Hooray Tokyo - Day 1

Today is Day 1 of my long awaited (no work) vacation in Tokyo ... YEAH!!

I crawled out of bed at about 5:35am for my 9:10am flight ... and yes, I won't even comment on when I went to bed last nite. By the time I got on the plane, I was back to "bed" and slept (on and off) most of the way.

The flight supposedly arrived early, but then after that very long (really long) taxi-ing to the terminal, I think we only ended up arriving on time at the gate. Fortunately, the queue at immigration was extremely short, and Japanese, being as efficient as they'll come, got the bags out quite quickly also (how quick? well, the bags came out pretty soon after a quick stop at the ladies room).

We finally got on the 3:15pm Airport Limousine and arrived at the hotel at about 5:00pm. After settling down, we hopped over to Takashimaya / Tokyu Hands for a quick (really quick) tour and went up to 14th Floor for dinner. Oh the way there though, we came across quick a sight ... but I'll leave that for Mo to report as it's probably much more fun to do that in Chinese.

Dinner was great as expected ... highlights shown here.





After a happy meal, we went down to the supermarket to look for fruit ... but ended up getting two pieces of sushi instead ... it was on sale at half price since it was near closing. And again, I have to applaud the Japanese ... they actually put a pack of ice on top of the two pieces of sushi to keep it fresh!!

The day ended with a brief stroll at the neighborhood ... and amazingly enough ... we saw the same "scene" as we did before dinner ... again to leave it for Mo to report.

Well, who said that things are expensive in Japan? We got a few bargains at the neighborhood stores ... Itoen Mixed Fruit Juice (930g) at HK$13 ... Shiseido Anessa Suntan lotion at 20% off ... etc. etc.

Hehe ... looking forward to shop shop tomorrow ... and yes, more food!!