ニッポン ３ - TOKYO/HAKONE

03Sept08 Wed

Day 3 - Ikebukuro→Asakusa Temple→Odaiba→
Shinjuku→Ginza→Hakone Hot Spring Resort
池袋→浅草→お台場→新宿→銀座→箱根

Highlights: 温泉！！

朝、ちょっと散歩した。

Morning walk around hotel

Fast food chain Wendy's

Practicing the 'lost' look


Off to school

浅草観音寺

Asakusa Kannon Temple, with the big paper lantern at Kaminarimon Gate.

Famous temple, i'm sure you guys have seen it before?


field trip i guess?

Further down leads to Nakamise Avenue (souvenir street)

If there is a purification fountain (all temples I went had it), use the ladle to lift water out to wash both your hands. Then ladle water into your hands and rinse your mouth--do not drink from the ladle--before spitting the water out. Do not spit in the fountain.

(credits: http://www.ehow.com/how_2163506_proper-japanese-shrine-temple-etiquette.html)

However I just rinsed my hands only.

Next you proceed to the inside of temple, and there will be this big coin box. Throw a coin or two into the coin box, clap your hands twice, and pray.

Ferry to Odaiba お台場
The Rainbow Bridge

Odaiba (お台場, Odaiba) is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. It was initially built for defensive purposes in the 1800s, dramatically expanded during the late 20th century as a seaport district, and has developed since the 1990s as a major commercial, residential and leisure area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odaiba





Burberry for mummy and me! =)

After this was Shinjuku but I can't find the photos.. hhaa... will update later..

Ginza

Big big Shiseido

富士山
Mount Fuji

Breath-taking.
Beautiful mountain.
LOVES!
can't get enough of it.

楽　楽　楽！！
もうベッドいらない！
comfortable futon, better than bed


better view of MountFuji
BEAUTIFUL

Lake Kawaguchi

Dinner

Hungry!

Yes hungry!

very hungry

yes very hungry!

Tour group
made friends with a few..

HANABI!

Japan has interesting fireworks.. all different kinds




Oishii grapes that one of the tour group family gave us..

How nice was it?
Let my sister show you:

Haha. Before the grapes we went for Hot Spring. No pictures because we forgot the camera.
But we went the next morning again because it was very very KIMOCHI!!