Jericcccc.blogspot.com: Tokyo Troopers

As some of you already know , I went to Tokyo , Japan recently in march with some of my friends from Camp and it was AMAAAAZING! Damn lucky I went during that period (8th march - 15th march) because I heard Japan recently increased their GST from 5 to 8%.

I will be splitting my Day 1 post into 2 parts :)

Here goes!

Strongly Recommend Everyone to try this awesome Onigiri. [It's sold in Narita Airport T2's 7-11(Only 7-11) for 140¥ = about $1.70] . If the Cashier starts uttering something to you in Japanese after you've made payment. High chance she's asking you if you want to heat the onigiri up. Just say yes , you won't regret it ;)

So after our short onigiri breakfast, we're on our way to our Hotel in Shinjuku (新宿) . We took the NEX (Narita Express) which is an express train that only stops at major cities. It took us about 1hr 30mins-ish from Narita Airport to Shinjuku. Recommend this if you want to get to any of the Major City Stations listed above in the fastest time with the most reasonable price.

*Tip : Trains in Japan are extremely on time, so be sure to follow the boarding time stated closely.

Looks so comfortable right?

Finally reached Shinjuku!!

This is a small path leading to our hotel which is located at Shinjuku Gyoen-Mae 新宿御苑前 (a small city in Shinjuku) which literally means "In front of Shinjuku Park/Garden". Shinjuku Gyoen is one of Shinjuku's hottest attraction so we're quite lucky to be staying in front of it .

-Photo Credits: Zen-

We stayed in this hotel called "CITY HOTEL N.U.T.S" for the entire trip. The hotel staffs are seriously damn nice to us. We kept bombarding them with questions like ''how to get from place X to place Y'' and ''where to find the best food around here'' almost everyday and they never seem to be irritated and are always willing to help.

As for the Hotel Room,

This is my Room! Looks really crampy :/

K, so the place was a kinda messy. That's because I took this photo before checking out of the hotel . Don't worry, it's really x1000 neater and cleaner then this when u check in. The area may look kinda big but it will be kinda crampy with all your luggages and bags lying everywhere.

However, that afternoon, all was forgiven when I opened to bathroom door....

It's super Atas (High Class) and damn big can? Wanted to take a full pic but as you can see from the small walkway, I couldn't. Really don't mind sleeping in here for the night.

We then went on to explore the city after checking in and stumbled upon this ramen restaurant.

*TIP : If you have zero knowledge on speaking Japanese and were to get lost in Japan, don't fret , I would say about 30% of the people there can speak mandarin (usually the older generation) . Throughout my entire trip there , I've met about 3-4 people who are able to speak fluent mandarin and some who can speak English so you might want to try your luck and ask around.

Everything looks damn yummy !

This is how you order your food in most Japanese Restaurants (esp. Ramen shops). Customers will select what they want and insert the correct amount. Afterwhich, a ticket will pop out at the bottem. Pass the ticket to the shop owner and he/she'll start preparing your dish.