My Story Of Chuo Ward

Kalau kedudukan Chiyoda ditengah Tokyo, Chuo pula di belah bawah kanan adjacent to Chiyoda. Antara major distric di Chuo is Nihonbashi, Kayabachō, Ginza, Tsukiji, Hatchōbori, Shinkawa, Tsukishima, Kachidoki, Tsukuda. Yang famous di ward ni i believe is Ginza, Tokyo's most expensive shopping district, housing large stores such as Matsuya, Matsuzakaya, Mitsukoshi, Wako, and Printemps, as well as the famous Kabukiza theater.

Dekat sinin juga letaknya Tsukiji Fish Market, famous for those yang nak makan fresh sushi & nengok tuna giant. Kalau tak silap there is a plan for this market relocation.. huhu. Selain tu, Hamarikyu Garden juga terletak disinin.

Hotel? banyak hotel dekat area Nihombashi. It is quite cheap duduk area ni tapi tak happening sangat. Nihombashi ni actually tak jauh pun dari Tokyo Station, especially kalau dekat Nihombashi Station area. Last time kitaorang duduk area Nihombashi ni somewhere dekat Suitegumae Station sebab dekat dengan Tokyo City Air Terminal (TCAT). Kalau pun sampai tengah malam, boleh jalan kaki terus ke hotel.

My Story Of Chiyoda Ward

Antara 23 special wards of Tokyo, Chiyoda nilah yang paling centre dan paling kurang padat due to kata si wiki Imperial Palace, Hibiya Park, National Museum of Modern Art, and Yasukuni Shrine take up approximately 22% of the total area. Many government institutions, such as the National Diet, Prime Minister's Official Residence, and Supreme Court juga terletak di sini.

Atas Chiyoda is Bunkyo ward, famous for Tokyo Dome, atas belah kanan is Taito ward famous for Asakusa & Ueno, atas belah kiri is Shinjuku ward famous for Tokyo Metropolitan Building while bawah kiri is Minato ward famous for Roppongi & odaiba dan bawah kanan pula is Chuo ward, yang femes dengan Ginza & Tsukiji.

A must visit? yes! Kemari la kalau nak nengok Tokyo Station, the busiest station in Japan in terms of number of trains per day kata si wiki. Station ni arkiteknya memang cantik. Masa September 2012 kitaorang g, masih tengah renovation lagi dan kononnya siap pada 1 Oktober tahun yang sama. Dari station ni boleh la kome jalan kaki merata sampai ke garden diraja Imperial Palace or sampai ke Hibiya Park. Ready je la tenaga sebab boleh tahan jauh la juga. It is also crazy sebab kome boleh naik train dari beberapa station yang link together dengan Tokyo Station like Otemachi St, Nijubashi-mae St, Yurakucho St, Hibiya St, Giza St dan Higashi Ginza St. Crazy, isnt it?!

Hotel area ni? Hmm.. not recommended sebab tak happening & most of the hotel yekla hotel mahal oke. So, tak yah. G cari tempat lain je.

My Story Of Taito Ward

Ok. Tak pemes kan Taito ni. Aku pun blur. Yang paling sinonim dengan Taito ni yekla district Asakusa dan Ueno la op kos. Selain 2 ni ada 3 lagi district which is Ameyoko, Yanaka dan Asakusabashi. Taito ni famous for temple & shrines, parks, musem dan juga zoo.

Antara shrine yang famous is Sensoji & Kaminarimon di Asakusa. Dekat area ni lah letaknya famous souvenir shopping street, Nakamise Dori. Antara tempat yang aku rekemen kalau kome nak cari hotel, duk la area Asakusa. Kalau nak shopping sampai muntah, disinilah tempatnya. Hari hujan pun tadak hal sebab ada covered shooping area called Shin Nakamise shoppping mall sepanjang 380m. Di sini juga terletakya oldest theme park di Tokyo that has operated since 1853, Hanaysihki! Kalau sorang kawan aku tu, tempat pevret dia Don Quijote, aka Donki. Macam-macam ada dan buka 24 jam oke!

Ueno pun a must visit juga. Kepada peminat Hard Rock Cafe, disinilah tempatnya. Selain tu attraction lain juga seperti Ueno Park, zoo dan Ameyayokocho street market. Kalau nak cari kebab halal, ada deme jual dekat Ameya yokocho ni.

