Sunday, November 05, 2006

Japan Day 1

Weather: Hot
Places visited: Shinjuku & Shibuya

We arrived at Narita airport at about 7.30am. We were excited to feel the cool breeze grazing our cheeks and were really looking forward to the cool weather so that we can put on our trench coats and scarfs. I was also planning to 'layer' my clothings, much inspired by the Korean dramas that I had been watching.

We took the Airport Limousine Bus from Narita Airport to Shinjuku station before taking a cab to our hotel. We reached the hotel at about 10.00am, left our luggage there as it's too early to check-in and started hitting the streets.

As it's too early, most shops are not opened yet. We were busy orientating ourselves with the surroundings using a map and decided to walk back to the Shinjuku station. I must say the streets of Japan are really complex. The naming of the streets is also not obvious and of course at some point in time we walked round and round the wrong way.

Shinjuku

We were also disappointed with the weather! Man it was hot! I think it was about 23 degrees. Whatever happened to the 15 to 19 degrees we read about from on the forecast from the web? The most amazing thing is that its so hot but everyone is dressed as if they were quite cold. We were perspiring actually, even without the coats on.

I think it is good 'training' for a start since some lessons must be learnt the hard way. We then moved on to Shibuya around the evening time and were amazed at the crowd at Shibuya. Shibuya is really really crowded on a weekday night. Also, the people in the streets all looked amazing! I am not kidding you. They are all Ayumi-lookalikes! They have well-coifed hair and big mascara-ed eyes. Too bad I did not managed to take any of their pictures. However, I managed to capture one photo of a stylo-milo dressed guy.......

Shibuya

Labels: Japan, Trip

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