Day 1 (Odaiba)
After
an over 6 hour flight, we finally reached Tokyo. YAHOO! Temperature, 17 degree
celcius. So nice, totally better than Singapore’s 30 degree. Natural aircon!
One word to describe, “爽”! After a long bus ride,
we finally reached our hotel. The Marriot Hotel. After resting for a while, off
we went to the nearest railway station.
At the railway station, we
had lunch at a ramen place called “品辛”. Let me tell you, the
ramen they sell is the best! The noodles are so chewy and nice. I am definitely
going to eat it again the next time I go to Tokyo!
Not long after getting
train tickets, we took the train all the way to Odaiba. First, we went to the
Toyota showroom MEGAWEB. We saw many cool Toyota models and I even played the
simulator for the all new FT-1 sports car. Not only that, we even got to try
out playing a Paralympic sport. Wheelchair Basketball! I even learned how to
drive a real car! Unfortunately I failed the driving test as the instructor
said that I drove very “dangerously” (LOL!).
After dinner, we went to the Gundam Base, a shop dedicated
to Gundam. We saw many different types of cool gundams. Even some really cool
custom made ones for competitions. I even saw a special Gundam Exia Trans-Am
mode which will be released soon. It was so cool with all the shiny red and
green pieces. Truly a wonderful Gundam! I even saw the life size statue of
Unicorn Gundam attack mode! Not only that, it transformed into the original
Unicorn Gundam within seconds and the color of the lighting changed as well! It
was really wonderful! Way cooler than the Rx-78 Gundam statue at the previous
Gundam center!
Day 2 (Ikebukuro)
After
a night of rest, I am up and ready for a new adventure. We had free breakfast
at the hotel which was really delicious and off we went to Ikebukuro. The
temperature was 15 degree and it was so good I didn’t want to wear my jacket,
which means my short sleeve shirt was my only source to keep me from losing
heat. We waited for my Yiyi at a shop. We had planned to meet up and go to the
Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo together, so exciting! After having lunch together at
a restaurant and indulging ourselves in delicious mint flavored cake, off we
went to not only the highlight of the day, but also, my dreaaaammm laannddd…..
The
first thing I did when I saw the entrance to the pokemon center where there was
a statue of mega Charizard Y with a Pikachu, I ran to it and shouted “CHEONG
AHHH!!!!!!” At the pokemon center, I saw many cool statues of pokemon. There
was a statue of Lunala, Mega charzard x and y, Pikachu, mega Lucario, solgaleo
and mega mewtwo y! They were all so cool I took pictures with them all. There
were so many things there which you couldn’t get in Singapore. I was on cloud
nine. I saw something which almost made my mind explode; trading cards. My
immediate reaction was like this, “CHEONG AHH!!! YOU CARDS ARE MINEEE!!!!!”.
There was a amazingl huge variety of different packs to choose from. Not only
that, all of them can only be found in Japan! Awesome! There were even some
limited addition packs which guarantee at least one GX! WOW! I even saw some
special deck cases and sleeves for the cards!
What
was even more exciting was the stationary and keychains. The stationary ranged
from pokemon themed rulers, to files. The keychains were so nice and cool
looking. Something you definitely cant find in Singapore. At the end, I bought
six normal packs(not the limited edition ones), a Lycanroc (IDK whether its
called lycanroc midday form so I will just say it as Ash’s Lycanroc), a cool ruler with Solgaleo and lunala on it
and a special card sleeve featuring Rotom the pokedex! From the packs, I got
three rare cards, a Buzzwole Gx, and a full-art trainer Plumeria! OH YEHHH!!!!
Afterwards,
we went to Tokyuhands to get some stationary. I even saw a really cool pen
which costs 1000 yen! It was a really nice multi-ink pen. Then, came the most
horrifying, most terrible, and most BORING part of the day; my mother and Yiyi
going shopping at Uniqlo. I waited with
my father, brother and sister for like almost 2 hours. IT WAS SO BORING!
