Uninspiring

So I went to Japan a l’il more than a week after I came back to Hong Kong hehehe… Stayed for seventeen days from the 11th to the 28th of Feb. My flight was in the morning which is totally not cool but I keep telling myself I’m going to Japan to see Chuck so a little bit of sacrifice is well worth it (not really but I really did try to believe it :P).

Moving on…

The plane landed half an hour early, oh and I’ve got to say Japan airlines food is pretty good considering most of the time I eat airplane food I feel like puking (five star chef my ass), anyway I got through immigration and baggage claim quite quickly and since my sweet boy has a problem of coming in early to the airport, I had to wait a bit like a lost kid before I heard Jason’s voice saying "do you think the plane has landed yet?" and Chuck replying "I dunno" without realizing that I’ve been calling his name like three times… -_-

I manage to catch up with Jason for a couple of days, we went to Hard Rock and Tony Roma’s in Tokyo, all the while hunting down some sponge like thingy that’s suppose to be some kind of hair removal apparatus (for his sister), I actually found it after Jason left and tried it but of course it didn’t work. The next day we went to Disney Sea, we didn’t go to Disneyland cause it’s pretty much the same everywhere. We ate dinner at Minatomirai then went to Donki so Jason can get cheap snacks and booze to bring back (never use credit card in those places just fyi).

I realize that I did a whole lot more this time around compared to the last time I came to Japan. The new places I visited while I was there were Studio Ghibli museum, Kita-Kamakura (to see temples) oh and I went up the Landmark Tower. I even visited Osaka for two days to see my aunt and cousin, who I haven’t seen for over a decade.

Studio Ghibli museum is so worth the visit, if you’re a fan of films like Laputa (Castle in the Sky), Totoro and all that. Getting tickets is a bit complicated since you need to book in advance or go to the Travel Bureau near Mitaka station on the day you visit since they don’t sell tickets at the museum itself. But once you’re in the place is so pretty that you just don’t give a crap about the other stuff. Unfortunately you can’t take pictures inside the museum but you can go up to the roof where they have a life size replica of the robot in Laputa, which is totally awesome and near the entrance there’s also a life-size Totoro doll The architecture and interior in that place is crazy cool, you feel like you’re in one of their films, the windows and doors that leads outside are stain glass with characters from all the movies that have been released, the walls even have paintings of creatures and windows with a view that are so good you have to look twice before you realize it’s fake. Of course I had to buy souvenirs, and I ended buying a doll, 3-D postcards, a T-shirt and a paper-weight of the Laputa robot’s head plus some other little knick-knacks.

I took the Shinkansen (bullet train) to Osaka the weekend after the start of Chinese New Year cos we had to have dinner with Chuck’s parents, the weather’s crap and there were no available rooms in Osaka that week hehehe.. We arrived in Osaka at 12:30 and went straight to Universal Studios. The line was all packed so we only got to go on the Back to the Future ride, so a preview of the musical Wicked and see one of the 4-D films, plus we took a bunch of pictures. We then went tothe Takoyaki museum before we went to the hotel. The next day we went to the Aquarium and met my cousin and my aunt for lunch. It was a pretty nice trip, the only thing I hate is the lack of western toilets (hate squatters)

Back in Yokohama… we arrived late at night. Went to Kita-Kamakura to see temples and the like… We visited two big temples. And both were quite spectacular, nestled underneath hills. The weather was quite nice but we went a bit late so after the second temple most of the places were closed, we wanted to go to Kamakura to the Big Buddha statue there but as Jason said "you have a bigger one in Hong Kong".

It was a really nice trip but since I’m a lazy bum I can’t be bothered writing about every single thing, so with that said I’m gonna end this post and go deal with the people at the Smart ID centre.