My Story Of Showa Kinen Park

So apa matcaam? cantik kan? Ok some of these pict yang ni bukan gambar ahkak tapi masa kitaorang pegi tu lebih kurang macam ni la jugak. Showa Commemorative National Government Park as nama penuh eh, is a national government park in Akishima and Tachikawa, Tokyo. Nama je Tokyo, boleh tahan jauh la jugak naik train... ahaks! Kalau dari Asakusa kemari, dalam 50++ km la naik keta.

Camana nak kemari? Station terdekat yeklah JR Nishii-Tachikawa line Ome. Dari sini ble jalan kaki ke dalam & masuk through gate Nishii Tachikawa. Ada 3 entrance which membayangkan how big the area is. 3 gate yektu Niishi Tachikawa, Tachikawa & Sunagawa. I advise kalau nak balik, keluar ikut Tachikawa Gate & ble naik tren dari sini. Kat stesen ni ada shopping area.. ada Isetan etc Actually at three gates dekat dengan tren station, cumanya yang paling dekat is Nishii Tachikawa gate.  This is the map of the park, boleh rujuk website depa. Google jek, kompom jumpa.

Cantik memang la cantik tapi sila bayar ye kalau nak masuk. 410 yen adult & 80 yen budak 6 tahun ke atas & 210 yen senior citizen. Kalau masuk dalam group of more then 20 orang (age more then 6), lebih murah which is 290 yen adult & 850 yen budak 6 tahun ke atas & still 210 yen senior citizen. Kalau nak drive kemari, ada 2 ribu kot parking & yang paling banyak dekat Tachikawa Gate @1775 normal car. Ni tak kira bus & motor lagi kay.. semua ada.

Apa yang ada kat sinin? op kos la view! Antara yang aku suka is gingko tree right before Tachikawa Gate, yang ni lawa time autumn. Kat dalam park ni ada Cherry Blossom, kalau datang tem spring boleh la Hanami. Ada juga swimming pool oke to enjoy esp summer. Janganla kata kome tak tergoda.

Berapa lama nak kena spent kemari? maybe half day or full day la kot. Half day pun actually dah memadai tapi kalau nak lawat the whole park, kena spend 1 day la juga considering perjalanan dari Tokyo kemari pun dah berapa minit kan.

Kat sinin juga katanya ada mist forest, cua google.. santik ke tak..

Best time to enjoy? Of kos la samada Spring atau Autumn.

My Story Of : I Finally Met Ultramen!!

15 November 2014 it is, the date that I finally met him... hahaha

Si Hannah yang x kenal otromen pun boleh terlibat sama... ahakas

Ok, actually kebetulan time ni ada otomen. Tak berapa sure this is temporary statue or permenant. Kalau tak silap this one is for Winter Illumination of Tokyo Dome. There was Ultramen town previously, where pejabat produksi Otromen situated tapi nowdays da takde kot sebab the production moved somewhere else. From what I read, meriah la juga otromen town tu.

Ok, did I watch Ultramen? really? actually no. To be frank, i dont even know them! I am a girl oke!! I just love statues, thats why ;p

My Story Of Shibuya Ward

23 Special wards of Tokyo, Shibuya adalah salah satu daripadanya. Kalau ke Tokyo, tak boleh tidak mesti kena datang sini. Apakah yang spesel pasal Shibuya ni?

Shibuya ni sebenarnya terdiri daripada beberapa district. Kata si wiki Shibuya includes many well-known commercial and residential districts such as Daikanyama, Ebisu, Harajuku, Hiroo, Higashi, Omotesandō, Sendagaya, and Yoyogi. Antara tarikan di sini contohnya garden, famous area& building. Antara garden yang famous Shinjuku Garden or gyoen (half of it, half belong to shinjuku), former Imperial gardens now open to the public as a park dan Yoyogi Park. Famous area pula seperti Takeshita Street dan Harajuku, Omotesando, Meiji Shrine. Paling femes of kos la Takeshita Street, Harajuku apart from Omotesando elite shopping area. Ini aku yang cakap la.. ahaks

My Story Of Shinjuku Ward

Shibuya Shinjuku Shibuya Shinjuku... kompius x? Ahaks

Kalau nengok map, dua2 wards ni bersebelahan je pun. Shinjuku ni menurut si wiki is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration centre for the government of Tokyo. Shinjuku is surrounded by Chiyoda to the east; Bunkyo and Toshima to the north; Nakano to the west, and Shibuya and Minato to the south. Shinjuku terdiri dari East Shinjuku, Nishi Shinjuku, Ochiai, Okubu, Totsuka, Ushigome dan Yotsuya.

