First stop was Tokyo, and Fortune Cookie and I were, in one word, LOST. Lol.
People didn't speak or understand English very well, and getting to our hostel was very difficult because we had 3 1/2 suitcases with us and 4 pieces of hand carry. Fortune Cookie had to carry our luggage from stairwell to stairwell because I simply do not have any arm strength whatsoever for that. I felt bad, but it had to be done. We took 2 trains to get there, and after we arrived, we had to walk for a couple more blocks. Our luggage was so heavy!
Our hostel, Khao San Tokyo Ninja, was in an alley, and at first, Fortune Cookie felt weird about that, but later we slowly began to realize the truth to Tokyo's reputation of being one of the safest cities in the world.
We got to our hostel and discovered that everything was miniature sized.. especially our room. Haha! We were both very surprised by the size of it; there was literally no room to move or breathe! - not recommended for claustrophobic people. At least the room was private, and we made it work by putting all of our luggage on the lower bed (we had a twin bunk bed) to save a lot of space.
We were so exhausted by the time we arrived, so we didn't do any sightseeing and decided to start the next day.
That Sunday, our first stop was the Shibuya district. This is where that famous cross street is located. Of course, we were lost once again. We got off at the Shinjuku train stop, found out we couldn't really walk to Shibuya from there since it was too far, got back on the train, got off at Shibuya, and started walking aimlessly. We took the wrong turn, away from all the sights, so after awhile I started to get bored. This is it? I thought. What a disappointment. Then when we finally found our way back and took the right direction, we began to really enjoy ourselves.
We went to Shibuya 109, w/c is a really famous shopping mall catered to younger women. Fortune Cookie and I were fascinated by the Japanese women. They look so animated w/ their style, hair and makeup. It's enough fun just looking at them.
Here are some pictures of Shibuya:
Will write more later. The internet connection here is super slow! lol
5 comments:
At long last, I get to read again about you. I truly missed your beautiful anecdotes. Lian and I checked on your blog every single day which means we got dissappointed each time until now. The pictures sufficed though and we had the feeling there was an issue with the internet.
Right Tita! My heart dropped a little everyday that I checked this =( But it's interesting to hear about your tourism and lost selves in Tokyo lol. And I hope you took a picture of your room, I want to see how miniature it was!
Cool. I love Shibuya, its a fashionable city. I like it more than Harajuku. -Danica
Japan! You finally made it! >.<
Hope your next days are better.
finally i had the time to read your blog :) i miss allen already :( lol. i miss u but happy to know that everythings going well soo far. my friend hector from the court is going to thai sometime next year i think and i asked him if he can deliver a burito bol.. lol. hope we can chat online soon have a lot to tell u :)
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