Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Japan Trip #5- DisneySea

Tadaa~ I'm finally on my last Japan trip post! 
This post is going to be solely on DisneySea~! 
first question: why disney sea and not disneyland?
since we'd only less than a week in Tokyo so we could only make one day for disney and after reading some reviews online, disneyland is everywhere and there's only one disneysea in the world so disneysea it is! 
Shinjuku( JR chuo line) ---> Tokyo (switch to JR Keiyo Line) ---> Maihama (switch to disney resort line) --->Disneysea 

oh ya! 
disneyland cater more to younger kids so if you like stimulative rides then it's better to choose disneysea... 
what i feel after visiting disney is that only most of the people there are mostly locals...
at one point when we were queueing for a ride, we were the only foreigners there LOL 


At Disney resort line~ the typical mickey mouse train 


 me and my mickey shirt LOL 
 Finally at te ticketing booth..there wasn't even a line! and Paranoid me decided to buy online before flying there == 
 what you'll see when you step into the theme park 

 group pic in Disneysea! 
 huge artificial volcano! 
 a parade was going on when we were there! 
 so pretty! theme parks are just picture worthy 
 me posing in front of some random house
 tower of terror!  the first ride that we've approach but the queue was terribly long..so we went for the fast pass and our allocated time was 7.15pm-8.15pm LOL... it was about 12pm at that time == 
we did went back for the ride at 7.15pm...
i was terrified! if you've been to any theme parks with me you would have know that I'm afraid of any form of rides besides kiddy ones,ferris wheel and the carousel LOL 
but if i make myself do it i can still manage to go on certain roller coasters...
so i was expecting this tower of terror to be a haunted indoor roller coaster...i've mentally prep myself to just go for it...not until we were a step onto the ride, when the announcer say please fasten your seatbelt when you get into the elevator, only then i realized that it was a free fall ride!!! OMFG! I've always been avoiding all free fall rides and now i'm sending myself into one == 
I dunno why i didn't just give up and leave, i fasten my seatbelt and started grabbing the sides of the chair....
when the machine started moving up one storey at a time..and every storey has its own ghost/weird phenomena...until the highest storey..it was a real window to the outside world..I literally started screaming when i saw the scene...at some point my mouth was just opened but nothing came out LOL 
I think i didn't close my mouth until the end of the ride and my eyes was all teary when the ride stopped... and that's not the end..my legs were also wobbly when i got out from the ride...==
that sums up to my first free fall experience 

 Duffy's House where we had our lunch 
 one of the rides we went...prepare to get wet if you were to go for this ride 
 well-prepared with our disney towels before the ride..thanks to the towel that i'm not soaked...
 disney-must-do:queue up to get a picture with a disney character...
only managed to take one with mickey because each character has individual lines and every line is sooo long 
wanted to queue up for the indiana jones ride but the queue was way too long and there wasn't any fast pass left..so we just gave in =( 
 me fooling around with minnie's headband 
 a kiddy ride that we went at arabian coast 
 one of the rides in arabian coast...unless you want to chill for awhile on a boat...if not,  avoid this ride because it's so boring 

 the only carousel at disneysea..didn't manage to get on it but a picture with it is a must! 
 mermaid lagoon! so pretty right? but all the rides there are for kids...so unless you want to relive your childhood like us if not, there's nothing much to offer for people over 12 
 toy story land~! 
 fireworks (Fantasmic) before leaving the park! it was a spectacular performance and the best closing you could have imagine to end a day at a theme park! 

poof~!  

That's the end of my Japan trip posts! =) 

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Japan Trip #4- Sights

Who says Tokyo is all about food and shopping? 
how about the sights? the people? 
Japanese have awesome manners that it sometimes overwhelms me as I'm not used to it because you know Malaysia's services la...
I dunno how many times I've bowed during the whole trip because all the sales/promoters/basically anybody that i've talked to bows every time they talk...
and omg...they're so friendly even if you decided not to buy after asking a lot of questions...
In Malaysia not that bad la..but if you do this in china, get ready for some greetings to your ancestors...LOL (based on personal experience) 

their toilet is sooo clean and high tech.. couples of times I had problem looking for the flush LOL and once i just couldn't find it so I opened the door and asked the Japanese lady waiting outside to help me look for it..embarrassing much ==  luckily they're nice... 
if you see a dirty toilet, probably the person before you is some foreigner... 

