Budget Itinerary Japan. The simple one. Part 1: Tokyo

Salam.

First of all let me clarify with you guys what kind of trip it was for us.

It was a budget-nature-chillax trip. so dont expect fancy things okay. ^^

I cannot give like very detail itinerary. I tend not to remember details of non-medical stuff since medical school. haha. so ni secara konklusinya.

p/s: 100 yen = ~RM3.10 (the rate i got masa exchange money)

Flight from KL - Haneda 26 April 2015. Sampai malam waktu Japan. So nak jimat just tidur airport. tapi i didnt sleep. sebab tak boleh tidur. i memang jenis susah nak tidur kat tempat baru. tapi wifi japan ni memang laju mcm bullet train dorg. habis berepisod-episode aku tengok drama. hehe.

Nice spot in Haneda Airport.

So basically tidur Tokyo 3 malam aje.

Tokyo Day 1:

-Letak bag kat Hotel Ueno sebab awal sangat untuk check in. Airport to Ueno 610 yen.

-UENO PARK. Free. Jalan kaki je dr hotel. Patutnya bersakura sini. tapi dah habis. sobs.

-ASAKUSA: train return: 240 yen

Nakamise shopping. Beli air mineral 130 yen je. (zombie. dlm flight x tidur & kat airport pun tak tidur. so ingat ada mood nak tabur duit? O___o)

 Tokyo Skytree. Admission fee mahal 2060 yen. so tengok dari jauh jek.

View ni from Sumida River

Sumida River. Where we saw Tokyo Skytree dari jauh. Jalan dr Nakamise Street 10mins je.^^

Tempat yang tak pegi (or maybe aku tak ingat pegi) is Sensoji Temple. Anyway semua tempat di atas berdekatan je antara 1 sama lain. so jalan kaki je.

*okay travel partner baru je whatsapp bagitau we did go. cuma aku je ignorant tak nampak. hahaha. zombified sgt. Sensoji temple ni kena lalu Nakamise Street. It's at the end of the street.

- Ameyoko Market at Ueno.

tak ada gambar sebab i was in dreamland. kawan2 je yg pegi. aku tidur kat bilik setelah seharian menyombikan diri. Dorang kata banyak makanan murah esp sushi kat sini.

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DAY 2

Mount Fuji.

personal review: a must place to go. ni je tempat kat tokyo (selain odaiba) aku rasa berbaloi tabur duit.

naik bus to Kawaguchiko dlm sejam lebih. Ticket return 3500yen. then we went to heaven of flowers at Moss Flower Festival. Admission fee + bus ticket return 1900yen.

kat sini jugaklah dapat jumpa sakura. puas gila hati che. alhamdulillah. tapi sedih sebab awan tebal so tutup mount fuji. patutnya boleh view dari sini tapi takde rezeki nak tengok. sobs.

demi nak amik gamba dengan mt fuji jugak so we jalan kaki around 10 mins dari kawaguchiko station to kawaguchiko lake. mula2 tak jumpa pun. then tanya2 orang katanya kena jalan lagi sampai hujung lake tu. demi mt fuji diteruskan perjalanan and taraaaaaaaaaaaaa

rasa nak menangis bila setelah jalan punyalah jauh jumpa jugak walaupun secoet tu je. and along the way jumpa sakura berimbun-rimbu. i felt like each cent of my money worth it. :')

ni gambar dari dlm bus otw nak pegi flower festival tu.

it was a one-day trip. a worth one. so jangan rushing2 sumbat itinerary lain. enjoyyyyy. even otw balik dalam bus i couldnt take my eyes off mt fuji till the last sight of it that i could see. :')

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DAY 3

-AKIHABARA

untuk peminat anime. of coz not me. mula2 masuklah jugak kedai but lama2 dok luar kedai je. at the end i decided nak buat solo tour. daripada bazir waktu dok luar kedai baik teruskan perjalanan. lagipun i dont want my travel partners rasa bersalah pulak bcz i tunggu dorang. 

my 1st solo travel experience!!! woot woot! #wishlistaccomplised

-TOKYO STATION

Popular sebab architecture-nya ala-ala omputih gitu.

A Filipino who volunteered to take my picture. such a nice lady. :)

-ODAIBA

Train ticket return 640 yen. mahal but berbaloi. banyak tempat nak explore tapi entah malas. bila dah sampai tepi pantai tu... dah tak rasa nak pegi mana-mana. i just stayed kat pantai tu menikmati keindahan Tokyo for almost 3 hours. :)

Ini list yang my travel partner bagi. apa nak cari kat Odaiba:
-Rainbow bridge
-Gundam statue
-Fuji tv building
-Liberty statue

No worries kat train station nanti ada pamplet yg lengkap map odaiba. amik. free je. i never studied about adoiba beforehand. redah je hari tu solo travel. dgn my sense of direction (puiiii) i made it. alhamdulillah. it was a great experience.