Antara yang femes kalau kesini bagi aku op kos la Tokyo Metropolitan Observation Tower dekat Niishi Shinjuku. Di bangunan ni la terletaknya pusat pentadbiran of the government of the Tokyo Metropolis. Tokyo Metropolitan Observation Tower ni free je.

Selain tu, kat shinjuku ni bole dapat makan halal somewhere dekat Shin Okubo yang lebih dikenali sebagai Korean Town. Masa aku g tu takde la pula Kpop sangat aku nampak.. ahaks! Kalau nak solat, di Shin Okubo ni ada mushollah beralamat di 2-10 Hyakunincho, Shinjukuku. 

Shinjuku juga famous dengan famous bar area like Golden Gai, Kabukicho, which of kos la i am not interested at kan.Bagi aku main attraction di Shinjuku cuma Tokyo Metropolitan Observation Tower jelah kot.

My Story Of Khaosan World Asakusa Hotel

Kalau sebelum ni kami duduk di proper hotel, kali ni saja duk hostel sebab tengok iklan macam menarik. Hostel ni cater more untuk backpackers tapi ada jugak bilik2 double room dengan private bathroom & external jakuzi macam this one yang kitaorang duduk ni. Beralamat di 3-15-1 NishiAsakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo. Masa before nak pergi tu jenuh nak google emel adress hostel  ni, tak perasan kat website depa ada buh the address at world@khaosan-tokyo.com

Antara sebab aku memlilih duk sini yeklah sebab the price boleh dikatakan agak murah compare, dalam 16800 yen untuk dua malam. Kalau convert duit mesia around RM270 semalam. Kalau kat Tokyo itu dah kira murah yer! Kalau kat mesia ko dah boleh duk hotel berstar2 dah dengan duit banyak itu.Selain tu, tengok lam gambar bilik2 dia cam menarik giler. So, we gave it a try.

Pneumatic Tube oke!

Only a fireplace, no tv, no refrigerator or kettle

Depan hostel

View dari verandah luar

Jakuzi luar bilik & meja tempat melepak

All the rooms!

If you ask me next time nak tak duduk sini lagi? Considering duk diam2 bertapa dalam bilik hotel bukanlah tujuan kami bercuti so, yes, aku sudi duduk sini lagi. Main reason sebab hostel ni di area Asakusa. Walaupun kedai-kedai tutup seawal jam 6.30 tapi ada jugak yang buka 24 jam di sini contohnya kedai Don Quijote or orang panggil Donki. A supermarket yang ada jual macam2 dari barang makan sampaila ke souvinier, tapi mahal! Ahaha.. Next booking-point, transportation. Hostel ni within walking distance ke Tsukuba Express Asakusa St, Asakusa Line Asakusa St, Ginza line Tawaramachi St. Yang paling dekat op kos la Tsukuba Express. Tambang naik Tsukub Express ni tak mahal pun, dalam 170 yen ke Shin-Okchimachi St untuk interchange ke Oedo line or 220 yen ke Akihabara St untuk interchange dengan Hibiya line. Nak interchange ke Chiyoda line boleh naik g Kita-senju St. Next booking point, kat bilik yang kitaorang duduk which is double room ada banyak plug. Biasa kalau g hotel mesti kedekut plug esp kalau dekat Tokyo tapi dalam bilik kitaorang ada 7 or 8 pplug oke! Cas sampai pitammmmm. Lain2? oke, dekat sini ada kitchen, ada laundry room.. so.. memang sangat memudahkan. Kalau rajin nak masak, p jek beli kuali kecik kat mana2 tuk masak yang simple2.

Yang tak best? 1st sebab takde kettle dalam bilik so kena turun g kitchen untuk masak air guna kettle yang kecik jek pun. Paham2 la betapa pentingnya air panas untuk orang2 yang melancong bawak baby ni. Nak masak tu pulak satu hal sebab kena q, kalau ramai orang kat kitchen yang nak guna makanya kenalah beratuq tunggu turn. Pastu tv tadak, sunyi ooo! Other than that? recommended! Staff pun very helpful, siap hantar ko sampai ke bilik tuk explain macamana nak guna suis kat bilik tu. Bed? kalau tidurku lena, makanya oke la the bed.

