Sunday 23 December 2007

TOKYO,JAPAN

back from tokyo already, and yeah, i find singapore hot, way too hot.compared to the 7 degrees in tokyo.

DAY 1
arrived at narita airport at around 7plus, took the plane from singapore at 1am the same day.got off the plane, the first thing i knew was muscle ache, was playing badminton with the girls a day earlier then some older men at night.the next thing i knew was that japan is cold, or rather cooling.at the airport, we had our breakfast there.first meal in japan=).guess what, and its ramen with 2 glasses of sake, or japanese rice wine.have been drinking that everyday in japan, it keeps the body warm.finished dinner at around 1030,singapore time.its 1130 japan time.went back to the hotel to rest, then engage some english-speaking jap guy who drive, and paid him 200sgd a day, thats something like 16000jpy a day,just to bring us around tokyo.didnt have lunch that day, went to the ishibashi store at shinjuku district, with my cousin of course.and when you think ishibashi, you should think the GIBSON WALL.yeah, thats one wall of all gibson guitars, customshop inclusive.i started trying them out, started with the gibson les paul standard first.its nice to play, through a marshall amp, the sound is much nicer and better than the les paul ultra.the next one i picked from the wall is the les paul supreme.its much lighter than the standard, sound is around the same.then i tried zhengyi's dream guitar, the les paul custom black beauty.the sound, definitely, is much much much much better than the 2 previous guitars.played SCOM intro for these guitars i tested, i also tested the gibson slash signature, and the zakk wylde one too.also played What The World Will Never Take, easy to play.stuck at ishibashi for 3 and a half hours, its too attractive, and much bigger that sweelee in singapore.when you go there, you will see all those high end sstuff, also including prs, fenders, and super vintage guitars.at least i played these guitars before, but not owning them.went with my cousin to shop at some district near ishibashi, its all the sports stuff and brands, some are cheap, but mostly are not.especially those newer things, and newer and nicer designs.met dad n mum at a sushi bar in somewhere,im not too sure where either, for dinner.its terribly bad to be hungry when its cold out there.the sushi at japan, is top notch, as expected.the taste is good,great,fantastic, excellent,fabulous.its hard to describe how good it is, the topping comes in bigger slices too.and of course, not forgetting more sake.went back to the hotel, too full and too tired.died on the first day in tokyo

DAY 2.
woke up quite late, 11plus tokyo time.tired.....went out at 3 plus for lunch and sake, japanese pork chop bento,with sweet jap curry.thats all for daytime, cos the activity for the day is at night=).went to the tokyo night market, not exactly sure of the name, but its all thos roadside stalls.the food there is cheaper than what you find at stores, and some even taste better, like the deep fried stuff that you can find everywhere.and drank sake as we walked along the stalls to try out more types of different flavours tokyo has to offer.went back to the hotel at 12plus tokyo time, died on the second day in japan.

DAY 3.
feeling better, woke up earlier, its a new day afterall.missing singapore already, the people, the weather, the friends.nevermind about that, cos i'll be back in sg the next day.went to the japanese fish market in tokyo, where they haul in huge tunas,or otoro.thats the main purpose of this trip, to taste otoro belly in its own home,japan.its way to expensive in singapore to eat such stuff, but is isnt cheap in tokyo either, only slightly lower priced.thats for lunch, fish and sake go well together.stayed at hotel for the afternoon, didnt feel like going out.dinner was good stuff again, at another sushi bar.got urchin, eel, and much more stuff than the previous one.they serve better tasting sake too, its sweeter ,nicer to taste.leaving the following day, japan is good, but singapore is better.

DAY 4.
didnt do much , slept in, check out, leave for airport, back to the hot island of singapore

2days to CHRISTMAS DAY

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