Journey to Mt Fuji

Journey to Mt Fuji

Back to blogging about Japan. We were all signed up with Grey Line Tours for the Mt Fuji and Hakone day tour. So bright and early at about 7am we were at the lobby of…

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Best Ramen Ever!

Best Ramen Ever!

We spent the rest of the evening shopping at Harajuku… and moving on to Shibuya. I don’t take much photos while shopping so the above shot is about all I have.  Other than clothes, gloves,…

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Meiji Shrine

Meiji Shrine

Meiji Shrine 明治神宮 is dedicated to the spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife Empress Shoken. Emperor Meji abolished old Japan feudalism and established the new democratic Japan. He also changed the moved from Kyoto to…

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Tokyo Shrines

Tokyo Shrines

All of my previous trips to Tokyo always included a visit to Asakusa Shrine 浅草神社.  In fact I love the Asakusa 浅草 area and all the rich history and culture embroiled in the little streets. It’ll be really…

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Harajuku

Harajuku

Here we all are… heading to Harajuku 原宿 . Street fashion capital in Tokyo. We were all geared up for a day of shopping and so not much pictures were taken at Harajuku itself! Most of the…

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Getting Ready

Getting Ready

One of the funs with traveling with a bunch of close gal pals vs traveling with family or work or mix gender groups is that you can get prepped up and ready all together in…

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Pub Food

Pub Food

After Disneysea, we headed back to Ikebukuro and passed this cute little pub so we decided to be adventurous and pop by to try it out! The pub atmosphere was really relaxed and chilled out.…

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Disneysea Part 2

Disneysea Part 2

I’ve been meaning to finish up on my Disneysea post but my weekend was too crazily packed!  Sorry for the delay! At Port Discovery, the focus is on futuristic technology. We took the Storm Rider…

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Disneysea

Disneysea

Disneysea was one of our must-go stops in our tight itinerary. I’ve been there with my family previously but none of the other girls have gone to Japan’s Disneysea so off we go! We were…

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Akihabara

Akihabara

We left early to go to Akihabara – the electronic district, cause our dear Clara forgot to bring her camera charger and wanted to buy a new camera. We spent a long time shopping and…

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