Today, we went to Osakako to visit the Osaka Aquarium in Osaka Bay area.

It was amazing.

But unfortunately, it was raining as soon as the subway approached the Bay area. We bought umbrellas at Lawsons (a popular convenience store in Japan).

We ate lunch at the restaurant on the second floor called “Harbour View”. I had the “special curry hamburger ( Read more... )

On Day 3 of the trip, we went to Osaka Castle.

At first I was apprehensive about using the subway since there is no subway line in my home city. But I was worried about nothing. The subway system in Osaka is pretty easy to use since everything is colour coded and labeled in English. Even the announcer on the subway carriages spoke in both languages ( Read more... )

It’s Day 2 of my Japan trip!!

I slept from 12:40am to about 5am. I had such a peaceful slumber. Nice and air-conditioned. :) After 9am I went to the hotel desk lobby and asked where to find the closest visitor’s centre which is only right outside of the hotel in the subway station by the escalator. I got great maps of the area and the lady at the ( Read more... )

My oldest sister and her husband picked me up at 5:30am and we arrived at the airport around 10am. The only parking available was really far from the main entrance of the train to the airport. The train cabins were spacious and the ride to the airport only lasted for about 5 minutes.

The airport was huge, really busy, and extremely confusing. We ( Read more... )

It's quarter past 4 this early Monday morning and I'm waiting for my siblings to pick me up from my house to go to the airport.

The internet connection at the hotel is so expensive, charging about 10 dollars CDN per day to use. I bought myself an International phone card already so I highly doubt I'll be using the internet at the hotel.

My ( Read more... )

oh, the day is just ticking away...

i am 95% packed and just need to recharge my cellphone, camera, ipod video, & j3 mp3 player.

i was going through the week plans today and tokyo is going to be jam packed with things to do in just 3 days.

ouch... we may have to do some really fast shopping in shibuya and harajuku. i still want to see the ( Read more... )

I have started packing and now I think my luggage is too heavy.

I emptied out the contents and the empty luggage feels kind of heavy. My brother-in-law will be bringing over his scale at home tomorrow so I can weigh it. The maximum without penalty is 50-60 pounds on the airlines. I will be using a smaller luggage as well just to relieve some ( Read more... )

Okay, it's official.

I'm doing a countdown till the day I leave for Japan.

I'm so pumped and excited, yet at the same time, I'm so freaking out. I don't feel prepared at all though I think I am.

Three more days, baby!

(...oh yeah...)

Wow! Just 4 days away till I go on my big trip!

I'm so excited. I can't wait.

My mind is already on vacation. At least, that's what I've been telling my co-workers. hee hee

(... counting down ...)

Wow, I can't wait...

Just one more week at work and then I go off to Japan for two weeks with my siblings.

I don't feel really prepared but I tried to read up on the subway system and places to go. I know we will definitely get lost, but I suppose that's the fun part of the vacation. :p

I bought a very good book that lists out all the subway lines in ( Read more... )