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| Watching Nodame Cantabile on board the Delta flight. |
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| When in doubt, get the local food option. |
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| This is better than..... |
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| ...this. (Which the dear hubby got) |
Narita Airport seems to be a very very busy airport. Takes the plane about 20mins just to park after landing.
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| Got our Suica + N'EX package here at the Narita's JR station. |
There's 2 types of Narita Airport express train (that i know of) to Tokyo main city area.
1 is the Keisei (http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/) and the other is the Narita Express (http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/index.html). We took the Narita Express since it stops directly at Shinagawa station. They offer a Suica (like our Singapore's EZ link card) + Narita Express (N'EX) package which is much cheaper than getting them separately. We chose the 1 way N'EX ticket option since we will be flying out from Haneda Airport to Sapporo. There's a round trip ticket option available.
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| The Narita Express |
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| Narita station |
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| luggage racks on-board the Narita Express. You hook the cable through your luggage, set a 4 digit pin number of your choice, then twist knob to lock. Remember the number! |
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| Random pics |
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| Food trolley |
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| Cold Tonkatsu (fried pork fillet) sandwiches |
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| My dear bear who always travels with me. |
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| Random pics taken on-board the train |
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| Random pics taken on-board the train |
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| Random pics taken on-board the train |
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| Toilet on-board the Narita Express |
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| Random pics taken on-board the train |
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| Random pics taken on-board the train |
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| The station names displayed on-board Narita Express in Japanese, English, Mandarin & Korean. |
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| Alighted at Shinagawa Station |
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| There's many lockers at almost every station. usually about 300 to 500yen depending on the size of the locker. |
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| 1 of the Ekiben (lunchbox for train trips) shops located inside Shinagawa station. |
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| Ekiben options |
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| And more ekibens... |
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| ..and more... |
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| Shinagawa station |
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| Our room at Takanawa Keikyu Hotel just opposite the Shinagawa Station. |
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| Our Kyoto Shinkansen package (map/train tickets/hotel voucher) ordered from Japanican.com are being delivered directly to our Tokyo hotel. |
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| Whats in the package:) |
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| The view from our room. Note the time. It's only 3:30pm and sky's getting dark. |
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| Tokyo Tower. :) |
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| Many Donburi (rice bowls) and Ramen shops along the exterior of Shinagawa train tracks. |
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| And more... |
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| You order from these vending machines, then take the ticket to the staff to order. |
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| Tori Katsu Don. (Chicken fillet with eggs & onions over rice) |
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| Some of cakes on display at the supermarket |
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| Packed food sold at supermarket. Supermarkets will slash the prices for these about 1hr (or is that half an hour?) before their closing time. |
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| Bic Camera |
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| Many colors and designs for Sony NEX and Olympus PEN series...but none for my Lumix LX5 :( |
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| The Metro |
There's 2 main train systems in Tokyo. The JR and the Metro. The Metro is underground and the JR is ground level.
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| Metro train. |
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| Food at 7-11 convenience store |
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| Tokyo Tower |
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| Tokyo Tower |
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| Tokyo Tower |
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| Some random public car park near Roppongi. 100yen = S$1.60 |
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| Hard Rock at Roppongi |
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| Walking down a Metro station. |
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| McD for supper. |
Hi, i like to check with you your 12 days in Tokyo and Hokkaido. Can you cover most of the place? As i am intending to travel to Hokkaido end of the year, not too sure worth to stop over in Tokyo for a few days.
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