June 10th, 2010 by sixpegs
Hello guys! Time really flies when one is having fun!
I am now approaching the 6th day of my 8.5 days Tokyo trip.
We haven’t really been following our itinerary properly (that’s v bad)!
But we have been all over the place and ended feeling really tired almost every single night.
On Buttons’ birthday on the 7th, we had an “All Music” Day.
I researched about the various places that are suitable for music geeks like him and we went to them one by one!
We chanced upon a couple other really interesting music places too.
This is us at Ochanomizu. Nothing much there except lots and lots of guitar stores! :p
And this is Buttons in music heaven. Hahaha!
And also a couple other pictures of us cruising around the neighborhood. :)
And if you’re loving the green top drape I’m wearing, you can go look it up at Challures!
We then headed over to Ginza for the huge Yamaha building that Buttons is obsessed with. Hahaha!
Ginza is totally amazing! So many huge labels over here and they all got their own individual buildings.
TOTAL MADNESS! Too many brands, too little money! Haa.
We were there from afternoon till night.
As it was Buttons’ birthday, we decided to eat something good!
So we went to this restaurant along the main Ginza stretch. But sadly, I think the food was just so-so.
Bleah! Disappointed.
But oh well, we had a private space for dinner and it was time well-spent! :)
I hope you enjoyed your quiet and simple birthday celebration, Baby! <3
On the next day, we got up at around 1pm. (!!!)
I know, we’re super jialat. ALWAYS SLEEPING! Hahahaha.
Even the housekeeping lady had to call us to ask us if we still want our room made up. :p
That’s just really bad. Heh!
But this day was a fun-filled one because we met up with the first couchsurfer from Tokyo!
I met her at the Couchsurfing website and Hanako was really great company!
I would recommend Couchsurfing to everyone all travellers because
it is the fastest and easiest way to get in touch with the locals!
And travelling around with the locals is always different and special because they know the city inside out! :D
We met up at the Hachiko exit where the statue of Hachikō still waits patiently at the same spot.
If you haven’t heard about the amazing story about Hachikō, it’s time to find out more about him here.
Faithful dogs. <3
And this is the amazing Hanako. She was really friendly and spoke really good English!
In fact, she can speak great Spanish as well. This girl has travelled half the world and has so many good stories to share.
It was a pity that this photo is so blur! (urgh) But fret not! We’ll be meeting again on Saturday. Can’t wait!
She brought us to this place where there is free wireless (YAY!) and great great udon! I love udon! :D
She brought me around Harajuku and Shibuya area as Buttons went back to his music stores. Haha!
Hanako knows exactly where everything was and it was such a joy hanging out with her. :)
We then had dinner at Kabuki-cho – the area where all the “interesting” actions took place.
There are vendors selling pornography and hentai comics all over the place.
You can have a teppanyaki place right next to a pornography video rental store. Hahaha!
But it was fascinating indeed. Hanako did her part in telling us more about the businesses going on at Kabuki-cho too! :p
And a picture of Buttons with Hanako. What a nice picture!
I am a better photography obviously (hahaha how shameless!) :p
We were later joined by Kazu and another designer friend of theirs for some drinks!
They brought us to the local gay district which is just a 10 minutes away from Kabuki-cho area.
The pictures were a mess because the flash wasn’t on. But aiya, you get the picture! :p
It was a great deal of fun!!
On our 5th day, we headed out to Shibuya again because we loved the place too much.
We checked out Omotesando area near Harajuku as well.
That place is amazing too. Everything looked lovely there and the people there were all attractive and nice.
You can find the Agnes B Voyage, Burberry Blue and Black label around here as well! :)
But before all the action, check out Buttons’ geeky setup in our hotel room!
Who the hell would bring so many equipments on a vacation right!!!
Yes, this is m boyfriend for you. Workaholic. *snores*
And this is us on our 5th day in Tokyo. <3
I am loving my red scarf!
Trying to look mysterious – fail.
Lunch was at Yoshinoya – good for paupers like us.
But to be really honest, the food here isn’t too bad.
A LOT better than the Yoshinoyas found in Singapore if you ask me!
Value for money definitely. Aiya, beggars aren’t choosers. Lol!
Poor Buttons looks tired here. Either that, or he is still sleepy. Heh.
We took the train to Harajuku and started our shopping.
And this is us at our first coffee break at Harajuku.
Fat (me) and unfit (Buttons) people need lots of breaks! Hahaha!
We cruised around for a while before we had a second coffee break.
Hahahaha. I’m freaking weak. Can’t walk for long! :x
And to end of this post, here are a couple pictures I snapped on my camera.
Oh! A couple of you guys asked me about my camera. It’s an Olympus EP-1! :D
It’s really gorgeous and all these pictures are taken on the pinhole function. Pretty aye?
As for the iPhone screen protector, I went back to the shop and grabbed a couple.
I also took a few that are black with colourful polka dots! That one is totally adorable also!!
I will show you guys more when I am back in Singapore okay?
I only have around 6 of the red polka dots ones that I am using now. Yup, will update on this soon.
Meanwhile, enjoy the beautiful Tokyo city right here! Sayonara! <3
Okay, Sam will kill me if he sees this.
1. He likes to ‘air guitar’ my dog, too often and too much.
