Jap Trip 2011 (5/1 - 15/1)

Super memorable trip with HM!

Not mentioning it was my first totally free & easy trip, the country was Japan! one country which i dun expect myself to go at this age becos of the super scary prices >.<

ok becos of me stupidly set the camera setting wrongly, most of the pictures are very low pixel =(

but oh well, at least i think it was a very good one!

went to a lot of places, see a lot of stuff, tried lots of foods n took lots of pictures!!

hope i will be able to have a free & easy trip again soon!

 HM & me on plane to JAPAN!!

 Reached Haneda Airport finally!

 Waiting for train to the main station for bullet train.

Our bullet train came - heading to Osaka!

 On the way to Osaka, snowing at some of the places~

Got the Osaka pass for our stay at Osaka =)

The guesthouse  we are goin to stay the following 4 days.

 Our room.

 At the famous Dotonbori Street which is within walking distance to our guesthouse

 The famous tidbit/snack store!

 At Osaka wat is the must try?? Yes, TAKOYAKI!!!!

 Lots of takoyaki stores around, so we just chose a shop with a long queue

 Our Takoyaki~~

 Walking around the Dotonbori

Second Day in Osaka

 Waking up in de morning and tried the famous ramen in the Dotonbori street

 In Japan, almost all de restaurant use this kind of vending machine to order food.

 The shop only got 2 choices, ramen & charsiew ramen. We both order the charsiew one

 The theater

 On the way to Osaka Castle, this is the national history museum i think... dun remember le >.<

 The whole place very beautiful

 NHK TV Station

 Osaka Castle! 

 Osaka main castle

 Looking out of the castle

 Entering the castle

 The shrine beside the castle

 Next stop, we goin to the bay to take the big boat, Santa Maria

But before that, we went to the shopping mall beside it to have our lunch

Dango~~ 

 The 弹煮汽水 & korage 

Tokoyaki~~

 Do you find this takoyaki look very different??

its smaller & without any sauces...

but its very nice[= the favour of the sauce is actually inside the takoyaki le =)

 After reading this, then we know that this is the first Takoyaki in Japan!

This is the parade area out side the bay...

Decided to get an ice cream while waitin for the next ship.

 Eating the ice cream, sitting at the bay during winter is crazy~~ 

lol super cold n the wind is so.... big XD

 THE SHIP!!! this ship is an imitation of the pirate ship

 Just nice caught a penguin march after we got off the ship!

Pleasant surprise [=

 Next is the floating garden

 On the way up to the rooftop to see the night scenery of Osaka!

It is 173m tall

 Nice view on the roof top....

 But once again, its super windy and cold >.<

 Back to Dotonbori for dinner and egg tart for snack~

 went into this small noodle shop as it too late (about 9 pm) and all the shops are closed =(

The menu in the shop is in Japanese and apparently they oso cant communicate in English.

So we all randomly order...