Japan, here I go~ Part 1

Day 1

This is it! After months and months of planning, 14th of September. Me, together with Kaifen and Jia wee took the bus from Premier hotel to KLIA2 and met up with Tzer Maan at 12.30pm. First meal of the day, Marrybrown of course! Chilled around for a bit, and at 2.30pm, off we go to the long awaited Japan!

Planning stage....

From the left, yours truly, Kaifen and Tzer Maan.

The flight is not enjoyable to say the least, but for a budget flight, it's as comfortable as it can get. A few hours into the flight and I got to know the passenger beside me, turns out he's from Cheras (a place around 30 minutes apart from my house) and owns a shoe business. He explained that his son is working in Japan and that he is invited to visit his son every year, all travelling cost beared by his son. Aww, that is so sweet. Anyway, nearing the end of the flight, we took a selfie (using his phone unfortunately), he gave me his business card and welcomed me to call him should I need anything. Such a lovely guy.

Nice view from Airbus by AirAsiaX

Arrived in Tokyo Haneda at around 10.30pm and I instantly fell in love with their airport. I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Observatory deck at Haneda airport

And of course not forgetting, selfie..

Don't think I need to say anything about their toilet, it's so advance and automated. We actually take turns to go in and take photo and shout like a budak kampung. Hahaha.

First thing to do in Japan, take picture like a sampat in their toilet.

No train services were available and taxi services cost around 10k yen. This lady in the information counter is helpful enough to help us find a limousin bus which cost us around 1860 per pax to reach the hotel opposite to our ryokan. The bus ride is so quiet and only our conversations and laughter can be heard. Didn't take photos along the journey because I was stoked with the jam-free and cleanliness of the city. At around 2.30am, we finally reached our ryokan and unfortunately, that is way past our check in time. Wandering around, having no idea what to do, and accidentally met this couple, who worked in a restaurant right around the corner and happened to know chinese. They helped us get in touch with the receptionist of the ryokan and a few forms later, check in successful! Thank you Mr. Lim!

Ice cream vending machine in the train station! Cool~

Since we are tired and hungry from all the travelling, we decided to explore the area and do some convenient store hunting. Tzer Maan and Jia Wee both got a bento from a 24 hours stall whereas Kaifen and myself, a dorayaki each from the nearest 7-11. Speaking of that, their 7-11 has everything, including magazines, google play and itune cards, rice and noodle sets, and more! On top of that, the cashier is SO friendly and passionate about his job position.

Look at the items sold in their convenient store! Just look at them!
Photo by: Kaifen

Here's basically what happened during payment, first he greeted us (in Japanese so I have no idea what he said) while we hand over the goods that we want to buy. Then after he finished scanning the goods, he will tell the price which is displayed on the machine as well. So we hand over the money, he will confirm the amount of money that he received from us and put them into a money counting machine. The machine will spit out the change and the cashier will count the money in front of us. Finally, together with the receipt, he handed over our change and express his gratitude. All that with a smile on his face. Wow! And not just 7-11, all the payments that we did throughout Japan, they acted the same plus or minus the money counting machine.

Khaosan Ryokan at Asakusa, comfy but smell of tatami..
Photo by: Kaifen

Back to our ryokan, we gobbled up the food and played some games, and that's bascially it for our first day of Japan trip. Oyasuminasai!