tokyo trip : kitte

We take subway and commuter train to tokyo station.

tired…

but happy !

 

-pak jamil leh uga nih posenya..

 

We went to in front of Tokyo Station, Kitte Building.

From Kitte rooftop, we can see Tokyo station scenery.

Tokyo station is very old european style rather than other surrounding building. It is still ongoing renovation project, so I will wait until they finished. I believe it will be definitely beautiful, for sure.

 

 

Kitte rooftop is so cold and windy. A hot cocoa and scarf must be nice to have here. Some couples even bring blanket to sit and enjoy this view.

 

I’m so missed with people who can talk bahasa indonesia and in here we gossiped like no one is understand anyway. I feel so glad that I work with them and can meet them again in Japan situation. Feel a less lonely 🙂

 

official photo of all members..

adachi – katayama – maekawa – jamil – nyoman

lini – marcia – rahayu

 

Thank you for oleh oleh from Indonesia. See you again fellas.

I hope we can have more fun time in the future.

 

Aku sayang kalian.. Dadaaaah…. 🙂

tokyo trip : sensouji

After sky tree, we decided to go to Sensouji Temple. It’s very near to sky tree and there is a famous gate and shopping street before we enter the temple area. We believe it will be so much fun for our friends from Indonesia.

the kaminarimon (thunder) gate.

 

 

And we enter the shopping street. Let’s GO.

So this shopping street sell traditional and unique items with affordable price, it’s good place to buy omiyage. Especially if you have requested to buy Japanese theme omiyage from your beloved families and friends.

The price is ranging from 500-1500 円 but some is cheaper, and many also more expensive. But whatever your budget is, I think they sell enough something good and affordable for your wallet.

like.. traditional hair pins.

i fell in love with this pin. but I never like using hashi-type pin, so.. bye bye beautiful one.

cheap and unique lucky charms. it can bring you health, money, love and happiness.

traditional boxes.. oh and also traditional pattern handkechiefs, bags, wallets, scarfs, kimonos, yukatas, you can find almost everything here.

fortune calling cat..

wind chimes.. such a beautiful sounds they made..

Be careful not too much shopping, or spending so long time just buying things as the shopping street is still open until around 7-8pm. But the temple shop is closed at 4pm, so my advice is.. if you desire for some omamori. please go straight temple first and shopping later.

-wise word from busy shopping girls.

 

 

 

 

 

We were so much in fun and didn’t realize it already become night..

After realized we cannot buy omamori, we play mikuji, fortune lottery. We pay for 100 円 then we shake a box of sticks until the stick with number come out. And then we search the box with matching number and take the fortune paper inside them.

If you are lucky, you will get best fortune > regular fortune > small fortune > bad fortune. Don’t worry, if you were unlucky this time, you can tie the paper in front of the mikuji lottery area. So you don’t bring bad fortune home.

My result – regular fortune. Ma ma good 🙂

Everyone is busy checking the results..

My boyfriend get best fortune. congratulations!

 

We also praying to the god which sleeping inside temple..

Grateful and joyful face 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

 

 

Finally this trip almost finished. We should go back to Tokyo station because we will take shinkansen back to Osaka.

It’s been two times I visit sensouji, and it doubles my happiness. This place always have fun and happy atmosphere. You can imagine, The traditional Sensouji area is very near with the modern Sky Tree building. At one visit, you can have 2 different adventurous atmosphere.

 

lastly, I present our most magical photo..

sky tree view from sensouji temple.

even for just a heartbeat, everything was perfect!

 

 

 

tokyo trip : sky tree

We are going to Tokyo for one day yeeeey!

So some of my company’ staff going to Tokyo to join QCC competition and we cannot say no to not join them. I missed them already!

First destination is Tokyo sky tree. Actually last May I already went here, but we cannot go to up tower because of strong wind. So this time I feel excited too!

Looking outside of shinkansen window – this is my hair style for the day – beautiful hair pin from real vintage shop in Semarang. Beautiful right?!

 

Our trip start!

Beautiful marcia and rahayu, and jamiiiill.. and me, hihi..

and arrived! This is tokyo sky tree.. so tall, so great.

We wait and do some shopping at mall before going up to tower. This corner looks appealing so much to me. Maybe a gallery ? hmm.. I don’t have enough time to visit all though.

all members with sky tree feet :’) hahahaha

happy memories 🙂 🙂 🙂

And then it’s time to go up.

4 elevator reflected 4 seasons in Japan. Our up elevator is autumn decorative style.

Well, the elevator is very fast but apparently no window outside. So only animation from the monitor. A bit different style from Tokyo Tower and Abeno Harukas which have window to see outside.

arrived!

Tokyo city view.

some tokyo sky tree signature omiyage, かわいい。。If I buy that, I don’t want to eat 😦

We also can try glass floor to see and feeling walking 300 m above earth. :0

It’s summer elevator when we go down. At least we already try 2 seasons. I want to go by spring and winter next times.

 

After enough seeing and chatting, we decide to eat at Solamachi restaurant at 31F. It’s lunch-dining with city view.

