Japan Day 5

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Day 5, 15 Nov 2016

Second day in Tokyo and the plan for the day was to visit Govt Metropolitan Building, Meiji Shrine and Harajuku.

Our Airbnb was approximately 10-15 mins walk away from Shibuya station so we began our day with a 10-15 mins exercise hahaha. That's probably the reason why I could accumulate minimally 20k steps daily :O

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Reached Shinjuku station and first thing first, food! Bought sushi/rice rolls from a random shop and the onigri with tamago was good. ^^

Breakfast

Then it was time to navigate and find our way to the Govt Metropolitan Building. This building provides a free view of the Tokyo city and on a good day, we were supposed to be able to see Mt Fuji. But sadly, didn't manage to see it :( 

 Like a skyscrapper~

Trees looking like broccoli hmm

There was also a couple of shops selling souvenirs and soft toys (but overpriced). The views here were pretty good and I would think one can save the money on Tokyo Sky Tree tower? 

Walked around the gardens near to Govt Metropolitan Building and tried to find the Gontrian Cherrier Bakery (it's the exact same shop as Tiong Bahru Bakery in SG) but failed to find it :'( Note: do not just rely solely on the postal code in Japan.


Meiji Shrine

The shrine that is for Empreror Meiji and his Empress. There's a counter for people to get a piece of paper which is kind of supposed to be fortune telling? But if I am not wrong, all the pieces of papers contains the Empress' favourite quotes. Interesting.

There were also so many families dressed up in kimonos there for their photoshoots. So adorable haha.

Making wishes 

Posing with all the barrels of wine, wishing all those were mine (HAHAHA)

So apparently the Empreror likes wine and those empty barrels were what people gave to him hmm. 
 After exploring the shrine, it was time to visit Yoyogi Park nearby! Spotted many pots of flowers (chrysanthemum especially) while leaving Meiji Shrine and also spotted a horse ranch while walking to Yoyogi Park.

                    
Enjoying Gingerbread latte while looking at leaves

If I were a Japanese, I would definitely run in the parks. So pretty with all the autumn foliage and flowers (there were roses!!). But then again, if I were staying there, I will be probably quite fat with all my favourite food haha. Sushi, ramen, matcha anything...

Left Yoyogi Park for Harajuku to hunt for food and to explore the streets. Didn't see much people cosplaying though. :/

Harajuku station

The streets were so bustling. People busking, people shopping etc. Sadly I didn't manage to buy any pretty clothes or accessories during this trip. Nope, didn't end up saving the money because the money was spent on food oops.


                  
Zaku zaku, crepe and Calbee's chips

Zaku Zaku's pastry was a croquant filled with hokkaido milk cream and it was freshly made. Zaku Zaku is linked to BAKE, the shop with amazing cheese tarts yum. Slight regret for not trying their icecream though. 

Well, obviously we didn't end our lunch with one croquant only so time for crepe! Afterall, what is Harajuku without crepes right? And finally a savoury item from Calbee so we could have a balanced diet ;) By balanced, I obviously mean having both sweet and savoury items and not a healthy balanced diet haha. And we also spent a bomb at Calbee buying all the snacks for souvenirs hahaha. 

Next up, Daiso! The variety of items they have is amazing. After shopping, we decided to have food again haha. Tempura time! 

Tempura from Tenya

While this wasn't the most amazing tempura, it was decent for its price. This is definitely one of the cheapest meals we had in Japan. If I didn't remember wrong, the lotus root tempura was good :)

Then we decided to head to Tokyo Station to look for some unique souvenirs... but did not buy any from Tokyo Station in the end -facepalm-

Tokyo Station has to be, hands down, the most confusing station in Tokyo... So many different lines :O But it was fun looking at all the snacks. Japanese does food so well and even their miniature food used for promotion look so delicious :p

Headed back to our Airbnb to rest because Day 6 will be at DisneySEA ^^


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