Finally I've uploaded my pictures so far. They can be found at my Flickr Account. I also uploaded the videos on photobucket since Flickr doesn't accept it.
The link is:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v472/Yakitorii/Japan/
Yesterday night we went to Ueno to grab a bite. We wanted to do some Korean BBQ first, but we had to wait 11 minutes and since some were very hungry we went to another restaurant.... worst choice ever. Our waitress, the bitch, was a stupid fuck who can't take orders. I ordered Chaahan (fried rice) and gyoza but the bitch forgot my Chaahan. Sjoerd ordered Melon Soda and the bitch forgot that also. It wasn't even busy or something in that restaurant. So my mood was like *GRRRR BITCH*, so I paid with the smallest coins I had in my wallet. The rest did that also XD. Since I haven't had a good meal, I vented my anger on UFO Catchers. My anger was apparently good for UFO Catchers, because I got a huge Rilakkuma for 500 yen. XD
Today we'll go to Ueno Zoo!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Harajukuuuuuuuu
So, after we went to pick up AXT and Ronald from the station we went to Akihabara so that Amber could buy her camera. I bought a 2GB SD Card for my camera for 1090 yen, about 6 euro. We went back to our guesthouse and then we went to..... HARAJUKUUUUU!!!!!!!
I'M GOING CRAAAAZYYY OVER HERE!! HARAJUKU HARAJUKU HARAJUKU HARAJUKU!!!
We went to the bridge first, but the cosplayers only show up on Sundays. After this we went shopping. Like almost all my favorite clothing brands are in fucking Harajuku. Today was the hardest day for me to restrain myself from buying a lot, there was like millions of things I wanted. In the end I spent about 100 euro on 5 pieces of clothing. But trust me, I had to let a lot of things go. Soooo many fashionable people in Harajuku, not only Rock types but almost every other style. I went crazy when I saw the Sexy Dynamite London and Listen Flavor store. But the coolest of all was 'Laforet', a huge store. When you go to the groundfloor, which is divided in A and B, you'll find brands like Super Lovers, Putumayo, h.NOATO, Hell Cat Punks, Sexy Dynamite London, Algonquins and my latest favorite World Wide Love.
We also went to Kiddy Land, a huge Toystore. That was also niiiiceeee!! I saw a Gurren Lagann shirt that I'll definitely buy in Akihabara. (They only had 1 shirt of my size and it's a bit dirty)
Also, today the newest Pokemon movie got released here, so we saw a lot of cute kiddies with a Pikachu hat walking around. XD
I don't know where we'll go tonight, but I hope we can finally go to Akihabara tomorrow and not just half an hour or so. >.<;;
I also hope to upload my pictures tonight, because Amber got her luggage back.
I'M GOING CRAAAAZYYY OVER HERE!! HARAJUKU HARAJUKU HARAJUKU HARAJUKU!!!
We went to the bridge first, but the cosplayers only show up on Sundays. After this we went shopping. Like almost all my favorite clothing brands are in fucking Harajuku. Today was the hardest day for me to restrain myself from buying a lot, there was like millions of things I wanted. In the end I spent about 100 euro on 5 pieces of clothing. But trust me, I had to let a lot of things go. Soooo many fashionable people in Harajuku, not only Rock types but almost every other style. I went crazy when I saw the Sexy Dynamite London and Listen Flavor store. But the coolest of all was 'Laforet', a huge store. When you go to the groundfloor, which is divided in A and B, you'll find brands like Super Lovers, Putumayo, h.NOATO, Hell Cat Punks, Sexy Dynamite London, Algonquins and my latest favorite World Wide Love.
We also went to Kiddy Land, a huge Toystore. That was also niiiiceeee!! I saw a Gurren Lagann shirt that I'll definitely buy in Akihabara. (They only had 1 shirt of my size and it's a bit dirty)
Also, today the newest Pokemon movie got released here, so we saw a lot of cute kiddies with a Pikachu hat walking around. XD
I don't know where we'll go tonight, but I hope we can finally go to Akihabara tomorrow and not just half an hour or so. >.<;;
I also hope to upload my pictures tonight, because Amber got her luggage back.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Shibuya to Akihabara!