in Japan, after you eat you will take the initiative to clean the tables because if you don't you'll be the odd one but in Malaysia terbaliklah...

enough of my rant..back to the sights...
our first sight was Meiji-Jingu Shrine (Harajuku station) 

f i have the chance to revisit Tokyo again, i will definitely make time to go there again...love the environment and the calmness of the cool breeze and the worryfree stroll to the shrine...
 some festival when we were there...quite lucky huh? 
 group pic before walking to the shrine 
 me and some of the performers =D 
 nature =D 
 wine barrels 

 just another arch along the walk to the shrine 
 a must-do before entering the shrine 
 so serene and calm 
another must-do..write down your wish on the board and hang it there =D hopefully mine will come true  

I just love the ambience of the shrine because it just brings out all the worries and distractions that were bothering me out and do remember to get yourself one of those cute charms that they're selling there...
it's not cheap but i think it's a cute gift for your love ones and for yourself as a remembrance...
i bought a "education" one for myself since it's going to be my Final year this coming sem...aaaa 

Next sight
Tokyo tower (Akabanebashi station 赤羽桥) (shinjuku to akabanebashi through oedo metro line) 
just come out from the station, walk straight then you'll see the tower on your right 

we went there quite late therefore, we couldn't make it up the observation deck but we got to see the tokyo tower all lighted up closed up..considered made up for our loss? 

 tokyo tower all lighted up..so pretty right? 
reminded me of Eiffel tower which I missed a lot...but will never attempt to take the stairs down again...hahaha...(warning: if you're not great with heights don't ever try to take the stairs) 

Next sight 
Tokyo Skytree ( shinjuku (JR Chuo line) --> Kanda --->(Tokyo metro Ginza Line) asakusa --->(skytree line) skytree station) 
it's a must to visit in Tokyo since when they've just opened last year...
I remember there were so much hype on this tower since it's the tallest independent tower in the world 
 waaa...so big...but everybody didn't want to go up..no point for me to go up alone =( 
but they have a very big shopping complex under it...a lot of Tokyo souvenirs and snacks to be found there..so you can shop till you drop there too LOL 
 their displays are just too cute =D 
some really fancy patisserie 

Next sight
sensoji ( shinjuku (JR Chuo line) --> Kanda --->(Tokyo metro Ginza Line) asakusa ) 
exit 3 from the station, turn right the walk straight until the second junction then turn right again..walk straight till you see the temple..won't miss de la..or just follow the crowd la...

as unusual as we are... we went to the temple in the evening when the temple was all lighted up...
some guides actually recommended to go to this temple at night...but it was kind of creepy to be in a temple this late and dark... so after personal experience, better not go at night la...
go during the day got more shops to see also ma  hahaha 
but due to time constraints..no choice lor...

 it's beautiful at night but with a tad of slight eeriness..maybe i'm just sensitive  


pretty right? 

next sight 
DisneySea 
nah.. it deserves to have a post by itself 

Daiba for the 1:1 Gundam ( Shinjuku ( tokyo metro marunouchi line)---> Akasaka-Mitsuke (Tokyo metro ginza line) (just walk opposite the platform)-->Shimbashi ( Yurikamome Line) --->Daiba) 

Odaiba is an island attached to tokyo through Yurikamome Line 
Daiba is one of the station at Odaiba 
Enjoy your ride on the Yurikamome Line because I think it was really pleasant and you get to see a lot of the tokyo infrastructures like the rainbow bridge, tokyo tower, skytree etc which was really an enjoyable ride... 
 rainbow bridge 
 a closer look of it 
gundam outside diver city 
totally worth it coming just to see this moving gundam...

 me and gundam! 

Diver city is a big shopping centre itself, you can either keep shopping or like us, we took to train to Aomi station (just 3 stops away) for these babies 

Toyota car exhibition and design showroom 

 if you're a car lover, go take a look 
 just outside the exhibition there's this odaiba tokyo ferris wheel 
 inside the mall at Aomi station 

History Garage ( an exhibition of antique cars) shall not be missed by car lovers too! 


me and this cute car =D 

i think that's all for this post...look forward to my next post because it's dedicated to disney sea and it's my last Japan trip post! 

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