. laurie .

I know, I've been neglecting this blog again. Been really busy for the past month with finals coming up and my long awaited trip to Japan. Yeap, had an early graduation trip to Japan with Ryan for 12 days long. Its and early graduation trip because I'll only graduate after the summer semester. That's if I pass my last two subjects. But hey, I'm on the optimistic side. I'm sure I can do it if I study hard. :) So the trip is a bonus after my finals in November!

The trip was a really good one as I love Japanese food, especially their sashimi. Oh gosh, it was heaven there as they serve the freshest sashimi! Maybe I'll just do a quick update on my trip from day-to-day. :)

Day 1: Tokyo (Akihabara, Ueno, Ginza)

Our tiny little comfy room in Tokyo. Apparently all their rooms are this small. The walkway is only shoulder-width wide. We could barely open our luggage fully. Ugghh!

View from our room. Nothing much to see as we stayed in the business district, Asakusabashi. All offices around.

Our exit from the subway station.

The river that we passed by every morning and night to get to the subway station. Those are floating restaurants.

The station in Akihabara. We take the yellow line of train most of the time.

The signs showing to Akihabara Electric Town. It is indeed a electric town as the place is filled with buildings and buildings for electronics and gadgets.

Our first stop. Multi-level electrical store that is duty-free. They have like 8 floors in total?

First stop for sushi! Its a typical "kaiten" belt sushi bar. They always have lunch promotions where the sushi are really cheap during lunch time.

Everyone's been telling me bout the vending machines. Yes, this is one of the vending machines outside the restaurant. Purchase your meal at the vending machine, and grab the ticket into the restaurant for your food. :)

This is the largest "drag-and-drop" machine centre I've seen. They have like 3 floors filled with all these machines. Its in the Sega building. All sorts of toys, collectibles and souvenirs can be found here.

Next stop: Ueno park.

Trees, why you no turn red yet? Its the end of Autumn and the leaves are still green.

Spotted this outside the temple. Looks cute!

The entrance of the temple with a "gong"at the door. Supposed to bang the "gong"before entering for prayers.

Cute wooden message cards if not mistaken. :)

At the pond in Ueno Park with a hot can of black coffee. Tastes horrible! Wanted a milk coffee, but it came out black. :(

We've finally reached Ueno market after walking around looking for it.

Fresh seafood.

Our ride to Ginza.

Pro photographer boyfriend took this. LOL!

We just had to have this Belgian waffles in Ginza street. Although its not Japanese, but its tempting much.

Its so hard to find food in Ginza, as everything there is overpriced. Its like Bukit Bintang in Malaysia. Expensive food all around. Thank goodness we found this ramen shop in one of the backlanes. Don't fancy ramen like this. Its those milky soups like the ones we have in Ajisen Ramen. I prefer the ones in clear soup.