♥I Love Japan♥
Back from my trip of 8 days in Japan, it was super! This is my fifth trip to Japan, but the 1st four was spending a night in Narita town while in transit to US.
I have always loved Japanese food and Japanese snack; so being there in Japan, was like being in ♥gastronomic heaven!♥!
I stayed 5 days in Hachioji (八王子) which is 1hr train ride from Tokyo downtown. We worked hard everyday, so there was no time to sight see. And then when we moved to Ueno (上野), which is in Tokyo downtown for an additional 2 days, we spent most of our time shopping. So most photos taken were food shot!
Breakfast is near the hotel or the office (walking distant from each other).
Breakfast menu : Green tea latte that beats any other latte; Mos burger; fruits (the dried one is persimmon, which is abolutely devine!); Noodles and Rice from Donut King
Lunch is always some where near the office, which normally comes in a set, about RM21 to RM30.
I have mainly fish or tempura. Delicious!
We have more time for dinner so we’ll walk further. Japan really have fantastic fish and seafood menu! One day, we had Sashimi, and even though the fish was sliced up with its head still in tact, its mouth was moving and its eyes were clear and silvery staring at us. It was difficult, but I still stomached one slice of that sashimi. Blech. I also discovered Sawa (サワー), Japanese cocktail. Love it, especially the one with melon syrup!
Try spotting the fish with its silver eyes, staring back at you.
The best meal we had was the king crab meal. It was expensive (but not as expensive as my crab meal in Shanghai); we took 2 sets and shared it among the four of us.
Boiled crab, crab roe (so delicious!), crab sashimi, BBQ crab (at your table). Delicious! 美味ã—ã„! Oishi!
The cheapest meal we had was a ‘fast food’ restaurant, where food is ordered through a coupon vending machine, coupon is then passed to the chef, and your selected meal will be served to you in a minute or two. No seats! Stand while you eat. But, quite Delicious! And then there was the RM30 green tea crème brûlée that I have which was oh-so-heavenly.
My RM12 Tenzaru soba; the coupon vending machine; the box that held my RM30 green tea crème brûlée; the box came with 2 small pack of ice to keep the crème brûlée fresh.
On our last day, while walking to lunch and realised there was actually a temple and a shrine just at the back of the office.
Some nice scenary around the office
We stayed in Hotel Park Side in Ueno (上野) on our last 2 nights. It was near to Ameyokocho, a shopping street for snacks, seafood and apparels.
Seafood in Ameyokocho, the last picture are Bonito pieces. You shave it, and you get bonito flakes!
♥Japanese culture♥
People are so polite there. They took the time to explain the menu to us with their limited English; they offered us help when we looked lost; they queue up in train station and wait for their turns; they seem to always have time for us when they are so busy! This is so different from the Shanghainese.
Our Japanese colleagues threw us a dinner party, and forked out their own money to pay for the party. We told them we were on expense and they should let us settle the bill, but we were told this is their way they show their hospitality.
In almost every toilet in Japan, you get this toilet seat with gadget! To be discreet, you can play a ‘flushing sound’ for 10seconds while you do your business. Your seat is warmed, and you get bidet, and a spray. One of the toilet we went to, even have blower to dry the royal a** after you are done! My bottom never remain so clean before!!
Toilet seat control panel
And just before I left, I got this!
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Snow covered Tokyo! (and imagine dragging a heavy suitcase, notebook bag, handbag, 2 other hand luggages with all the shopping 1Km in this weather to the station!)
Japan, I really love it there!
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♥Happy Chinese New Year to all who celebrates! 新年快乐!♥
WOW.. you really eat a lot!!!
the king crab is superb, when you try the one in jogoya ,it is sucks!!!
now you know why i love japan so much!! ahhahaha
I wanna go to Japan!!! Please, take me with you!! Set me free! Let me bite everything at least once! Ooooo, so pretty, so nice, so yummy, so neat! And all that snow!!!
*must go to Japan*
*must go to Japan*
*must go to Japan*
*must a go go go*
LOL! the “discreet machine” is so amusing! definitely gastronomical by the looks of all that food you ate. RM25-30, is that the average for a meal? quite expensive ler… but if it’s good, then it’s worth it.
*echoes LB*
*must go to Japan*
*must go to Japan*
nice travel and food post…love it!
hey xin nian kuai le..wan xi ru yi…HAPPY NEW YEAR!
it is a great combination of healthy and nice food…
Gong Xi Gong Xi to you !!!!
wow..that a nice and busy trip. I love Japan too. Haven been there but really plan to go there some day.
oh my god!! look at those glorious food! I simply love jap food!! Reminds me of my japan trip last year… and somehow their fruits all look so pretty! u hardly find dented or rotten fruits on display.
wow so syiok…..now when is my biz trip coming..hmmm…looks like a makan trip for u hehe
gong xi fa chai
Looks like you had many feasts in Japan. Even the photos look delicious. The last photo is so nice…I’m partial to snow so I love it when everything turns white. Happy Chinese New Year to you and family.
Gong Hei Fatt Choy to you and yours.. ! and yes.. i love Japan too. 🙂 But hor.. the traffic is really bad lor.. 🙁
Gong Xi Fatt Cai!
8 days business trip in Japan?? wow!
love the food… love the people and yeah, reminds me back of the toilet seat too- how amusing reading your post!
sounds like a great trip… and good that you came back just in time to celebrate CNY. Gong Xi Fa Cai!
*must go back to Japan*
*must go back to Japan*
NICE Trip! I love your posts on travel. It makes me feel like I’m there too 🙂
Happy CNY!
so fun so fun so much fun!! there’s even snow! 😀 i always thought things in japan would costs a fortune but it’s alright hey?
gong hey fatt choy!
food … yummy. i love ramen and udon.
Gung hei fat choy! …yeah…after all that food, it’s definitely ‘fat’ choy! LOL
Pssst! Their toilet with all those gadgets that whistles & sings, can fit a sumo wrestler ah?
Glad you enjoyed your trip. Wow all the good food there. So where are pics of the things you bought back?
I would get REALLY big and FAT if I lived in Japan! YUMMY!!
Business trips are great sometimes…when you travel to expensive places and not have to foot so much. Japan is great! I wish to go there sometime too.
I’ve never been to Japan before but I couldn’t take my eyes off that picture of the sashimi! Wowwwwww…
apart from the hard work at japan, looks like you all had fun too! and the food??? amazing!
wah syiok! i love japan also by looking at the pics only!
with those food, hard to keep slim in Japan hor..hehe….wish u a very happy new year, Agnes :p
hey, hope i’m not too late to wish you Kung Hei Fatt Choi!
Not everyone could afford a trip to Japan simply bcoz of the high std of living there….everythg is expensive…so u r indeed very very lucky lor…yeah hard work but also holidaying at the sametime ma!!
And i just love reading yr travel post….so travel more & share with us lar, hahaha
waaaaaaaaaaaah .. nice nice food 🙂
oooo i’m so tempted to goo……April?? cherry blossom???
Don’t you just everything in Japan? All the healthy and less oily food. What’s more? Snow!
Don’t we all love Japan? It’s like everything that’s Japanese must be good, cool, safe and clean!
so so delicious!!
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