya

Hachiko

Shibuya Crossing 

Shibuya 109 

After getting our luggage in our hotel, we head to Shinjuku Station to catch our overnight bus trip to Osaka, it's gonna be a 10 hours travel time via Willer Bus Express. Sayonara Tokyo!

Japan - Tokyo Day 1

Tokyo! Tokyo!

I must have been very very verrryyyy tired, I was asleep the whole time of travel from Nagoya to Tokyo :)

The bus stopped at Shinjuku area.

Willer Bus Express

Key Map along the street of Shinjuku area

Best Western Tokyo Nishikasai

We looked for the nearest metro station, we bought PASMO card assisted by metro staff located at the subway. The amount charged into PASMO and the initial 500 yen deposit is returned, we had ours for 1000 JYP.

PASMO

A PASMO card is a convenient prepaid transportation card that contains an integrated-circuit (IC) chip, allowing the user to enter the subway by simply placing the card over a PASMO reader located on the ticket gates. The card is rechargeable and can be used over and over. 

From Shinjuku-nishiguchi, we get off to Iidabashi to transfer to Tozai line and get off to Nishi-Kasai station.

inside Tokyo Metro

From Nishikasai station, Best Western is only 2 to 3 minutes walk.

Best Western Tokyo Nishikasai

DIVER CITY TOKYO PLAZA

This is also known as Gundam Front Tokyo, one of the famous tourist spot in Tokyo. This shopping mall features 18meters size model of a Gundam RX78 just round the corner of the mall and a small gundam themed cafe which sells light bites and drinks. 

How to get here:

Odaiba Map

Gundam!

Gundam Cafe

Gundam Store

RAINBOW BRIDGE

Rainbow Bridge connects Tokyo to outside area, one of the famous tourist spot in Odaiba and just few walks from  Tokyo Diver City.

SHIBUYA

One of the famous ward in Tokyo is Shibuya, and consider to be the shopping capital of Tokyo. Shibuya's prominent landmark is the large intersection in front of Hachiko Station.

How to get here:

Get off to Shibuya Station (Tokyo's busiest station)

Hachicko Statue

Located outside Shibuya station is the famous Hachiko Statue of the loyal dog named Hachiko. According to a famous story, the dog waited for his master every day in front of Shibuya Station, and continued to do so for years even after his master had passed away. It is one of Tokyo's most popular meeting points.

Hachiko

Shibuya Crossing

One of the iconic landmark in Tokyo, and also known for busiest pedestrian around the world. It was so cool to witness how many people would cross to this pedestrian, it was fun! The Fast and the Furious:Tokyo Drift" was filmed here.

Mugiwara Store (One Piece)

Located at the 6th floor of  PARCO Mall.

The official "One Piece" shop dedicated to all fans of the series!

Mugiwara means "straw hat" in Japanese, yes it is Luffy's straw hat ^^ 

Thegoods offered at the store include T-shirts, mugs, postcards, plastic files, towels, toys and candies.

In addition, duplicated original manga illustrations and rare anime production materials for the series are also on display at the store.

chopper's hat ^^