Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Last night in Tokyo

Tomorrow is the day all the 'fun' will be gone, where we will carry our tired bodies reluctantly back to Singapore. I am glad I enjoyed myself over the 8 days here, especially with such nice people like capuccino and starfruit who tolerated my wilfullness, unpredictablity and my over-sensitivity. Its really not easy to go on a trip with friends due to differences in likes and places they want to go. Actually I think we sorted this out quite well, probably except for the Akihabara incident. It still hurts now....

Today, Capuccino went with Starfruit to Disneyland. I have a free-day by myself where I went to the museum in Ueno park, which also has a special exhibition of the works of Leonardo. Only recognised the Mona Lisa and the Last Dinner. Didnt understand and dont know how to appreciate the works and exhibits though.

I took the JR and was approached by a non-uniformed policeman at Tokyo Station. Initially thought that he wants me to do a survey or ask for directions, so ignored him totally. Later then he identified himself as a policeman He asked me where I was going to and also wanted to see my passport. He seems quite surprised I am a Singaporean...

The Imperial Garden is basically a garden. The weather was super hot, by Japan standards. Couldnt really catch a glimpse of the Imperial Palace ( there were other monuments around)..Took a long long walk to Yasukuni Jinja...Quite a good place to visit. Its quite nice...Also went down to the Tokyo Dome. Unfortunately, the interior of the dome is not open to the public since there are no performances going on. Adventure rides are available, which looks very scary but exciting ( I heard tonnes of screaming). Bought a pair of shoes and a jacket over at the shopping center there.

Returned to Omotesando and Harajuku, but was quite late by then. Did some walking along the streets, but by the time I reached the Snoppy shop and the Laforet, its already closed (Both shops closed at 8)..Did I mention that this is the 2nd time i am back at Harajuku??...Some people ( Yes...I mean 3 people) can go back Shinjuku for two times to shop around a particular area but i cant even go back Akihabara twice to get what I went...what logic is this.....

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