Tokyo : Summary Of Trip

Antara tempat-tempat yang pernah kami cover sepanjang 3 kali melawat Tokyo since 2012 sampai la tahun 2014

2012
1. Horridome Villa Hotel, Nihonbashi
2. Tokyo Sky Tree
3. Tokyo Tower Shopping Mall
4. Tokyo Station
5. Tsukiji Fish Market
6. Odaiba Daikanransha a.k.a Ferris Wheel
7. Odaiba Mega Web
    Toyota Car Exhibition Centre
8. Odaiba Tokyo Leisure Land
    24 hr Video Gaming
9. Odaiba Replica Of Statue Of Liberty
10. Akihabara Area, Akhibara
11. Shinjuku Metropolitan Government Building
      North Observation Tower
12. Nakamise Dori & Sensoji Temple, Asakusa
13. Yebisu Garden Palace & Ebisu Garden
14. Ueno Park
15. Ameyayokocho Ueno
16. Hard Rock Café Ueno
17. Shibuya Scrambler Crossing & Shinbuya Area
18. Shibuya Hachicko Statue
19. Shin Okubo Area
20. Harajuku Area
21. On-borad waterbus from Hinode Pier to Odaiba

2013
1. Fountain Villa Hakozaki Hotel, Nihonbashi
2. On-board Yurikamome Line : All Stations
3. Odaiba Venus Fort
    Venice-Themed Shopping Mall
4. Odaiba Diver City
    Shopping Mall & Large Gundam Statue
5. Odaiba Decks Tokyo Beach
    Shopping Mall & Madame Tussauds
6. Odaiba Tokyo Big Sight
    Tokyo International Exihibation Centre
7. Tokyo Sky Tree
8. Sunshine City Ikebukuro
    Shopping Mall & J-world
9. Sunshine 60 Building Observation Deck
10. Ikebukuro Area
11. Roppongi Station Area & Maman Spider
12. Omotesando to Meijijingumae St area
13. Nakamise Dori, Asakusa
14. Ueno Park
15. Ameyayokocho Ueno
16. Tokyo Disneyland

2014
1. Toyoko Inn Haneda Kuko 2, Haneda
2. Khaosan World Hotel Asakusa
3. Akihabara Area
4. Kyu-Shiba Rikgu Garden
5. Kiyosumi Shirakawa Garden
6. Imperial Palace Garden
7. Showa Kinen Garden
8. Rikugien Garden (Gate)
9. Bunkyo Civic Centre Observation
10. Shinjuku Metropolitan Government Building
      South Observation Tower
11. Tokyo Dome & Tokyo Dome Attraction
12. Tokyo Station
13. Ginza Area
14. Shimbashi Hakuhinkan Toy Park
15. Asakusa Nakamise Dori & Shin-Nakamise Dori
16. Haneda Internation Airport
      J-Pop Town & Edo-Era Market
17. Omotesando Hills
18. Takeshita Dori, Harajuku
19. Kagurazaka Iidabashi Slope
20. Shibuya Crossing & Shibuya Hachicko Statue
21. Shibuya Area
22. Gingko Avenue, Meijijingu gaien

Wishlist Next Trip
1. Hanami at Ueno Park
2. Hanami at Inokashira Park
3. Hanami at Shinjuku Garden
4.Hanami at Asakusa Park
5. Tokyo Tower Observation Deck
6. Roppongi Mori Art Tower Observation Deck
7. On board water bus to Odaiba
8. Odaiba Fuji TV Observation Deck
9. Yokohama
10. Shibuya Area

Tokyo : The Untold Story Of Toilets

Baby's 'hanger'

Complete dengan instruction

Inilah antara contoh toilet yang missing kat Mesia. Masa aku balik kampung nek flight bawak si kecik sorang2 hari tu, punya senggsara nak guna toilet tapi kalau jalan2 kat Tokyo, takde risau langsung pasal toilet especially bila kau bawak anak kecik sebab kau adalah umpama 1st class passanger kat station subway/ train dorang. Toilet orang cacat kau boleh masuk sebab memang dalam tu disediakan changing station. Kalau kau masuk toilet biasa pun ada disediakan tempat untuk 'sangkut' your baby.Kalau kat airport, toliet orang cacat siap ada katil lagi oke!