Thankfully,
we went for dinner. Gosh I was starving, it was already 8 o’clock! We went to a
very delicious ramen place by the name of Ichiran ramen. The queue was pretty
long and we had to wait outside the store. What I found really cool and unique
about the place, was the way we ate. Instead of sitting at one table, we would
be eating one at a time in separate tables. Each table was limited to one
person and you can’t see the person beside you as there is a piece of wood
allowing the other person to be unable to see you. In front of you is some wooden blind and the cook will deliver your food by lifting the blind up and sliding
the food onto your table. The ramen was so good I am quite sure its ratings will
leave all the ramen in Singapore trailing far far behind….
After
that, we took the railway and said goodbye to our Yiyi.
Day 3 (Harajuku)
Today
I woke up especially early in the morning because my brother kicked me in the
face. After that, I was wide awake and getting ready. Today, we were going to the
Hedgehog café at Harajuku and I couldn’t wait to touch the hedgehogs. After
taking a pretty long ride there, we finally reached our destination.
When
we walked out of the station, the first thing that caught my mum’s eyes was a
big sign saying that GAP had a black Friday discount of up to 50%! Without a
second thought, we went to the clothes store. There were three levels and I
decided to go exercising mode. I ran up the stairs all the way to level 3 and
for some reason, was very tired! My
mother then bought some clothes for me while my father went to scout ahead for
the hedgehog and got our time entry ticket. Afterwards, we went ahead to the
hedgehog café. My first question when we reached there was this, “do they sell
food and drinks here, or are there just hedgehogs?” HAHAHA! I was so surprised
by my mum’s answer. Turns out that the hedgehog café wasn’t really a café, it
was simply a place to touch hedgehogs. So I am guessing that its called the hedgehog
café to sound cool. Then, it was time to touch the hedgehogs. Spiky, hairy and
cute were the first things that came to mind when I caught sight of the little
hedgehogs in the enclosure.
There
were a total of 4 hedgehogs for my family to touch. The first one I held was
the most docile one. It simply lay down on my hand and did not even attempt to
crawl back into its enclosure. Well, all was well when I decided to carry one
which looked like I was sleeping. Little did I know that it was the most ferocious
one. The moment I lifted him up, he poked my hand with its spikes and
immediately scrambled down back to the bottom of its enclosure. Now I finally
realized what the gloves were for. Oh man, I seriously liked that hedgehog. So
fierce and active, WOW! I named him “Spiky”. A
cool name, for a cool hedgehog. After half an hour, our time at the
hedgehog café ended and I said goodbye to “spiky” sadly.
After
that, without any aim in mind, we simply walked forward. That was when a Nike
shop caught my eye. My family and I decided to check it out as we were certain
they had some things Singapore did not have. The Nike shop was very big and had three
stories. I even tried running on a treadmill with some cool shoes which are
better for using on it. On the third floor, was the basketball section. There
were many different types of jerseys and shoes. You could even customize your
own shoes!
We
then went to Kiddyland to look at toys and cards. I also played a game called Pokemon Ga Ole, a really cool pokemon game. I even got Turtunater!
My brother also bought his favourite buddyfight cards there. He even
got Buddyrare Bal Dragon!
After
that, we got some instant noodles and ate them for dinner…
Day
4 (Disneysea)
Disneysea, here I come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Early morning. 7a.m. Status:Awake. Feeling:excited to GOO
DISNEYSEAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! We took a cab there early in the morning but got there
late as there was a traffic jam. WAH! The taxi ride was 7000+ Yen!?!? That
means….. 700/100 x 1.2 = 84. WHATTTTT!?!!!?!?!??!? These taxi drivers are the
richest man. Well, after arriving in disneysea, my father took off like the wind
to get the fast pass for the all new toy story mania ride. Why he had to do
that? Because It was like 9a.m. in the morning
and the fast pass timing for toy story mania was already between
6-7p.m.!?!?!? In the end, thank god we managed to get the 8.30p.m. slot. WAH
HENG AH! After a major crisis settled, we decided to look for a ride. I
suggested that we took the nemo ride (since it was nemo it shouldn’t be scary. I
am afraid of rollercoasters) . After queuing for an hour, we finally managed to
take the ride. Turned out, it was a some cool ride and even my younger
sister(aged 3) enjoyed it! After that, we took a cool ride called Aquatopia.
