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Granny stewardess
The first half of the day was spent traveling. We left Singapore at 5am, barely caught enough sleep on the plane before landing at 1pm Japan time. Delta airline stewardess are, not young. There was this granny walking around asking if we wanted green tea. I don’t mean to be mean, but it’s the first time I’ve ever seen an elderly stewardess. T_T
Got our round trip limo bus tickets for 6000yen. Came with a complimentary 2 day metro pass. Not bad. We had another hour to kill before the bus arrived, so we got some much needed lunch at the overpriced airport cafeteria. No complaints though, since we saw this group of very well dressed Korean air stewardess. Their Armani styled beige overcoats, paired with bright teal tops just oozes with an unmistakable Korean style. It puts most other uniforms to shame. Delta airlines wha~?
Didn’t we say it was cold?
Anyhows, as soon as I stepped out of the airport into the open, the freezing wind reminded me of my stupid decision to not bring a jacket, thinking it’ll be good to wait till Harajuku to buy one. It was OMGWTF cold! My ears were freezing off! Had to buy a can of hot tea just to hold and keep warm xD
The limo bus left the airport at 3.10pm, and took nearly 2 hours to get to our hotel can! There was an accident on one of the highways. Huge jam. Couldn’t be helped. But I met this cool Hawaiian guy on the bus, chatted for a bit and found out he was on an church mission to Japan. 3 month long vacation. Man I wished we had 3 months worth of leave to take :(
Dude where’s our hotel!
Had to ask a policeman for directions to our hidden hotel. No, the bus didn’t stop at our hotel. It stopped at another one near ours. One of the hotel staff spoke surprisingly good English. Even better than us I think. haha. The rooms were reasonable for the price, about S$93 a night for 13 nights.
Under dressed in Harujuku
First priority after dumping our bags was to secure our concert tickets for Friday, by means of this 2nd hand ticket reseller store in Harajuku.
As soon as we reached Harujuku, we realized how nice everyone else was dressed. I’ve never felt so under dressed and out of place, ever! Everyone was so color coordinated and well layered with matching accessories. Their hair, make up and all, flawless! There are some looks that only Japanese girls can pull off. The important part was that everyone dressed well. No baggy or ill fitting clothing. Japanese or not, there’s no excuse to not dress well.
Concert tickets, GETS!
Found the ticket store, and the ticket I spotted online was still there, and they reduced the price! How the place works is that people put their ticket up for sale, at certain prices, and when sold, the shop takes a cut. And the closer the concert date, the cheaper the ticket gets. So you can get rather good deals on great seats if you dare to take the risk and go at the last minute. We spent about 48,000yen (S$760) on a pair of front row, corner seats. They only show the row and a range of seat numbers before purchase, so there’s a bit of luck in which exact seat you get.
Had dinner at Lotteria, a fast food chain similar to McDonald’s. Good burgers! Juicy. And they had real prawns inside! That was about it for the night. Wanted to get a jacket, but everything seemed too young and trendy for our age. Maybe Shibuya would be a better bet. Off to sleep!
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the part about “Dude where’s our hotel!” is incomplete, minus points
@tom – oh crap how did i miss that xD
more pics.. aha
Yes full day pictures coming up~!
Ok updated the link to photos at the end of the post :]
i FEEL under dress just by looking at those pics. Maybe is all the winter wear ?
Yes everyone was in nice jackets, scarfs, boots and suits! So nice!
the homeless in tokyo are better dressed than our locals
walaoo super shiok the photo tour!! oh man…..nice nice. i can visualize myself on that place.
@chad.. LOL. wahah geezz so both of u shld show more of your buys in later post!
@Mj- More MORE!!
@ht~ok ha…i still tweaking a bit…i wanna take pics of some of me buys but mj broke me camera
@wiliam – haha yea the wide angle helps a lot :D
@ht – ok day 2 photo tour link up on day 2′s post!
I was wondering comparing the Andon Ryokan and Hotel Wing Int’l, which is better?
Definitely hotel wing int’l. for location, price and facilities.
Andon rooms are very small. perfect for singles. If close company and cosy are to your liking, you can give Andon a try =) the width of the room is the length of my outstretched hand to my toes. >.<