We selected Mt Fuji and Hakone 1 day Tour by The Grayline. This tour group will pick and drop them back to hotel so we are sure they will get back safe and sound to the hotel. It's cost 13,000 yen with lunch and travel by motor coach. Check out the itinenaries here : http://www.jgl.co.jp/inbound/contents/fuji.html
They had fun and it's the first time they encounter snowing, and meeting a famous politician from Thailand.
The bad part is they didn't dressed up warm enough like we advised.
Oh...see the black egg with Hello Kitty.
These boiled charcoal eggs boiled in sulfurous hot spring water, supposed to make you younger by 7 yrs after consuming. :)
For ourselves, we headed for Sanrio Puroland the same day. Don't forget to print out the discount coupon from their website to save on your passport rates.
It's abit confusing getting to Puroland at first by looking at the map provided.
First get to shinjuku station via JR Yamamote line then changed to another railway co. called the Keio line
to Tama Centre after changing train @ Chofu. If you are well versed in Japanese, you can actually see if there are any express train that goes directly towards Hashimoto with stop at Tama centre.
We took a limited express rail to Shinjuku straight without stopping to change @ Chofu on our way back.
*Cheapo and bad thing we done, we took advantage of cloie's size and passed her in without paying for her entrance. Kids under 3 yrs old get in free!!*
Cutesy bento lunch we had...You get to keep those lunchboxes and cups :)
Gumball chocolate, anyone?
Stealing photo moments with Hello Kitty & Daniel
Sanrio Puroland is a small theme park, I think beside Hello Kitty house, there isn't much to see for adults.
Alot of shopping and also Japanese tikam (malay word for lucky draw) that give you fantastic prizes at just 500 yen.
Tikam suitable for Cloie and they have kiddie rides which are satisfying for Josh.
The Girls' Visit to Hello Kitty House...
We went in ourselves because papa left his passport in the locker. Argghhh
Hello Kitty stays in a studio landed property in puroland.
Nice fish tank...
Best features in her house, is this big hello kitty shaped bathtub
completes with shower head.
We met a lolita @ the locker room, oh she is not the mascot of puroland.
We just find her in full spirit of cosplay and also match being in puroland, so we asked to take a photo to show we appreciate her effort...hahaha :)
The other character on the left is Sanrio new character - Jewel pets.
Our trip to Shinjuku to search for food and my sister's DSi LL
We started from the wrong exit, but for Shinjuku major shopping area, starts from east exit near a shopping mall called Lumine Est.
Before we found our way to the East exit to Shinjuku, we walked the underground area of the west exit, there is odakyu ace where i bought all the dried seafood snacks, sweets for my relatives. I think they have an online store called http://www.e-taishido.co.jp/
We had our dinner in this Japanese Healthy Restaurant underground Shinjuku Pepe Store which is also around Shinjuku Prince Hotel. We had Oyako-don and Hamburger Rice set, sorry we didn't capture the name of the restaurant.
My happy princess, as usual she got the most gifts from puroland.
Josh wants to doll up too..
We reached our hotel pretty late that night, and still got to pack up.
Day 5 - Our last day
Didn't plan anything, just hope to shop around Ikebukuro and rush to BIC camera to get my sister's DSi LL.
Official check out time was 11am and Japan hotel don't entertain late check out request but if you are willing to pay then they gladly extend for you. Since we need to leave only around 2plus, we extended 1 room.
After the kids' breakfast in the hotel, it's already 1030am when we go out for our brunch.
Hotel staff screwed up my credit card and were arguing with them over the counter for 30 mins. They double charge my card and didn't even bother to explain the reason. I have to call DBS to check to know the real reason, by then it's already 11am.
Then Cloie saw this setup...which we try to walk pass it fast
Queue for another 30 mins for this slide which only allow you 2 chances to slide down.
While Hui and Cloie waited in q, I tried to shop around but can't concentrate with Josh making noise.
Told myself I will come back later after lunch to shop again.
The view of Ikebukuro junction to rail station.
We had our lunch here, this is a Japanese western restuarant.
My 2nd last chance for Japanese curry rice, I finished 1 big plate myself...
By the time we finished our lunch, we only left less than an hour to collect our luggages from the room and check out for our bus.
Shopping for clothes were totally impossible so my kind family left me @ Vivitix to get myself a gift to mark the end of my tokyo trip.
The place I missed out during this trip is Odaiba Venus Port. Heard there are outlet store there.. :(
The duffy bear who is really popular with the Japanese girls...I wonder why?
The DSi LL which we went all the way to get for Ms Pamela Ng.
Some of the souvenirs we bought for family
Our tickets from various transports and disneyland.
I hope to save for another trip to Japan, hopefully to Hokkaido then Tokyo again in 2011, it's been tiredly fun for us.
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