After I woke up at 5 A.M. today, we got outside to the Seven Eleven and bought some breakfast. Then we chilled a bit in the guesthouse and went to Shibuya. Shibuya is awesome, it's so lively and so many stylish people are walking around there. I walked the famous cross-over at the Hachiko Square, it was so great. I just walked there, just amazed because I've seen this scene so many times on Anime or Dorama but now I'm actually here. First we went to the HMV, CD's are quite expensive there. I only bought the CD I searched for a long time: "Moshpit on Disney", I was so happy when I found this CD. Then we went to the Disney Store, which was so cool decorated. You'll see it when I can upload my pics online. I can't do it now because I need Ambers Laptop for that and since she hasn't recovered her luggage yet. (the luggage will arrive tomorrow at our guesthouse)
After the Disney Store we went to the Uniqlo store where I got a present for Werner. Then we went to... BATHING APE STORE SHIBUYA. I freaked out when Amber discovered the store. But, I didn't buy anything yet, I have to wait for Aoyama and Harajuku. After that we went to the Starbucks in Hachiko Square where we've waited for Maarten, but he didn't come. >.<;; I got myself a "Matcha Kurimu Furappuciino" (Green Tea Frapp) which is SO FUCKING DELICIOUS.
So we went back to the station and got on the Chikatetsu to Odaiba where the Shounen Jump Store was (at Aqua City). I'm not such a big fan of Shounen Jump so the store wasn't really interesting for me, but Sjoerd etc. stayed a long time in there. :P After that we went to Toys 'r' Us, which was cool, kinda the same like the Toys 'R' Us in Hong Kong. We got hungry after and went to a Foodcourt. I got myself some delicious Chicken Curry (lol, I got a receiver where I have to go pick up my food when the light switched on green). We went back to the guesthouse, chilled a bit and then went to Akihabara because Amber wanted to buy a camera and Sjoerd an Ipod. So we went to the Yodobashi Camera, a gigantic electronic store. I was like "WOW". Inside 2 things got my attention, the Sanyo HD Videocam and the PS3. Both were so cheap, plus we'll get extra percent of discount because we're foreigners. So I'm thinking about getting the Sanyo Vidcam, but I'm not sure yet.
When we wanted to go back to our guesthouse, the metro actually had a delay of about 20 minutes, wtf, the Japanese metro got a delay?? It was so strange to experience that. XD
Tomorrow we'll go back to Akiba, then Amber will get the cam. After that we'll go to Harajuku. OMG, I'm really excited, I'm actually going to motherfucking Harajuku!!!!!!!!!
After the Disney Store we went to the Uniqlo store where I got a present for Werner. Then we went to... BATHING APE STORE SHIBUYA. I freaked out when Amber discovered the store. But, I didn't buy anything yet, I have to wait for Aoyama and Harajuku. After that we went to the Starbucks in Hachiko Square where we've waited for Maarten, but he didn't come. >.<;; I got myself a "Matcha Kurimu Furappuciino" (Green Tea Frapp) which is SO FUCKING DELICIOUS.
So we went back to the station and got on the Chikatetsu to Odaiba where the Shounen Jump Store was (at Aqua City). I'm not such a big fan of Shounen Jump so the store wasn't really interesting for me, but Sjoerd etc. stayed a long time in there. :P After that we went to Toys 'r' Us, which was cool, kinda the same like the Toys 'R' Us in Hong Kong. We got hungry after and went to a Foodcourt. I got myself some delicious Chicken Curry (lol, I got a receiver where I have to go pick up my food when the light switched on green). We went back to the guesthouse, chilled a bit and then went to Akihabara because Amber wanted to buy a camera and Sjoerd an Ipod. So we went to the Yodobashi Camera, a gigantic electronic store. I was like "WOW". Inside 2 things got my attention, the Sanyo HD Videocam and the PS3. Both were so cheap, plus we'll get extra percent of discount because we're foreigners. So I'm thinking about getting the Sanyo Vidcam, but I'm not sure yet.
When we wanted to go back to our guesthouse, the metro actually had a delay of about 20 minutes, wtf, the Japanese metro got a delay?? It was so strange to experience that. XD
Tomorrow we'll go back to Akiba, then Amber will get the cam. After that we'll go to Harajuku. OMG, I'm really excited, I'm actually going to motherfucking Harajuku!!!!!!!!!
Monday, July 28, 2008
First Evening
Ok, Japan is awesome.
Around 6 o'clock in the evening we went to Ueno with Sjoerd etc. First we went to Yamashiroiya, a huge Games, anime and Gadgets store in Ueno. Geez, it's that I had to restraint myself, fuck awesome. After a quick look at the store we went to an arcade. UFO Catchers for the win, I won a Stitch with a tokyo shirt on! I saw arcades like Street Fighter IV, Tekken 6, a lot of Gundam stuff. Everything was 100 yen, MAD CHEAP. After ten thousand arcades we went to grab some food. The restaurant was small and you have to buy a mealticket at a vending machine. The meal was very tasty, I had Hamburger with egg on rice.
