been delaying it
cos I know it's gonna
be tiring.
I won't upload photos here,
you can head over to facebook
and see them.
Had alot of trouble
having to pick out 60 photos
for each album out of the
TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN
photos we took.
So day 1 in Japan.
We landed and went outside
to wait for our bus.
Everyone was so excited
about the vending machines,
got so many things haha.
So we boarded the bus,
about a 1 hour bus ride
to Nishinomiya.
Aunty Norizah and Uncle Bruno picked us up
from the bus bay.
Their cars are so nice!
Both sporty cars =D
So we went to their house to
drop the luggage.
Then we went to an Udon shop
near their house for lunch.
I had tempura Udon!
After lunch we went sightseeing.
Walked quite alot.
Went to the Sake museum,
saw how they made sake last time.
And as a gift we each
got a bottle of sake.
(We told the person everyone was a university student except for Mathew, so I got my bottle too ;D)
Then we went to the sake shop,
so everyone bought sake.
We started walking back home.
Walked through a big temple/shrine
as a shortcut.
Just so happened that it was a day
where the 3, 5 and 7 year old kids
went to the temple to get blessings.
So they were all dressed up,
all so cute,
they were kimono's
and there were stalls like a funfair
in the grounds.
For dinner we went to a
chicken yakitori place.
Was damn good!
Ate alot,
and drank.
The sake was damn strong,
felt lightheaded as we were
walking back after dinner.
The 2nd day.
It was raining,
hate the rain,
made things cold and wet...
We went to kyoto.
Just walked around,
there were small shops,
quite nice haha.
Went to some small restaurent
for lunch,
it was in an alley.
The food pretty good.
Then we started walking again,
up some hill,
supposedly to see a big temple.
Stopped somewhere halfway up
to have dessert.
It was a mochi shop.
It started raining so heavily
that we didn't want to continue.
Instead we left the area
and went to some big shopping centre
to shop.
Unfortunately,
most of the shops sold
foreign and expensive brands...
Nobody bought anything lol.
For dinner we went to
a supermarket!!
Haha we bought our dinner
at the supermarket,
so cool,
never done that before.
Bought their already
cooked food,
like the pork cutlet and stuff.
Their potato krokae is damn good.
We were off to kinosaki
on our third day.
Packed our bags for 2 nights,
we were going to the hot springs =D
2 hour + train ride to kinosaki,
played games on my phone
and listened to music.
Their trains have toilets,
unlike our MRT.
The place was really nice,
our rooms had no beds!
It's more like just one room.
In the daytime there would be
a table in the middle,
and when we went for dinner,
the cleaners would come in
and push the table to one side
and unroll the mattress.
We had to change into our yukatas,
it's like a bath robe haha.
We would be wearing those
for as long as we stayed there.
No need for our normal clothes.
Didn't really know what
to expect about the
japanese baths.
Have to go naked one leh!
You only have one small towel
which you use to clean yourself.
Luckily guys are not so shy,
and hey,
everyone's doing it,
it's normal.
Never felt so clean in my life,
you can go to the baths
as many times as you like.
So we go as often as we can.
You just can't spend too long
in the water.
You'll get cooked.
Our dinner was huge!
It came as a package when we booked.
The dinner for our first night
revolved around CRAB.
I swear I've eaten enough
crab to last me a year.
We EACH had
THREE big crabs at least.
Love the pictures we took.
It shows our position
as the dinner progressed.
At the start,
everyone sit so nicely,
legs crossed and the
outer coat was still on.
As we continued,
nobody cared anymore,
legs stretched out
and we took off the outer layer haha.
The sake made everyone
feel hot I think.
We ate for quite
a long time.
The service and decoration
for our dinner was fantastic.
The menu was handwritten!
For each of us,
that means 10 menus.
When the person serving us
was explaining the menu,
she said a bad thing HAHA.
Kani means crab,
and nabei means pot.
So kaninabei naturally means
crab in a pot!!
We laughed so much over this.
Then we went out after dinner.
Went to walk in the town,
but it was RAINING!
We each took an umbrella
and took the hotel bus to the town.
It was quite fun to walk
in the slipper,
it's like on a platform.
So we got off the bus,
and started walking.
Most of the shops
were closed.
Then it started raining
even heavier!
It was getting cold,
sooo...
When the bus turned around,
we flagged it down again! Haha.
8 minutes after we got off,
we were on our way back =D
What a joke lol.
Went back,
took a bath again and slept.
FOURTH DAY! (I'm getting bored typing...)
Went to see the caves and cranes,
go to facebook and see them.
Best part was LUNCH!
Went to the soba town.
They serve soba on small plates.
And the waitress brought
all the small plates to us
on 2 big trays.
Each person was to have
5 plates.
Damn shiok!
50 plates altogether,
I think we could have
managed 50 more ;D
We had a choice of
cracking a raw egg
into the sauce.
It really changes the taste.
Then we went and walked
around in that town.
Ate ice cream!
Had soba ice cream,
the taste was quite good.
Then we went to
some place up a mountain
where you could see a tombolo.
Did alot of funny stuff,
pictures tell the story,
click on the link to facebook
day 4 =D
Went back to the hotel
at about 5+.
Went around kinosaki
and visited the different baths.
We just walked around in our yukatas!
So cool la,
walking around in a bath robe.
(it's the norm)
Our dinner was another
big affair.
No crab today,
had enough of it.
Had all kinds of things,
could hardly finish everything.
The beef was so good!
It melts in your mouth.
They served some salad in a persimmon.
I don't think we were supposed to
eat the persimmon itself
as it was sort of the bowl.
But we ate it!
It was so sweet and juicy,
I bet the waitress got a shock haha.
Hey at least we didn't waste anything ;D
Fifth day onwards.
Not much happened,
we departed from kinosaki
back to aunty norizah's house.
Just went around the neighbourhood
and took the train to nearby places
to go shopping.
Nothing much to say about it haha.
So this the end of
my japan post.
If you read the whole thing,
tag,
I want to know who you are hahaha.
Sry if I bore you
and sry that there are no pics,
go facebook and see!
Lazy to upload here.
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