Saturday, May 28, 2011

Tokyo 2011


Tokyo 2011 will commence on Thursday.


Post trip remark

Things prepared

  1. Skype on my mum's phone, mine. Bought skype credits.
  2. Borrowed netbook
  3. Booked 3rd hotel
  4. Booked mobile internet (because I'm an internet addict) at http://www.rentafonejapan.com/
  5. Printed subway map
  6. Mission checklist (below)
  7. Tripit app on my phone. (Trip it's for my not-very-simple checklist)
  8. Printed list of all the important numbers

Our mission checklist

2 June (Thur) Shinagawa

Eat dinner at hotel
Travel time: ~1.5hours
  1. Reach Tokyo, Japan
  2. Dinner & walk around wing takanawa
    (There is a place on the other side of the station for indian food, not too ex: http://devi-group.com/devicorner/seafood_curry.htm , just eat seafood stuff and drink normal drink can)
  3. (optional) play arcade
  4. WATCH HNA ON TBS (9pm SG or 10pm JP)

3 June (Fri) Hakone

Bring Lunch, Dinner by Hotel
Depart: 9.30am
  1. Hakone round course
    1. Eat sulphur eggs.
    2. Take pic of mount fuji
    3. Lake ride at Lake Ashi
  2. Hotspring at Hakone

4 June (Sat) Odaiba

Breakfast by Hotel. Lunch at hotel. Bring Dinner.
Depart: 4pm Return: 8pm
Travel time: 26 min
  1. Back in Tokyo, check back in.
  2. Fuji TV and nightscene at Odaiba
    1. Rainbow bridge
    2. Fuji TV observation deck (500jpy)
    3. (optional) Ferry Wheel
    4. (optional) Venus Fort (shopping mall 18th century south european style)
    5. (optional) Oedo onsen monogatari (2900jpy)

5 June (Sun) Harajuku, Shibuya, Ebisu & Tokyo Tower

Breakfast at Hotel. Bring Lunch. Dinner at hotel.
Depart: 8:30 am Return: 6pm
  1. Harajuku
    1. Harajuku (johnnys shop) | map: JohnnyshopHarajuku.jpg http://never-ending-music-power.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-find-johnnys-shop-in-harajuku.html - apparently best not to go on certain days but i need to find out
      Open: 10:00am to 7:00pm
      Better to go in the morning on sunday b4 anyone else comes I think
    2. Takeshita Dori
    3. Daiso
    4. (optional) Uniqlo
  2. Shibuya
    1. Take photo with Hachiko at shibuya
    2. find a weird vending machine
  3. Ebisu Garden Place
  4. Hiroo Mosque / Arabic Islamic Institute (Ebisu/Hiroo)
  5. Tokyo Tower


6 June (Mon) Akihabara & Asakusa
Breakfast at Hotel, Bring Lunch, Dinner at Hotel

Check in to Hotel Edoya

  1. Asakusa
    1. Kappabashi (closes at 5pm)
    2. Asakusa Kannon Temple
    3. Nakamise-dori? Souvenir shopping street in asakusa (closes at 8pm)
    4. (optional) Asakusa Kannon Onsen
  1. Akihabara (shops close at 8pm)
    1. (optional) cat cafe
    2. gadgets shopping (duty free shopping for gadgets more than 10k)
    3. doujin shopping
    4. Don Quixote


7 June (Tue) Tsukiji
Breakfast at Fish Market. Bring lunch. Dinner at hotel.

  1. Tsukiji fish market
  2. (optional) Ueno
    1. Ameyoko Market (stores are closed on wednesdays)
    2. Ueno Park
  3. (optional) Tokyo Skytree viewing

8 June (Wed) Tokyo Dome & Ikebukuro

Breakfast by Hotel
  1. (optional) Tokyo Dome
  2. Paradise Kiss Movie
  1. (optional) Ikebukuro
    1. Sunshine 60
      1. Sunshine Namja town (ikebukuro)
      2. dessert town (or whatever its called) ← well no one to eat here...
    2. Otome road

9 June Narita

Breakfast by Hotel
  1. Shopping at Narita airport vicinity
  2. Bye bye Japan :(


Overplanning much? Probably.