-TOKYO TOWER

I didn't go. but my travel partners did. nampak cantik bila night view. siang macam tiang elektik kat malaysia jek. hahaha. ada admission fee if nak naik. tak sure berapa.

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DAY 4

Check-out dari hotel. Pegi Shinjuku station letak luggage. the biggest locker kat japan can fit 1 big luggage + 2 cabin luggage. gila besar. 600 yen for a locker.

-HARAJUKU

Takeshita Street

Kat sini ada Daiso besar. boleh beli souvenirs. if pandai cari boleh jumpa barang murah. bear in mind murah in japan as in 900 yen to 1000 yen. rarely jumpa price that goes lower than that. ada kedai 300 yen (mcm RM5 shop in Malaysia) tapi barang2 kat situ tak japanese. so tak layan. sini pun ada jual crepe sedap-sedap. 

-SHIBUYA

Jalan kaki je from Harajuku. 15-20 mins depends on your walking speed and sense of direction (puii). 

what to look for in Shibuya:

-Hachiko statue (dog & its owner. tak minat so tak cari pong)

-fascinating X crossing zebra. 

this photo was taken from 2nd floor Starbucks. ada video tapi berat sgt nak upload sini. when the light turns red, it's so fascinating to see the road suddenly fills with humans.

*From the picture above, nampak tak bangunan putih tu? 6th floor shopping mall tu ada nursery. untuk perempuan, you can chill and solat there. selesa sangat. ada air panas boleh buat maggi. ^^

-MASJID TOKYO @ Yoyogi Uehara

dari Shibuya, PLEASE take a train to masjid ni. menangis woo jalan kaki. from google map we found out that 8 min je dari shibuya. tapi jalan-jalan tak sampai2. and 1 hour later baru sampai. it's freaking far kalau jalan. terus dapat blister. boleh baca my kisah 'Aku Dia dan Masjid Tokyo' kat insta/fb. sadis. 

berbaloi bcz sgt cantik. takde kesempatan nak solat sebab masjid dah tutup. tapi ada Turkish guy yg jaga masjid ni sangat baik. bagi air, bagi makanan. 

Met a newly reverted sister, Fyurina. Welcome to the family. May you become a great Muslim. Amin.

Last stop terminal bus untuk berangkat ke Osaka. Night bus 8 hours journey 3800 yen berbanding 13k yen shinkansen. Night bus ni selesa & jimat hotel 1 malam. terlalu penat hari tu so tidur as soon as naik bus sampai pagi bukak je mata, OSAKA!!! 

*cerita sedih bus terminal ni juga boleh baca kat fb/insta. sobs

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Tips: 

WIFI. Japan punya wifi network for foreigner ni maju sangat. available kat most of tourist attractions & train stations. sampai je airport, cari mesin to register which requires your passport (sebab tuk foreigner je). then nanti dia bagi no pin and download Travel Japan WIFI apps. masukkan no pin & there you go. Free wifi around Japan. btw tak perlulah nak on9 24/7. enjoy your holiday!

Terminal Bus. Lain bus depart dari terminal yang lain. so kindly check your ticket. jangan jadi macam kami lagi 15 min departure baru sedar salah terminal. dgn kaki blister berlari bersama luggage. not fun bro. time tu rasa nak nangis. tapi actually it was a kenangan yg takkan dilupakan. 

Tisu basah. Japan takde air dalam toilet. so nak beristinjak, senang kalau ada wet tissue. lagi bagus if ada botol kosong. but i carry around wet tissue. mudah dan selesa dan tak berat.

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*Another place i didnt go, Ikebukuro. Peminat pokemon kena datang sini. kalau tak minat boleh skip macam i. hehe. 

*why tak pegi Disneyland? most of us love nature and besides that we were on tight-budget. kalau minat tu, berbaloi jugak nak tabur duit. tapi since tak minat & budget pun chokia je, lupakan. 

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Kalau ada tips lain nanti sambung kat Part 2 eh. 

thats all for my trip in Tokyo. Simple. Chillax. Budget. No rushing. 1st day tu aku tidur je seharian. usually malam tak stay out sampai midnight. by 8 or 9 dah ada kat bilik. for me, travelling is not a race that you must rush to go to all places. take your time & enjoyyy. it's okay to do nothing when travelling. after all it's a holiday. 

till then... Part 2: Osaka and Kyoto 

*if nak full itinerary with all the directions, boleh pm me kat fb or any way la to contact me. tapi mestilah ada pengerasnya. ingat free? nothing is free in this world bro! hahahahhaha. 

Belanja last picture with sakura. Kbai. 

p/s: thanks to my travel partner, Farah Aqmhal for designing this itinerary. (Farah bangga tak nama di-mention? LOL)