Day 5 | 14th July 2016
Hakone, Japan
On day 5, we decided to head on down to Hakone to take a cruise along Lake Ashi presumably to have a glimpse of Mount Fuji. hah, nope we didn't see it. There were too many mountains for us to figure it out anyway. But it was a really nice cruise ride.
Kyoto Station → Odawara Station
Odawara Bus Station → Motohakone Pier
Motohakone Pier → Togendi Pier
1. Motohakone Pier
To arrive this pier itself, we had to take a one hour bus journey from Odawara Bus station. I honestly can't remember what bus we took, but you can always check with the staff there. The Motohakone Pier is like the main port for the cruises. So we had to purchase tickets for our cruise to Togendi Pier.
The area the cruise will be covering is along Lake Ashi. Chances of seeing Mount Fuji from the cruise depends on the weather. We were not that lucky with the weather though but I thought it was a really nice windy cruise.
On day 5, we decided to head on down to Hakone to take a cruise along Lake Ashi presumably to have a glimpse of Mount Fuji. hah, nope we didn't see it. There were too many mountains for us to figure it out anyway. But it was a really nice cruise ride.
Kyoto Station → Odawara Station
Odawara Bus Station → Motohakone Pier
Motohakone Pier → Togendi Pier
1. Motohakone Pier
To arrive this pier itself, we had to take a one hour bus journey from Odawara Bus station. I honestly can't remember what bus we took, but you can always check with the staff there. The Motohakone Pier is like the main port for the cruises. So we had to purchase tickets for our cruise to Togendi Pier.
The area the cruise will be covering is along Lake Ashi. Chances of seeing Mount Fuji from the cruise depends on the weather. We were not that lucky with the weather though but I thought it was a really nice windy cruise.
Our huge monstrous cruise!
Plenty of lovely sights like these along the way
2. Togendi Pier
Another pier where we could stopover and walk around. I actually wanted to go check out the national park, but due to time constraints, we had to cut our trip short. Nevertheless, it was quite nice. I'd still recommend to check it out.
don't ask me what pose is this. i also dont know
and we took the last cruise back.
and more snapchat stories for your viewing amusement
Day 6 | 15th July 2016
Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto → Tokyo → Matsudo
On day 6, it was mostly us moving to another apartment from Kyoto to Tokyo. I did not take much photos on that day besides the room and my food, heh whats new. Anywho, after we settled down for awhile, we explored the area and went to some places.
Matsudo was where our apartment was. I will link the apartment we went to below. I highly recommend the place. The room was really beyond our expectations. It was excellent! There was everything we needed. The owner of the building/apartment also picked us up from the station and walked with us to the apartment which was really nice of her. Though we found out also that the house isn't actually her house. She's working under Airbnb or something like that and technically only tourists would use the apartments.
Some of the places we went were:
Matsudo → Ueno → Akihabara → Ginza → Asakusa → Roppongi
Travelling by train back to our apartment was a little cumbersome where we had to change a few lines and walked abit.
Ueno is a shopping paradise where they sell branded goods for cheaper price. I'm not too sure if they're real or not though.
Akihabara is where the anime stores are and also for electronics. They also strangely enough had a lot of 'Maid cafes'. It's those pretty ladies in aprons serving you in a cafe which god knows what they're truly serving lol.
Ginza is another huge shopping paradise. It's not street shopping but tons of malls to shop from and they also have the flagship Uniqlo with 7 levels.
Asakusa is a food street area selling yes, food. I tried their local food, I'd tell you what it is but I don't know what its called. I think it's rice balls dipped in soy sauce. Would've been nicer if it was less salty lol. Also tried their melon bread. It was okay. Along the food street area itself, there will be the Asakusa temple. Needless to say it was really crowded with tourists.
Our final stop was Roppongi. From the station itself, we saw the Eiffel tower. We walked around the city and then got tired and then went back to our airbnb.
Day 7 and Day 8 was pretty much the same for us, we walked around cities and also went to Shibuya for some shopping. So I shall not update about those two days.
Kyoto → Tokyo → Matsudo
On day 6, it was mostly us moving to another apartment from Kyoto to Tokyo. I did not take much photos on that day besides the room and my food, heh whats new. Anywho, after we settled down for awhile, we explored the area and went to some places.
Matsudo was where our apartment was. I will link the apartment we went to below. I highly recommend the place. The room was really beyond our expectations. It was excellent! There was everything we needed. The owner of the building/apartment also picked us up from the station and walked with us to the apartment which was really nice of her. Though we found out also that the house isn't actually her house. She's working under Airbnb or something like that and technically only tourists would use the apartments.
Some of the places we went were:
Matsudo → Ueno → Akihabara → Ginza → Asakusa → Roppongi
Travelling by train back to our apartment was a little cumbersome where we had to change a few lines and walked abit.
Ueno is a shopping paradise where they sell branded goods for cheaper price. I'm not too sure if they're real or not though.
Akihabara is where the anime stores are and also for electronics. They also strangely enough had a lot of 'Maid cafes'. It's those pretty ladies in aprons serving you in a cafe which god knows what they're truly serving lol.
Ginza is another huge shopping paradise. It's not street shopping but tons of malls to shop from and they also have the flagship Uniqlo with 7 levels.
Asakusa is a food street area selling yes, food. I tried their local food, I'd tell you what it is but I don't know what its called. I think it's rice balls dipped in soy sauce. Would've been nicer if it was less salty lol. Also tried their melon bread. It was okay. Along the food street area itself, there will be the Asakusa temple. Needless to say it was really crowded with tourists.
Our final stop was Roppongi. From the station itself, we saw the Eiffel tower. We walked around the city and then got tired and then went back to our airbnb.
Day 7 and Day 8 was pretty much the same for us, we walked around cities and also went to Shibuya for some shopping. So I shall not update about those two days.
I tried uploading my snapchat story here but apparently it's too big. I'll figure out a way to reupload it soon.
ClosetoTokyo,Akihabara,Asakusa,Ueno/FreePocketWifi
Matsudo-shi, Chiba-ken, Japan
The nearest station is Matsudo station(JR&Keisei line) - only 2 minutes walking from the train station!! Matsudo is very good location to access to Tokyo famaous spot and Narita and Haneda airport....
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