The only reason why I wanted to ride that ride was simple; you have a chance of
getting wet. SPRAY MEEEEE!!! SPRAY MEE!! I screamed whenever a water spout gets
close. Sadly, I did not get soaked, not even a little wet.(cry)
After
that, we quickly hurried to watch the afternoon parade. It was absolutely
spectacular!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And at that very moment; that
moment of truth,
KANGHASKANNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
appeared in Pokemon Go. OHHH MYYYYYY
GOD!!!
I
then saw a ice cream truck blowing siren , “WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!........”
WAH! AWESOME! I cheong there and got a Minnie
Mouse (dun judge) mixed berry popsicle. I took a bite. WOWWWW!!! SO NICeeeee…….
But then, my mei mei wanted to eat. NOOOO!!!!!
Ok,
now after that was settled, we went to get some lunch, oh gosh I was starving.
I ate chicken curry with rice and naan. Sedap!! We then went on ahead and
watched the Alladin’s flying carpet show.
It was a really nice 3D show but sadly, I could not enjoy it much as it
was in Japanese and I couldn’t understand a single thing they were saying and I
was quite sure it said some funny things as many of the audience laughed. Mummy
and I went to queue up for delicious and unique, currrryy popcorn while my
brother, sister and father went to get the fast pass for the rollercoaster
raging spirits. As my father and sister waited for my mummy and I, they decided
to take a little fun ride for mei mei.
What
was even funnier, was when my dad saw my mum on the ride and shouted, “xue
li…..” (my mummy’s Chinese name) and my sister copy my dad and also called out
to my mummy and said “xue li…..” AHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA!!! I tell you I laughed so
hard I wanted to cry. We then walked to the mermaid section. My sister, saw a
store which had a stuff toy flounder. My mother, father and I sat and waited as
my sister and brother played at the store with the Flounder. That was when the
person told my sister to return the toy as they had to close the store. Let me
tell you, what she did was so funny I think she would have gotten funniest baby
2017 award, trash all others; she attempted to run away with the Flounder. Ok,
1..2…3… AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OHHHHHH!!!
That was like the funniest thing I have ever seen. 100% swagness in being
naughty. In the end, as my sister refused to return the stuffed toy(LOLLLLLL),
my father had no choice but buy her the Flounder. Wah mei mei, pro man!
Knowing
that the time of the night performance was drawing near, we immediately got
some food and went to ‘chope’ a spot on the floor at a place where you can get
the best view of the performance. When the performance started, I was really
surprised that there was a special children viewing area in case we could not
see with the people blocking us. So instead of squeezing down on the floor, I
got to sit comfortably with tons of leg space to spare. WOW!
Then,
at 8.30p.m. we went to the ride we have been waiting for the whole day, The TOY
STORY MANIA! Whew, it sure was a good thing we had fast passes. So instead of
queuing for two hours, we only queued for 5 MINUTES! LOL! Alright, now the
ride, let me describe it; in a nutshell, absolutely AMAZINGGGGG!!!!! It turned
out to be a really cool 3D target shooting game. Oh yeh, the guns… Best workout
for arms, gain lots ‘o muscle, right here. How you shoot, you don’t press
buttons, you have to continuously pull a string forward and backward to shoot.
HAHHAH my mummy's hand almost broke, but she beat me in score!!!!
All
in all, I had a wonderful time at Disneysea and would definitely go there again
in the future because I find it so much better than Disneyland!
Day
5 (Skytree)
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Unfortunately, this boy forgot to click save for his long write-up from day 5 til end of holiday! We only discovered this when we wanted to post it....sigh
Nothing beats having the kids telling us their experience and for us to see it from their curious, innocent and excited little minds. We wanted to fulfill their wish the boys' wish to experience snow and to ski. Although it was artificial snow as it we were still too early, they had fun at the resort and learnt to ski. Like what many parents do, we extend ourselves and let them experience things we have not had the chance to. While the boys were at ski school, we spent time cuddling and keeping their little sister occupied in the cold but when we saw how much they enjoyed themselves and how fast they picked up skiing, we felt so proud and contented.
It was tiring bringing all 3 of them out but it was all worth it to be able to spend time together experiencing and enjoying a different country, culture, food and activities. We are so tempted to go for hardcore winter in 2018 now....brrrrrrrr
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