I just had one of the most tired yet the most fun holiday ever!
I have a travel business called LOCAVENTURE, a little bit about locaventure, we provide a service to arrange your trip in a most fun, exciting and young way.
Our trips include everything you need to have the best travel experience of your life. We take care of all the boring stuff like booking hotels, finding the best spots for dinner in small towns where no one speaks English, planning your itinerary and getting you from one cool place to another.
Enough with the promotion hahaha. Imma start telling you about my recent trip to Japan. So Locaventureâs last project was an open trip to Japan on sakura season. Hereâs a bit about the trip.
If youâve been reading my previous posts, you know that this is my 2nd time visiting Disneysea. Of course the excitement of going is still the same. My favorite is the mermaid lagoon cause itâs so beautiful. There are several big rides that are fun and wanted, including Tower of terror, Journey to the center of the earth, Indiana Jones and Raging Skulls. Several years ago I was able to try Tower of terror, Indiana Jones, Toy story mania, and I think I rode one other ride but I forgot, however this year was crazy crowded in Disneysea, It was sakura season so there were so many tourists and I donât understand why there were also a lot Japanese on weekdays. I was only able to ride Journey to the center of the earth (after 2,5 hr of queuing) and twenty thousand leagues under the sea. Fast pass were all out, so we had no choice but to do it the old way, enjoying the long queue.
Apart from the long queue, the park is still amazing, I love the ambiance and everything they sell. You wonât find another Disney park like this in the world. Itâs worth every penny!
This street starts at the front gate of Takeshita street. Takeshita Street is a narrow pedestrian-only street that features all kinds of fashion boutiques, crepe stalls, and knick-knack shops alike, and is located directly across JRâs Harajuku Station. Crammed along both sides are numerous boutiques, used clothing stores, knick-knack shops, a big 100-yen shop, and cafes.
Not far from Takeshita Street is the local center of fashion, known as Ura Harajuku (Backstreet Harajuku). Street fashion rules here, and there are many shops that offer their own unique style, a lot of Japanese street fashion, and sneakers shops are located here. I think that this place has a lot of stores that appeal particularly to young men.
Purikura is a unique Japanese photo booth where you take home small printed photos of you and your friends. This photobooth can make you look like a doll on the photos and you can also put stickers on it. Theyâre extremely popular amongst girls.
Went to the purikura located in Takeshita street. This has to be the more well known place for purikura in Harajuku, because itâs located super close to the takeshita street gate. I was surprise to see how packed the place were. This is definitely a must-try in Japan.
Ginza is famous for being the âBeverly-hillsâ of Tokyo. There are an array of most expensive boutiques and brands in the world. But there are also affordable brands here such as uniqlo and its sibling, GU. I just found out about this brand from my friend, itâs like uniqlo, with less pattern and cheaper. The style is simple and I am sooo in love with this place!!!!! I love the style, color, and the price. hahaha. This is a must visit store!!! so sad that they donât have a store in Indonesia :(
The museum is located in Kawasaki city which is Fujiko F. Fujioâs hometown. The closest station is Noborito Station, around 30 minutes from Shinjuku Station by train.
From there, you can board the special shuttle bus to get to the museum.
Travelers interested should definitely reserve their tickets as soon as they can then. This museum is extremely popular, so thereâs a pretty good chance that tickets may be sold out on weekends.
Inside the building, you can enjoy the Fujiko. F. Fujio biography, work chronology, exhibition area, manga corner, museum cafĂŠ, a garden full of characters, a testimony video by relatives, and so on. Donât worry, they will give us an audio guide and map in english.
A bit disappointed when we werenât able to try their restaurant food, since the waiting time is an hour we decided to leave.
The park is spacious, with nice big lawns and plenty of walking paths, so even when itâs crowded, you can still enjoy a chilled stroll under the blossoms. Entrance to Shinjuku Gyoen is 200 yen.
Got there in the later part of the day around 3:30pm. Didnât realize that the park closed at 4:30pm so we rushed a little but still got to enjoy the beauty of this park which is located just 10 minutes from Shinjuku Station.
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For you who love cony and brown and the other LINE characters, this place is a must visit. I love everything in this store! everything is just too adorable. This store is located not far from the harajuku area and omotesado. You can see a big brown in front of the store.
The best ramen iâve ever tasted!!!!!!! Took almost 40 mins to get a seat as the place has only 22 seats. Not only does it offer incredibly good ramen, but the whole experience of eating here was also very cool. Each person gets their own stall to eat in and you have to order your food from a vending machine first. Thus, once you sit down, you just press a button to let the kitchen staff know you are in the stall. The kitchen simply opens the window to your stall to serve you your delicious bowl of ramen and whatever else you ordered and then the close it to give you full privacy while you sit and enjoy your ramen.
It is located in omotesando area, we have to wait a long queue to order. We lined up for around 30 -45 min, but it was worth waiting for. I know sometimes I exaggerate, but this type of food is MY type of food. The sandwich was really full of lobster over a warm heated bun (FYI I am a bread love, any type of bread). I have to say Itâs a bit expensive for a small sandwich, but I didnât regret any cent!
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Went to this place just to try the famous frozen smoreâs. I am not a fan of marshmallow. So when I first saw it I wasnât interested, because I can just imagine how sweet itâll be. However, after I saw that thereâs vanilla ice  cream inside it, I decided to give it a try. Itâs an Ice cream with chocolate crunch inside, covered by a caramelized honey marshmallow. It is a must try tho. But I think sharing with ur friend is the wisest decision. (itâs really really sweet)
We met our friend who worked in Tokyo, she recommended this place. I wasnt hungry at the time but after tasting a bit from my friendsâs plate, I order the beef right away!
THE HIGHLIGHT AND THE GOD OF ALL THE FOOD IN JAPAN! donât get me started on this one. I donât have a lot of things to say about this place other than THE FOOD WAS AWESOMEEEE!!! you have to waste a lot of money here, you wonât regret everything you eat.
Itâs a not a place name, but izakaya is like a Japanese pub where you can drink and eat in a very affordable price. Serving an array of refreshing alcoholic beverages and a menu of delicious snacks. Izakaya in Tokyo is everywhere, literally. Izakaya has an âall you can drinkâ promo, usually around 1500 ($15) to 2000 yen ($20) for 2 hrs. Itâs a great place to spend a night out with your  friends.
Decided to try the famous hot chocolate and smores pizza from max brenners. The queue is just like everything else in Tokyo, super long. But if we want to take-out, we donât have to lined up we can order straight away. The hot chocolate wasnât served very warm but if youâre into chocolate youâll love this, It tasted like melted chocolate bar. The pizza smores is the most famous thing on their menu, Again, Iâm not a marshmallow lover, so for me the taste is too sweet ( too much chocolate and marshmallow combined ), but the bread tho!!! the bread was just tasty!
Sukiya is a fast food restaurant, very similar to Yoshinoya, however, I like sukiya more. I ordered the beef with mayo sauce and I just canât stop eating it. I donât really eat rice, esp at night. But I ate a bowl of sukiya with rice in the middle of the night and I feel no regret better yet satisfied! The price ranged from 400 yen to 500 yen. The service is good and the food is served very fast. Good place for a quick lunch/dinner. For you who wants to eat cheap but delicious food, I recommended this place!
  Thatâs all for part 1, I canât wait to tell you more about my Japan trip in Osaka, Fuji and Kyoto!
Land of the rising sun â Part 1 I just had one of the most tired yet the most fun holiday ever! I have a travel business called LOCAVENTURE, a little bit about locaventure, we provide a service to arrange your trip in a most fun, exciting and young way.
