[samtcy] Consolidated 2 Japan trips (Kansai + One Piece exhibition + Tokyo + Nagano)

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477) The building on the left (where you can see a path leading up to it) is the main monkey park building where there's a small enclosed room for you to take a break, a small counter selling souvenirs, toilets, some coin lockers, and also the office where you pay your admission fees.

 

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478) After leaving the snow monkey park, we took a bus to Shibu onsen, where we will be staying for the night at a ryokan


479) Exterior of the ryokan we stayed for the night.


480) Room, with a Kotatsu table.


481) Dinner at this Ramen shop


482) Inside

 

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Trip 2 (Dec 2012) Day 11: Yudanaka to Tokyo
Left Yudanaka to head back to Tokyo on this day.
Since we had time, so we went to Nakano Broadway and NamjaTown in Ikebukuro

487) Waiting to take the bus from Shibu onsen to Yudanaka train station.


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490) Tried to make a snowman while waiting for the bus...but couldn't find anything to make its eyes and mouth...so it's just 2 snowballs. Haha.

 

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491) After taking a 10mins bus ride to Yudanaka station, then take a 45mins train ride to Nagano, then transfer to about 2hrs of Shinkansen ride, we finally arrived at Tokyo. Went to the hotel to deposit our bags, then we headed for Nakano Broadway (5mins walk from Nakano station).


492) Walking along this shopping street opposite Nakano station and it will lead us to Nakano Broadway.


493) Nakano Broadway


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506) Ikebukuro


507) Saw One Piece posters again.


508) While walking in an underpass, we saw Chopper and a One Piece event poster. So we decided to enter the building behind the poster, and lo and behold! There's a One Piece roadshow event going on and Mayumi Tanaka-san (Luffy's seiyuu-voice artiste) and Kappei Yamaguchi-san (Usopp's seiyuu) hosting the event!


509) Too bad no photos were allowed during the event. Could only take photos after they left the stage.

 

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510) Mayumi Tanaka (Seiyuu for the character Monkey D Luffy in One Piece, Kuririn in Dragonball)


511) Kappei Yamaguchi (Seiyuu for the character Usopp in One Piece, InuYasha in InuYasha, Ranma in Ranma 1/2)


512) Mayumi Tanaka-san signed on this.


513) Kappei Yamaguchi-san signed on this.


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520) NamjaTown (indoor themepark mainly selling ice-creams and gyozas) which I understand have already closed down and under renovation to be re-opened as an indoor themepark for Naruto, DragonBall and One Piece in Summer 2013!!!!!!


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528) One Piece roadshow section in NamjaTown up till Jan 2013 I think, before they closed NamjaTown.


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533) Drinks coasters


534) One Piece neoprint machine.

 

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541) Pig shaped gyoza


542) Gyoza in the shape of Luffy's gear third hand. haha.


543) Sanji


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545) Ice Cream


546) Mine! Penguin Ice Cream


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549) Our room for the night, at Keikyu EX Inn Shinagawa for 10,000yen for 1 night.

 

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what camera are you using ?

 

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what camera are you using ?

For the first trip (Sep 2012) on this thread, I used Nikon D90.
For the 2nd trip (Dec 2012) I used a mix of Nikon D700 and D90 since me and husband sometimes switch cameras during that trip.

 

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Trip 2 (Dec 2012) Day 12: Tokyo to Singapore

Last day of Trip 6. Nothing much happened on this day since we had to catch our flight in the afternoon.

Woke up and was surprised to be able to see Mt Fuji from our hotel room window since we were staying at a high level.

Before heading for the airport, we went to Kani Douraku (a king crab speciality restaurant) near Shinjuku station to crab an earlier lunch at 1130am.

Since we had to transit at Hong Kong (we took Cathay Pacific) so we cleared the Hong Kong immigration just because the hubby wanted to eat dessert at Hui Lau Shan dessert shop at the arrival hall of the airport. It was funny trying to explain to the immigration officer that we are just planning to be in Hong Kong for just 1 hour to eat dessert when he asked us how long we were planning to be in Hong Kong.

550) View from our room window. Can you spot Mt Fuji? (in the red box)


551) Lunch at Kani Douraku


552) Our table


553) Kani Karaage (Fried Crab), Kani Tempura (Tempura Crab), Kani Koroke (Crab cream croquettes)


554) I love their Kani Karaage!