Japan Trip 2015 Booked!! Japan Trip Itinerary

Yay! Finally booked my japan trip for 2015! The most awesome thing is that flight and hotel for 11 days only at $1087! It's only possible through Expedia (http://www.expedia.com.sg/).  I had booked a hotel at around $50 per night. The hotel is Hotel Empire in Shinjuku. At first, I thought that my trip will only be from 4th April to 10th April due to our budget. However, my boyfriend wants to extend the days. I didn't want to cancel the hotel which I had just booked, so we searched for hotel from 30 March to 4th April and flight from 30 March to 10th April and we found something within our budget!! So happy!!

So, we will be take Scoot at midnight and transfer at Taipei, Taiwan and proceed to reach Tokyo in the morning. For departure, we will leave Tokyo at 12pm and transfer at Taipei and reach Singapore at night. The departure time was really not good but we have no choice as it's within our budget. >_< As for the other hotel we booked is none other than Sakura Hotel. I had stayed in Sakura Hotel at Ikebukuro (Tokyo) last year. It was pretty a good impression. This time round, we will be staying in Sakura Hotel at Jimbocho (Tokyo) instead.

Sakura Hotel (Jimbocho)

http://www.sakura-hotel.co.jp/jimbocho

Hotel Empire in Shinjuku



http://hotel-empire-in-shinjuku.tokyohoteltour.com/en/

Due to our pre-wedding one-day photoshoot in Kobe, we will be getting JR Pass of 7 days. So, we will be spending 2 days in Osaka, 2 days in Kobe, 2 days in Kyoto and 5 days in Tokyo. The sad part is that we have to travel early in the morning down to Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto and back to Tokyo at night. Again, due to our budget, this is our only way. >_<

I went to research on the itinerary. Below are a list which we may be going. This is going to be a long blog post. =x

Anime Places of Interest

1) Ghibli Museum
- Mikata station, JR Chuo Line
- Features Hayao Miyazaki's works, Ghibli animation movies
- 1000 yen per Adult ticket bought from machine in Lawson convenience stores
- Opening: Daily 10:00 - 18:00 except on Tues, New Year holiday or periodic maintenance

2) J-World Tokyo
- Ikebukuro Station
- Features Weekly Shonen Jump; One Piece, Naruto, Dragonball
- 1300 yen per Adult ticket

3) Fujio Museum (Kanagawa)
- JR Noborito station
- Features Doraemon
- 1000 yen per Adult ticket
- Opening: Daily 10:00 - 18:00 except on Tues, Dec 3-Jan 3 and other dates

4) Fuii-Q Highland (Yamanashi)
- North of Mt Fuji
- Features Evangelion and Gundam
- 1300 yen per Adult ticket
- Opening: 9:00 - 17:00 on weekdays, 9:00 - 18:00  on weekends and public holidays

5) Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum
- JR Takarazuka station
- Features Mecca, Astroboy, TV threater showing anime works
- Opening: Daily 9:30 - 17:00 (Enter by 14:30), except on Wednesday

Anime Shopping

1) Animate
- Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Akihabara
- I went to this shop before, not bad!!

2) Nakano Broadway
- JR Nakano station

3) Donguri Kyouwakoku
- Features Hayao Miyazaki merchandise
- Tokyo Yaesu, Ikebukuro, Odaiba, Yokohama

Visual Kei (VK) Shopping

We decided to go for a VK style for our wedding 2nd march-in. So, we need VK clothes!!

1) Lofaret @ Harajuku
- Alot of popular VK shops in this mall

2) MAXICIMAM @ Harajuku

3) Innocent World
- Kera Shop @ Shinjuku, Akane Biru 9F
- COXY188 7F @ Harajuku
- Osaka Main branch, near to Hotel Nikko Osaka

4) Atelier Pierrot
- Shinsaibashi station

Places to go

Tokyo (5 days)
- Shinjuku, Harajuku, Akihabara, Odaiba, Mikata, Ikebukuro, Noborito, Mt. Fuji

Osaka (2 days)
- Universal Studio
- Osaka Aquarium KAIYUKAN
- Osaka Castle
- Yamamoto Noh Threater
- Aqua Metropolis
- Umeda Whity Umeda (Underground Shopping)
- Shinsaibashi station
- Minoh Falls

Kyoto (2 days)
- Kiyomizu-dera Temple
- Kyoto International Manga Museum
- Kinkakuji Temple
- Ginkakuji Temple
- Nijo Castle
- Maizuru City
- Mt. Hiei Enryakuji Temple

Kobe (2 days)
- Kobe Harborland
- Maya Viewline
- Rokko area
- Kobe Maritime Museum
- Kosetsu Museum
- Gigantor Museum
- Nunobiki Falls

I think I need to cancel a lot of the places. Too many places, too little time!! T_T