saturday evening.
the plane ride was uneventful apart from hvaing to wake fat sleeping spanish man from his seat and unknown japanese man in the aisle.
most of the time when they get up from their seats, that was the best time to go to the washroom. that way i only had to say sumimasen once.
alas..., the movies shown on the plane was those i've watched b4 i got on the plane.
such as pirates of the caribbean, at world's end. fantastic 4 the rise of the silver surfer, spiderman 3, T_T....
mr. brooks. and some other japanese show.
as it was a 7 pm night flight, i thought it would have been easy for me to get some rest an sleep after one movie.
after watching say hello for me. ( japanese movie about love and childhood and growing up). and the only beer on this trip i drank was on this flight. asahi dry beer. smells like wheat. couldn't finish it. :P
tried to sleep couldn't sleep. but long story short. arrived in tokyo narita airport 12 hours later.
the line in the immigration was alright. they didnt ask me much questions or rather i didnt remembre anything remotely awkward when going through the line.
but upon taking my luggage from the conveyor belt, the officer stopped me and searched my bag. asking me where i came from and what i was doing there.
anyways, after a few mins, i was allowed to go.
first thing i did was to go find the toilet. T_T.
it had new driers. and ultraviolet light to do some stuffs. it was cool.
then bought my first drink from a vending machine that costs about 150yen. as i didnt have any coins, i used my 1000yen note.
mwahahhaa.
then i went to get my suica card for 3500 yen and changed my 7 days JR exchange order for a postdated pass for 17 sept 2007.
then i went down the tracks to wait for the NEX. ( narita express)
what hit me was the humidity and the heat... T_T. ( i'll have to find a cooler day to come to tokyo next time)
i was not really sweating profusely but i was very uncomfortable. :D
* pictured here is the tracks for the NEX, got on the train to tokyo station. then from there switched to the yamanote line to reach ueno.
(for the record, i think that was the only time i went to the tokyo station. i never went back there after that)
from ueno, i tried to find the directions to the oak hotel.
first mistake. i should haev read the instructions on how to get to the hotel first b4 i started walking.
( i ended up walking here and there and got lost for about 45 mins b4 i swallowed my manly pride and asked for directions.)
partly because i couldn't really speak japanese or wasn't used to speaking it yet.
so then finally i found it after 3 kind souls helped me locate the building where the hotel was at.
the lady was walking the dog. anyways, apart from that, there was SOOOO many ppl.
and so many of them who rode bicycles in ueno were really pretty . lol
checked in. paid the remaining sum of the money. ( i booked with hostelbookers because it was cheaper from there.)
they had their own website. but a little more expensive. ( booking engine was provided by hostelbookers i think)
hotel was a typical hotel. pretty nice for it's facilities. has a small kitchen, laundry, 3 computers a smoking area 3 vending machines, 2 vending machines for pay-tv where u can buy a card for 1000yen and watch AV for 24 hours. lol.
got to my room. oh had to pay 1000yen as a deposit for my keycard.
then showered changed. and walked out to the nearest 7-11 to get something to eat.
bought some food. and some drinks again. went back to the hotel to rest. to get ready for the next day. :D
photos attached are sorta self explanatory i guess.
finally some photos of the hotel room in oak hotel, tokyo, japan. :D
it was not as small as i thought it would have been. nonetheless it was alright for about £25 a nite. and they had this buy 7 nites free 1 nite. :D
the plane ride was uneventful apart from hvaing to wake fat sleeping spanish man from his seat and unknown japanese man in the aisle. most of the time when they get up from their seats, that was the best time to go to the washroom. that way i only had to say sumimasen once.
alas..., the movies shown on the plane was those i've watched b4 i got on the plane.
such as pirates of the caribbean, at world's end. fantastic 4 the rise of the silver surfer, spiderman 3, T_T....
mr. brooks. and some other japanese show.
as it was a 7 pm night flight, i thought it would have been easy for me to get some rest an sleep after one movie.
after watching say hello for me. ( japanese movie about love and childhood and growing up). and the only beer on this trip i drank was on this flight. asahi dry beer. smells like wheat. couldn't finish it. :P
tried to sleep couldn't sleep. but long story short. arrived in tokyo narita airport 12 hours later.
the line in the immigration was alright. they didnt ask me much questions or rather i didnt remembre anything remotely awkward when going through the line.
but upon taking my luggage from the conveyor belt, the officer stopped me and searched my bag. asking me where i came from and what i was doing there.
anyways, after a few mins, i was allowed to go.
first thing i did was to go find the toilet. T_T.
it had new driers. and ultraviolet light to do some stuffs. it was cool.
then bought my first drink from a vending machine that costs about 150yen. as i didnt have any coins, i used my 1000yen note.
mwahahhaa.
then i went to get my suica card for 3500 yen and changed my 7 days JR exchange order for a postdated pass for 17 sept 2007. then i went down the tracks to wait for the NEX. ( narita express)
what hit me was the humidity and the heat... T_T. ( i'll have to find a cooler day to come to tokyo next time)
i was not really sweating profusely but i was very uncomfortable. :D
* pictured here is the tracks for the NEX, got on the train to tokyo station. then from there switched to the yamanote line to reach ueno. (for the record, i think that was the only time i went to the tokyo station. i never went back there after that)
from ueno, i tried to find the directions to the oak hotel.
first mistake. i should haev read the instructions on how to get to the hotel first b4 i started walking.
( i ended up walking here and there and got lost for about 45 mins b4 i swallowed my manly pride and asked for directions.)
partly because i couldn't really speak japanese or wasn't used to speaking it yet.
so then finally i found it after 3 kind souls helped me locate the building where the hotel was at.
the lady was walking the dog. anyways, apart from that, there was SOOOO many ppl.
and so many of them who rode bicycles in ueno were really pretty . lol
checked in. paid the remaining sum of the money. ( i booked with hostelbookers because it was cheaper from there.)
they had their own website. but a little more expensive. ( booking engine was provided by hostelbookers i think)
hotel was a typical hotel. pretty nice for it's facilities. has a small kitchen, laundry, 3 computers a smoking area 3 vending machines, 2 vending machines for pay-tv where u can buy a card for 1000yen and watch AV for 24 hours. lol.
got to my room. oh had to pay 1000yen as a deposit for my keycard.
then showered changed. and walked out to the nearest 7-11 to get something to eat.
bought some food. and some drinks again. went back to the hotel to rest. to get ready for the next day. :Dphotos attached are sorta self explanatory i guess.
finally some photos of the hotel room in oak hotel, tokyo, japan. :D
it was not as small as i thought it would have been. nonetheless it was alright for about £25 a nite. and they had this buy 7 nites free 1 nite. :D
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