Sadly though, the bus never made it to the hotel so our tour guide made changes to the itinery. Instead of the city tour we went to Tokyo Disneyland (which was supposed to be the third day).
In addition to no bus ride there, we ended up taking public bus to Tokyo Disneyland. It was interesting because the staff who worked at the station (which happened to be at Narita Airport itself) were amused with us "foreigners".
Arrived at Tokyo Disneyland and was greeted at the gates by Donald, Mickey, Minnie and Chip and Dale (Sorry no pictures. Couldn't grab a hold of them). Proceeded to walk around and found so many merchandise and gifts. Unfortunately, they were a tad too pricey for my pockets. Though in Japanese Yen it looked little, in ringgit it wasn't. So we told ourselves not to convert so much but really, I couldn't not do it the whole time.
Managed to watch a typical Disney parade and took pictures of almost all the characters except Cinderella. Too bad.
After all the fuss, we left to the city once again and arrived at Shinjuku. Night life of Tokyo. Kind of like Bukit Bintang. We had our dinner there in a Chinese restaurant (?) and walked around a bit but honestly there weren't much to see.
So far what we really did was looked at the people on the streets. Most were young people and they were dressed like we would on an outing to the clubs/ pubs (Sorry no pictures).
Headed to hotel after that. We stayed in a nice hotel called Tokyo Dome. Impressive. Large lobby all bright and shiny with man made fountains and mini waterfalls. One of the skyliners in the city.
Did not feel well that night so went to bed early. Daz and mum went for supper with some of the other tour mates. They had ramen. The cute thing about their ramen restaurant was that, customers had to make their orders through a "vending machine" and coupons will be issued. Shortly after the customers have taken their seats, the hot bowl of noodles will be served.
Featured here is the Japanese washlet. Modified toilet to me. I am not sure about other countries but bidets here in Japan seemed more advanced - it's digital. The buttons looked like my house's washing machine interface. During the trip, we also experienced washlets with heated toilets seats. Nice. Warm and fuzzy in the mornings (lol!).
Interesting. Next post will be more interesting. My brother Daz found the "thing" that he had been dreaming of getting prior to our arrival to Japan. Stay tuned.Like to know more:
Tokyo Dome @ http://www.tokyodome-hotels.co.jp/e/index.html
Tokyo Disneyland @ http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/index_e.html
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