Oh, don't mind my grammar please. it's now 5 o'clock in the morning but I couldn't sleep anymore, but I'm still tired though so my mind isn't working properly yet. XD
But Tokyo at night is awesome, you see like a LOT of Business Men walking (some a bit drunk) in search of girls. It's like totally normal that a business man tries to hit on you when you're a girl. Mad funny to see. And a LOT of hookers here. We went to a 24 hour open department store with a lot of random shit and tell also sell Maid costumes etc. So it's normal to see a business man with a few hookers choosing an outfit, damn nasty haha. XD
Today we'll go to Shibuya, I'll meet up with Maarten. I'm very excited, SHIBUUUYAAAA!!!
and maybe also Akihabara...
SEVEN ELEVEN for tha WIN!!!!! XD
Pics coming soon!
Around 6 o'clock in the evening we went to Ueno with Sjoerd etc. First we went to Yamashiroiya, a huge Games, anime and Gadgets store in Ueno. Geez, it's that I had to restraint myself, fuck awesome. After a quick look at the store we went to an arcade. UFO Catchers for the win, I won a Stitch with a tokyo shirt on! I saw arcades like Street Fighter IV, Tekken 6, a lot of Gundam stuff. Everything was 100 yen, MAD CHEAP. After ten thousand arcades we went to grab some food. The restaurant was small and you have to buy a mealticket at a vending machine. The meal was very tasty, I had Hamburger with egg on rice.
Oh, don't mind my grammar please. it's now 5 o'clock in the morning but I couldn't sleep anymore, but I'm still tired though so my mind isn't working properly yet. XD
But Tokyo at night is awesome, you see like a LOT of Business Men walking (some a bit drunk) in search of girls. It's like totally normal that a business man tries to hit on you when you're a girl. Mad funny to see. And a LOT of hookers here. We went to a 24 hour open department store with a lot of random shit and tell also sell Maid costumes etc. So it's normal to see a business man with a few hookers choosing an outfit, damn nasty haha. XD
Today we'll go to Shibuya, I'll meet up with Maarten. I'm very excited, SHIBUUUYAAAA!!!
and maybe also Akihabara...
SEVEN ELEVEN for tha WIN!!!!! XD
Pics coming soon!
Yoooosh Tokyo ni kimashitaaa!!!
Hajime no Posuto de Tokyo ni wa, konnichi waaaaaa!
Ok, our flight sucked big ass. Well the flight actual itself wasn't that horrible, but all the stuff that happened around it just sucked big time. My handluggage got checked EVERY time I went through the customs. My expensive creme (which I needed for in the airplane because I have a very dry skin) got thrown away along with my shampoo. But I bought a Japanese shampoo now for cheap, so that's not really a problem. The biggest problem was that Ambers luggage got missing when we arrived at Narita Airport. We were already worried because it took a damn long time and then the last luggage arrived but Ambers luggage was still nowhere to be found. Then some Japanese guy came along with a sign which had 2 names on it, some other guy and Ms. Pothoven. So we were like: "O shi..." Then he told us that the luggage got lost, it could be in Amsterdam or London, GREAT. The biggest problem was that Ambers medicines were in that luggage and she only had 2 days worth of medicines packed in her handluggage. So I hope they'll deliver the lugagge tomorrow ...
So anyways, we arrived in Narita. I went to buy a Suica Card (and stuffed 5000 yen in it) and we went with the Skyliner to Ueno. What we didn't know was that we couldn't use the Skyliner with the tickets we had, so along our fee of 1130 yen we had to pay 9200 yen more, GREAT 2. Anyways, we arrived in Ueno, the weather is here so hummid that my shirt got wet in an instant. And then another problem occured, we couldn't find the hostel. We were looking when a Japanese lady came to us and asked us if we needed some help. We told her that we were looking for our hostel and then she asked us where we came from. When she knew we were Dutch she began to talk in Dutch. We were like:"huh?" She had lived in Belgium and so does his son. So she and her son helped us find our hostel. But since the Japanese addresses are so friggin wicked that we wandered around the area for more then half an hour. It was so friggin hot and I was so tired from the flight that I felt like I could faint anytime. FINALLY we found the hostel, we thanked them and went in.
