The budget travel: Tokyo 10th-14th March 2016 Part 2
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It was raining throughout our stay in Tokyo. It's either in the morning or evening but the rain lasted the whole day. Drizzling not heavy. So you can expect the weather to be freezing cold.
The first day upon our arrival was getting familiarize with the subway stations. Mind you that we have taken a single bus ride since in Osaka. Their subway, metro and train is enough to bring you from Point A to Point B. Efficient and on time.
The first place we went on our 2nd day was the famous Odaiba. Guess why? Cause there's this gigantic statue of Gundam that Juan wanted to have mandatory selfie with. The statue is located at the back entrance of DiverCity Tokyo Plaza
The headquarters of Fuji Television, one of Japan's private, nationwide TV stations. You can see some exhibits on popular programs, buy Fuji TV goods at a shop and access the futuristic looking building's observatory deck housed in the sphere shaped part of the building.
We didn't manage to step foot at the headquarters as we had other plans at that time. Take the time to visit this place.
Okay, this is not within our itinerary. We stumbled the Toyota interactive showroom (Megaweb) by accident as we were on a escalator up to Aquacity Odaiba. It's just a 5 minutes walk from DiverCity Tokyo Plaza.
MEGA WEB is the Toyota car theme park where you can 'See', 'Ride' and 'Feel' interactive center. There are 3 facilities based on each theme.
This is also a center where you can go for the test drive and witness TOYOTA's newest models they have never been displayed in other location in 'TOYOTA CITY SHOWCASE'. You can also learn about the technologies of hybrid, safety and environment of TOYOTA. You can also check the actual car specifications.
For more info, visit the Mega Web website. This is THE place that you wouldn't want to miss. A place worth going when you're in Odaiba.
Our next destination was the Sensoji temple. One of the many most famous temple in Tokyo. This temple is situated in Asakusa. Souvenirs prices are quite reasonable over here compared to Kyoto. We bought a few for ourselves, friends and family.
A shopping street of over 200 meters, called Nakamise, leads from the outer gate to the temple's second gate, the Hozomon. Alongside typical Japanese souvenirs such as yukata and folding fans, various traditional local snacks from the Asakusa area are sold along the Nakamise. The shopping street has a history of several centuries.
We managed to find halal Japanese joint around Asakusa, Ipin halal Restaurant. Food wasn't as good as the one we had in Kyoto but because we were hungry and tired, we had no choice. The next halal restaurant situated far away from the place we were at.
Out final destination of the day was Tokyo Sky Tree and Shibuya crossing. Because I was afraid of height, we didn't went up the tower plus tickets were soooo expensive. For more details, visit their official webpage here.
Their operating hours is 8.00am - 10.00pm daily. There are also a few fancy restaurants and souvenir shops around Tokyo Sky Tree. If you visit during spring season, there are many Spring events being held at the tower for both adult and kids.
The best place to take the full view of Shibuya Crossing is the Starbucks across Shibuya station
Expenses of the day:
Shin Kiba station to Tokyo teleport 540 yen
Lunch 810 yen
Gachapon 400 yen
Snacks 864 yen
Aomi to Shinbashi 760 yen
Souvenirs 1330 yen
If you notice, we spent less on train tickets compare to those we had back in Kyoto and Osaka because we used the 3 days Tokyo subway pass. it's unlimited so you can use it as many times as you want for 3 days.
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