Just came back with Chibi from the best trip I’ve ever had in my life. It was an absolute adventure! 3 weeks of sightseeing and discovery in Japan and 1 week of shopping and seeing relatives in Hong Kong. The main highlight of this trip is obviously be Japan as it was my first time visiting.
I’ll start off by saying that Japan did meet my expectations and was a super exciting place to check out! I’m glad my first time was with Chibi because I love how we can just freely travel, discovery and experience everything together at our own pace =). It really is an unforgettable experience.
And as you would’ve guessed, we took lots of pictures! Everything was so interesting we just could’nt resist snapping photo’s of just about EVERYTHING. All photo’s shown are in chronological order.
Shibuya
When we arrived, our mission was to make it to Shibuya. It was a bit of a challenge as we spoke zero Japanese, had all our heavy luggages with us and more importantly – it was getting dark! We caught the Narita Express (my first japanese train experience, OMG it was COOL!), but by then outside was already pitch black. However, little did we know that getting dark would be the least of our concerns…We finally arrived to our first destination – Shibuya.
Harajuku
Harajuku was a pretty interesting place, it’s pretty much exactly like the way travel guides describe it – A place where you’ll find Japan’s most extreme cultures and fashion styles. Seriously, everyone walking past had one or more of the following: crazy hair, stockings, fake eyelashes, blushings, gothic lolita dress, or some really crazy clothing and accessories. It appears the ones that look odd are the ones who DON’T dress up! yeap, that’s us lol. Harajuku is pretty much a shopping paradise for girls, I wasn’t able to buy much as I wouldn’t even dare to enter 90% of the shops without Chibi. I think she had a pretty good time though hehe.
Yoyogi Park
One thing I noticed was that all the trees looked dead. We went to Yoyogi Park the next day and it looked like this dead bland open area. We were hoping to see lots of Cherry blossoms as it was the time to bloom. Chibi seemed pretty disappointed and even a little concerned that this might not be what she had in mind. lol no need to worry, you’ll get your dose soon enough!
Afterwards we went to Meiji shrine and Shinjuku to check out the place for the rest of day.
Roppongi Hills/Day out with Brad
We caught up with one of Chibi’s friend called Brad who is also from Sydney and loves sailormoon. Brad was nice enough to take us all around to different places around Tokyo including really obscure ones like Hikawa Shrine (The one Sailor mars’ shrine was based off). It was really great to meet up with Brad as he was the one and only guy who gave us proper support, tips and advices. It felt like it was a long time ago since I switched off my brain as I could just relax and let Brad be our personal tour guide for the whole day. I sure learn’t heaps and that set us up for the rest of the trip and I felt much more confident. Thanks Brad!
That’s it for part 1!
wahh..awesome blog entry!! I’m glad you put up pics of food and specifics since I left out a lot of that in my Japan blog entries ^^
Pics looks really nice too.. so professional 😉 Can’t wait to read the rest!
Thanks!! I still havent read yours so Im not sure what pics you used haha.
Going to do part 2 shortly =)
That’s good, cause yours is SO DIFFERENT to mine. XDDD Much more detailed ^^
Wow, those photos are really high quality! I have an old camera so most of mine turned out a bit bleh (/._.\).
Looking forward to part two =).
It’s always a good thing to purchase a better camera if you’re going on a long holiday =) Mine is a Nikon P7100 (incase you’re interested) hehe.
Lots more photos to come in Part2!