Tokyo Trip (April 2014)

1st Day - Arrival

 I finally got the chance to write my trip to Tokyo in April. I went there with my husband and two of my friends. We bought the airplane ticket + hotel (7 days 6 night) from Airasia Go for about MYR1700 each person. The name of the hotel that we stayed is Villa Fontaine Nihombashi Hakozaki, Tokyo.  The location of the hotel is very strategic. Nearby there's 7-11, Lawson convenience store, and some sushi/ramen restaurant. Apart from that it is also located nearby TCAT (Tokyo City Air Terminal) about 5 minutes walking distance. Thus we don't have to worry about the transportation from airport to the hotel esp when you are arriving at 11pm because the latest bus from the airport is around 00:05am. Since the immigration and luggage process at Haneda was very fast by 11:30pm we have already walked out of the airport to go to the terminal waiting area. Once we have arrived at the hotel, we went straight to bed as we had Mt.Fuji tour the next day. oh the hotel room was small till we had to open our luggage on top of our bed as no space on the floor but it was clean and comfortable.

oh! if you wish to rent a pocket wifi you may rent it from this website http://www.rentafonejapan.com/. They will send the item to your hotel and to return it you just need to post it as they provide you also an empty envelope with their address on it. I rent B-Mobile pocket WiFi for a week and cost me about RM200. The connection was good except inside the train or Mt. Fuji area. If you need better connection you can rent BIC Wimax pocket WiFi, this is bigger size and provide you with better connection. The cost for this is about RM230-250 for a week rental.

Anway below is the map of the hotel from http://www.hvf.jp/eng/hakozaki.php


2nd Day - Mt. Fuji Trip

We woke up very early in the morning as the tour start at 10am. We booked this tour at Japan Travel Bureau Malaysia. It was cost about 7800 yen per person not include lunch. We need to go to Hamamatsucho bus station and from there the bus took us to the bus tour station. This trip started with visiting Mt. Fuji visitor center, 5th station Mt. Fuji or 1st step of Mt.Fuji, followed by lunch, Onsen bath at Yamanakako, and last we visited Gotemba Premium outlets. The Mt.Fuji was beautiful and the temperature that day was about 13-15degree. Me, my husband, and my friends were took a lot of pictures and was enjoying the scenery.
After we visited Mt.Fuji we went to Onsen bath. According to wikipedia, Onsen bath is a term for hot springs in the Japanese language, though the term is often used to describe the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onsen). Unfortunately, we did not bath as we are not comfortable to bath with strangers hahahaha... our next destination is Gotemba premium outlet. This is what I have been waiting for since morning. At Gotemba, there are so many outlets like Coach, Samsonite, Rayban, GAP, Ralph Lauren, and many more. I found out some stuff are cheaper here than in KL, like a Coach sling bag cost about rm400 after 50% discount but I managed to bought only few tops from GAP. On the other hand Mr. hubby bought jacket, polo-shirt, and other things.

The tour brochure from JTB Malaysia

The so called double bed

As you can see there's no space for luggage

The toilet is very nice and clean. Hot water  and warm toilet seat is awesome during winter

Foods we bought from Lawson. Quite cheap and delicious!

3 of us in front of the hotel

At the subway

Typical Japanese house model

Foods that we bought for our Mt. Fuji Trip. I love the onigiri, sushi set, and of course POCKY!

Me and Mr.Hubby at Gotemba Outlet with Mount Fuji and Sakura flowers as the background

All of us in front of the lake somewhere nearby Mt. Fuji

 Once we have finished with the trip, they drop us off at Shinjuku. From there we went to meet up with my housemate's sister who is working in Tokyo. She took us to a nice restaurant somewhere in Shibuya (cant recall the name of the restaurant) but the foods were savory and delicious! We have ordered Omelette rice, sashimi, chicken toriyaki, and other things. Below are the pics.