Sunday, November 05, 2006
Japan Day 5
Weather: Rainy
Places visited: Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Station & Harajuku
As it was my second time visiting Tokyo Disneyland and I am not a rides person, I didn't stay very long there. Still, the 'not very long' time turns out to be 4 hours because I went to the Haunted Mansion. I had to queue like 90 mins before I get to step into the mansion. And the total time spent in the mansion is like 10 mins max. The Haunted Mansion is not scary but the special effects were really good! The rest of the time were basically photo taking time and visiting the souvenir shops. It is a really expensive 4-hour because the entrance fee costs 5800 yen or about S$78.
The castle!
The Parade with Mickey Mouse! 
The parade with Donald Duck!
As Halloween is just around the corner,
everything here is dressed to the theme!
Finally managed to get a picture of a crow. I must say there are a lot of crows in Japan and they are very commonly heard going: ARRGGH! ARRGGH! I could not get used to hearing them around in the beginning! Anyway, I then proceeded to Tokyo Station to look for a money changer as I was running out of cash. Turns out that in Japan, unless you eat and shop in expensive places, otherwise the only mode of payment is cash. In addition, it is also very hard to find someone who will change your Singapore dollars into Yen as most banks seem to exchange only major currencies like Euro, US dollars, etc. So if you are planning a Japan trip next time, bring lots of cash or bring US dollars for exchange. The exchange rate in Japan is also quite unfavourable as compared to the rates we get in Singapore. Tokyo station has many small little shops that are nice. I bought 2 caps from there. In fact, I enjoyed walking around there so much that I didn't have time to visit Asakusabashi for their beads shop as planned. Me and my friends then meet up at Harajuku for second round of shopping since we did not manage to cover much ground the day before.
Tokyo Station
The caps that I bought!
Nice?
10:10 PM
I am The Emperor
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