The hostel is quite nice, nice people and the room is ok. It has an own fridge and a (not so cool) airconditioner. But Filip (who is from Belgium) told us that we can change rooms if we want to. So we are content.
We haven't seen much of Japan yet, but we already met quite some extraordinary events.
Now we are at the hostel waiting for Sjoerd etc. and then we'll go have dinner at Ueno and visit an arcade.
Pictures will be uploaded later.
Ok, our flight sucked big ass. Well the flight actual itself wasn't that horrible, but all the stuff that happened around it just sucked big time. My handluggage got checked EVERY time I went through the customs. My expensive creme (which I needed for in the airplane because I have a very dry skin) got thrown away along with my shampoo. But I bought a Japanese shampoo now for cheap, so that's not really a problem. The biggest problem was that Ambers luggage got missing when we arrived at Narita Airport. We were already worried because it took a damn long time and then the last luggage arrived but Ambers luggage was still nowhere to be found. Then some Japanese guy came along with a sign which had 2 names on it, some other guy and Ms. Pothoven. So we were like: "O shi..." Then he told us that the luggage got lost, it could be in Amsterdam or London, GREAT. The biggest problem was that Ambers medicines were in that luggage and she only had 2 days worth of medicines packed in her handluggage. So I hope they'll deliver the lugagge tomorrow ...
So anyways, we arrived in Narita. I went to buy a Suica Card (and stuffed 5000 yen in it) and we went with the Skyliner to Ueno. What we didn't know was that we couldn't use the Skyliner with the tickets we had, so along our fee of 1130 yen we had to pay 9200 yen more, GREAT 2. Anyways, we arrived in Ueno, the weather is here so hummid that my shirt got wet in an instant. And then another problem occured, we couldn't find the hostel. We were looking when a Japanese lady came to us and asked us if we needed some help. We told her that we were looking for our hostel and then she asked us where we came from. When she knew we were Dutch she began to talk in Dutch. We were like:"huh?" She had lived in Belgium and so does his son. So she and her son helped us find our hostel. But since the Japanese addresses are so friggin wicked that we wandered around the area for more then half an hour. It was so friggin hot and I was so tired from the flight that I felt like I could faint anytime. FINALLY we found the hostel, we thanked them and went in.
The hostel is quite nice, nice people and the room is ok. It has an own fridge and a (not so cool) airconditioner. But Filip (who is from Belgium) told us that we can change rooms if we want to. So we are content.
We haven't seen much of Japan yet, but we already met quite some extraordinary events.
Now we are at the hostel waiting for Sjoerd etc. and then we'll go have dinner at Ueno and visit an arcade.
Pictures will be uploaded later.
Friday, July 25, 2008
2 Days to Go!!!!!
Wowow 2 days to goooo!!! Yesterday I had my last day of work before the vacation, so it means Chill-Out these last 2 days! =D I do hope to see Batman: Dark Knight before I go though. I will do some last check-ups today, tomorrow check-in online (picking seats is always so cool, because that means the trip starts very soon!) and my sis will be coming to The Hague tomorrow. =) I'll try not to sleep tomorrow night so I'll be deadtired and sleep all through the 13 hour flight. That worked for me when I went to Hong Kong, so I think it will work this time too. XD
Speaking of Hong Kong, my friends are already making plans to go to Hong Kong for 2 weeks this Christmas. For me it's quite easy because I can stay at my family and food is hella cheap there. But I can't say if I'll tag along yet. Let's just look forward to Japan for now haha. XD
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
4 Days to Go!!!
And so 2 days has passed and now it's 4 days to count down! I'm getting more and more excited. Today I got my paycheck so that is also settled. ^______^ When I arrive in Narita, the first thing I'll do is go to a Seven Eleven, buy a Pocari Sweat (and some random figures), make a picture, ask someone to take a picture of us in front of the Seven Eleven, which will be the marking of my stay in Japan! I'm wondering what we'll do on the first day. Visit an Arcade is a must. :P But if I see UFO Catchers, I'll be going crazy on those things, so that's a no-no. XD
4 Days! =D
Monday, July 21, 2008
6 Days to Go!!
I've made this blog just to keep track of my Japan travel. It's also a little diary for me, so I'll be able to read back my journey when I'm in Holland again (not a very keen thought though >.<;;). I hate Dutch, so this blog will be in English.
Anyways, 6 days to go! Time sure goes fast, but it will be even faster when I'm actually in Japan itself. I'm almost done with packing, only need to pack a few more things, but I'll do that later this week. XD
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