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1:21 p.m. @ 10 July 2008

1044th Entry

Day 2 - 25 June 2008 - Ueno


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His breakfast.

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My breakfast. We got our breakfast from the convenience store the night before.

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Getting our train tickets.

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See how complicated their train system is.

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That's Takashimaya!


It's even more crowded than our Orchard MRT station.


Ahhhh, peak period!

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In the train.

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Western Art Museum.

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Train from the past. Can you spot the crow?

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Zhng bike. Bikes are the cheapest mode of transportation.

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Real size sperm whale.

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Tokyo National Museum!

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Tickets.

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We spent 2 hours in just one building. And there were 5 buildings in total... There's lockers in every building for you to put your bulky belongings and the 100yen deposit is refundable.

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Artifacts and more...

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Bye bye Museum. We were very worn out after walking in these buildings.

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How can I miss out on eating their local ice cream!? In SG you see ah peks on their motorbikes, here you see vans!!

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My glorious yam ice cream cone! It's super oiishiii!!! You can feel the texture of yam paste unlike the creamy feel of our local ones.

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Fountain.

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We had a light snack here.

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Lots of kiddy rides behind Dan.

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A view taken from inside the tea house.

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Cosy intimate ambience.

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They have English menu too!

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One of Japan's famous street dish - Odenn. Mostly beancurds, seaweed, fishcake and other flour products.

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Glutinous rice ball in red bean soup.

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These lovely flowers are everywhere!

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"I don't know what this is, but it tastes goooood!" - we both heard this from a foreigner. This is a banned drink in SG, after some kids 'act smart' and swallowed the marble in it. Sheesh! This is such a good carbonated drink!!! LOL.

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Can see the marble?

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Tikam tikam for Hello Kitty.

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Spokesman for the carbonated drink.

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Dan tried to snap me but what he didn't realise was, the lens cover was not removed.

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Toshogu Shrine.

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One big bell.

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We submitted our wishes here too.

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Thousand paper cranes.

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Nuclear fire that never dies.

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Baseball court.

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Local citizens taking a nap. Ahhh, how relaxing.

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Gojoten jinja Shrine.

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One walks through the hoop for good health.


Dan walking through the hoop (I don't know what is it called) .

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Wash your hands, rinse your mouth.


This guy's bunch of friends were notorious enough to place a couple of kittens on his lap while he was sleeping. All of us onlookers kept laughing away.

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"Benzaiten"

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Benzaitan Shrine

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Stairs stairs stairs! Dan was saying "why do we need to climb so many stairs just to get to temples/shrines?"

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The famous Kannon Hall. Chinese call it as 'Guan Yin' too.

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Wash your hands, rinse your mouth.

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Guess what this is for!

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Don't know who drew this.

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There was a comic exhibition by one of the famous manga artist. All tickets were sold out!

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Scary looking tree caught our attention at Ueno Park, Tokyo. And look at the many signs that do not allow bikes to go through.

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A fairly complicated railway system.

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Trying hard to find their 100 yen store! And we bought over 50 items!!!!

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There you are!

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Interesting skinny building.

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At Ueno JR Station.

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Exchanged SGD to JPY. T_T

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Back to our room.

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The messy dressing table.

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Our dinner.

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Messy TV table.

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Messy wardrobe.

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Messy walkway.

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Messy toilet.

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Lots of footwear!

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The Hello Kitty capsule.

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Cute little tote bag.

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Hair a bit messy.

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Decided to head out for the night streets as we were super bored staying in the room.

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Pachinko!! Not for foreigners.

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There were tons of arcades behind this lane. And the UFO catchers were not toys but food! Super big cans of chips/chocolates/biscuits/ice creams!

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Our Supper!!! =D Taste the same but fries were not that salty. And I love the sound of paper bags...

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Eat full full, time to sleep!

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