Ride the Shinkansen!

This morning we head up to Osaka, to continue our holiday trip in Japan. We left Tokyo early in the morning, taking the bullet train Shinkansen Hikari at 06.26 am. Tokyo JR station is very big, airport-like train station. It’s clean, it’s modern, show how vital these Shinkansen railways as part of Japanese people commuting…

Two Happiest Places

Yesterday we spent our day in Tokyo visiting two happiest place: Disneyland, “the happiest place in the world”, and Yodobashi-Akiba, “the happiest store for me and Rafif”. LOL. Disneyland first. Well, Disneyland is Disneyland. You feel happy right after you enter the park. The place, the theme song, the ambience, it is just nice. This…

Wrong Day to See Mount Fuji

We booked one day tour to Mount Fuji and Hakone in Jakarta without checking the weather forecast before hand. Only on Monday we realized that the day we picked was the only day in a week where rain would be forecasted to fall. It turned out the weather forecast was correct. When we left Tokyo…

Gundam Front: Gundam Fans Dream Destination

One of the reason we picked Japan as our holiday destination this year is because my son, Rafif’s fanatic to Gundam. It’s kind of his dream destination to be in Japan, especially visiting Gundam Front, a Gundam museum which was just recently established in 2012. For non Gundam fans, Gundam Front is known for its…