Tu belum lagi kau tengok ada kepala paip keluar dekat atas tangki flush, so kau boleh guna air tu untuk isi tangki flush & cuci tangan at the same time. Belum lagi kau tengok plastic seat cover yang boleh rotate. Most of their public toilet guna jenis bidet. They call it Japanese Bidet or washlet. Pilih la kau nak toilet ko berangin ke, panas ke or kau nak dengar bunyi burung sambil2 kau membuang apa yang patut.

Kalau kau curious dengan cerita aku ni, sila la book tiket ke Tokyo ;P

Tokyo Part 3 : Post Tokyo

Smalam flight jam 11.40 malam.. dalam jam 6.30 pagi landed dekat KKIA 2. Hari ni op kos la ahkak cuti2 masih.  Kejap je kan ahkak pegi! Ahkak suka kalau dapat flight p balik tengah malam so jimat la nak bayar hotel as you arrived early and going back to KL tengah malam macam my first time ke Seoul back at 2011. Tapi flight ke Haneda tengahari je yang ada. Or else boleh ke Narita Airport. Cumanya Narita ni jauh le dikit compare from Haneda ke Tokyo. Jauh2 pun dalam sejam sampai.

Sepanjang flight si Hannah meraung2 la jugak esp bila mamme dia bergerak. Dia nak tido tapi nak ngan mamme jek. Mamme dah la sakit tulang pungung kalau duk lelama, apa lagi kalau ada dia kat badan. Huhu...

Overall, this is the best trip among the three times ke Tokyo sebab kali ni rasa cam baru le dapat cover almost keseluruhan bandar Tokyo, almost jek oke.. lom habis lagi & akan bersambung 2016 inshaAllah. What I mean by almost keseluruhan tu pun cuma cover central dan area berhampiran jek. Why pegi kejap2? Tu lah soalan yang ahkak selalu dapat bila orang tahu ahkak gemor sangat ke Tokyo tapi kejap2. Kalau pegi lama2, trust me! you'll be too tired to enjoy your trip macam masa ke London/ Paris dulu. Penat sebab kena berjalan dah satu hal, penat duk negara orang belum kira lagi. Sebusuk2 negara sendiri, yang busuk tu le yang dikenang bila  berada di tanah orang. Lain le si Hannah sebab Tokyo tempat kejadian.. hahahahaha

Tokyo Part 3 : Day 4

Program

1. Check-out hotel, walk to Donki Asakusa and to Tawaramachi St, board Ginza Line to Shimbashi St
2. Drop bag at locker, walk to Hakuhinkan Toy Park
3. Back to Shimbashi St and commute to Ginza St, Hibiya line interchange to Akihabara St & visit Akihabara area
4. Akihabara St to Kayabacho St, Tozai line interchange to Otemachi St & visit Imperial Garden
5. Otemachi St to Meiji Jingumae St, Fukotoshin line interchange to Shibuya & visit Shibuya area
6. Shibuya St to Shimbashi St & collect bag
7. Shimbashi St to Haneda International Airport

Tokyo Sky Tree nun jauh di sana

Simpan beg dalam loker @Shimbashi St

Wefie!

Akihabara area

Selfie @Imperial Garden

Shibuya Crossing from Tokyo Mark City

Haneda International Airport Observation Area

Tokyo Part 3 : Day 3

Program

1. From Toyok Khaosan World Asakusa to Asakusa St Tsukub Exp, interchange Asakusa Line
2. Asakusa St to Shin Okachimachi St, Asakusa line interchange to Kasuga-Korakoen St, Namboku line interchange to Komagome St, visit Rikugien Garden gate
3. Back to Komagome St, to Yotsuya St, interchange JR line to Tachikawa St, interchange JR Ome line to Nishi Tachikawa St, visit Show Kinen Garden
4. Walk to JR Tachikawa St and commute back to Yotsuya St, Namboku line interchange to Kasuga Korakoen Garden and visit Tokyo Dome & Bunkyo Civic Centre Observation
5. Walk to Kasuga St, Marunouchi line interchange to Tokyo St & visit Tokyo Station
6. Tokyo St to Ginza St, visit Ginza Area
7. Ginza St to Tawaramachi St, and walk back to hotel & visit Donki Asakusa

Banyak benor station nak lalu!

Ginko Avenue di Show Kinen Garden

Ginko des!

Chak!

Di Tokyo Dome

Akhirnya ketemu jua kami!!

@ Jump Shop, Tokyo Dome

Abuuuugittt!!

View From Bunkyo Civic Centre

Tokyo Station