This is a tempura restaurant, but I don’t remember the name haha.

appetizer..

tempura main dish..

and last bite of our tokyo sky tree trip, the special dish, sky tree tempura!  that observatory floor is made from onion ring, hahaha. The taste is good, but too much so I share it with everyone to finished it.

See you again sky tree.

 

 

 

tsukuba trip

 

Last day in Japan. We go to Tsukuba and then depart to Narita at afternoon. Spend 1 hr train from Tokyo city to Tsukuba city.

After arrived, My boyfriend parents pick us up and we go together to a restaurant with a beautiful garden view. The restaurant name is La Lotus.

 

It was once a home but now used as a restaurant. And the food also tastes good! Especially if you eat not only with stomach but also with eyes 🙂

It is so nice to have a trip here..

See you again Japan!

tokyo trip : unagi restaurant

It’s almost last day of my trip in Japan. We decide to eat something delicious and make last unforgettable moment.

After walking through Ginza, and nothing come out with good price and good taste in there, we head back to Tokyo station and choosing some restaurant.

Choice fall to this Unagi Restaurant. This restaurant specialize is unagi sets, and all staffs is oba chan and oji chan using kimono. Kind of unique isn’t it?

This restaurant almost no visitors. Kind of sad! Because their food is pretty much delicious.

Om nom nom nom.. Tasty!

 

 

We talk a lot and hoping we can meet as soon as possible. A bit sad feeling definitely grab us.

It is almost feel like Soekarno-Hatta at this new year.

But well, we believe a good news will come upon us. Do not worrying it too much I guess.

Let’s eat!

I cannot forget the moment oba chan always gladly asking us, if we want more ocha, we ended up asking more than 4 times refill our ocha :’)

 

Recreate honzen moment (November 2015)

tokyo trip : shibuya & shinjuku

We pay a visit to Hachiko statue in front of Shibuya station.

 

 

and also godzilla statue in Shinjuku.

 

graaooo–

tokyo trip : setagaya museum

Today is a bit mandatory travel to Setagaya Museum. As in this week Setagaya exhibit Takenaka Corporation works. I just feel interested to coming and see how is it.

It’s all handdrawing. :0

 

The exhibition is kind of private so we prohibited to take photo inside.

 

Because rain is still falling, we cannot go back and our stomach growling. So we decided to eat at Setagaya restaurant, Le Jardin.

Lunch at Le Jardin.

tokyo trip : sensouji

We visit sensouji but it is unplanned. It is already night and we didn’t want to go to hotel so early.

The website said, it is good to see the lighting of temple at night.

And yes, this out of plan destination really captures our heart.

 

 

ningyoyaki, with kaminarimon gate lampion shape become an authentic snack in sensouji area

 

Before entering sensouji, there is market street but almost of them already closed.

 

It turns out so much fun to visit temple in night time and it is full of tourists from every country. I think it is a good choice also to visit day time, but night time certainly different experience.

 

 

tokyo trip : tokyo tower

Tokyo Tower – Eiffel of Japan

 

 

 

Good morning!

Today is kodomo no hi こどもの日

It is a day set aside to respect children’s personalities and to celebrate their happiness.

In Tokyo tower yard we can see koinobori (carp) flags.

The black carp (Magoi) represents the father, the red carp (Higoi) represents the mother, and the last carp represents the child (traditionally son), with an additional carp added for each subsequent child with color and position denoting their relative age.

Such a festive moment.

 

We are queueing to enter tokyo tower elevator. Like going through Anastasia and Great Gatsby Era.

I feel this tower has its own classic style. Eventhough it is older than skytree, this tower has more characteristic and enjoyable moment inside.

arrived!

 

 

View from the observation deck.

 

 

 

And we decided to go more up, to special observatory area.

wow, we can see skytree from here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before finished the trip in observation deck, we can try to walk in glass floor. Pretty scary.

If I fall, I hope I am landing in Koinobori ornament hahaha..

 

 

This is signature dish from MOS Burger inside Tokyo Tower cafeteria. Please imagine so many beef and bacon in one bite.

 

There, even when I go home, I cannot stop taking pictures of Tokyo tower. It stands out than the neighbour building. They have enough spot to take photo around of this tower beautifully.

Compared to Skytree, almost I cannot take skytree photo because it stands near other building.

 

Definitely will coming back again at night time!

tokyo trip : sky tree

Good morning!

Today we’re going to skytree!

But unfortunately, today’s weather is not good. Wind is blowing hard and we cannot enter skytree observation deck.

 

So we just go around the mall

There is sylvania family events, I’m surprised that sylvanian family is originated from Japan. Eeeee.. Which animal do you like? Almost every cute animal become sylvanian family doll. No girrafe or elephant though. My favorite is dog families and lamb families.

We participated in this event and get a sticker set hahaha.. Too cute to be used.

 

 

 

Well because we cannot enter observation deck, we decide to have lunch at upper floor. We choose to eat at Matenrou at 31F. It is a part of Solamachi Dining Skytree View. The dining area in this floor really sophisticated.

Matenrou lunch set.

crab salad

teppanyaki

and dessert.

yum yum yum..