:: Tokyo Trip Aug 2009 (cars I saw) ::
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 Arriving Haneda Airport, •i�ì is our first place to go |
 Seems quite convenient, but we nearly fooled by this display |
 6am in the morning when arriving, tired wife |
 Sick Husband with soar throat |
 Anti Heat Water? |
 Who remember this bubble gum? This is the magnified version. |
 Who remember this man? This is the insane version. |
 Ramen which cost over 1000 yen. Oil is at least 1cm thick. |
 Yummy!! |
 Ramen shop in ’r‘Ü, |
 I have ate the noodle in the main picture |
 Spent half day in Tokyu Hands |
 After taking afternoon nap, we went to a �Ä“÷ restaurant. Yummy x 2!! |
 I ate raw beef, my wife cannot stand. Well done meat is her choice. |
 One dish of meat, 2 bowls of rice top our fuel tank |
 Deep fired galic, Miso mix with beef and vegetable...U can imagine |
 Satisfied look |
 Which part is which part? |
 Shop name |
 2nd day, One day JR pass, I like it!! |
 Still sick Husband, inside metro. |
 The Doraemo dessert looks super good |
 Fruit shop is so organised, and colourful |
 People lining to buy ??? |
 Wallace? or Gomit? |
 NHK shop |
 Cocodile with a drop of tear, remind me an ATV show |
 Tokyo Charactor Street, inside Tokyo Station |
 This is for Tracy |
 Shop Shop Shop |
 This pair of eyes look like mine |
 Tomica Shop, Cool! |
 Young boy on the right is "Trail Worker", good programme by Tomica |
 The new track is so attractive to young kids |
 Model with some Tomica cars running underneath |
 Oversize Tomica car boxes |
 New Thomas & Friend toy |
 Ultra 7 and me, where is his Cosmo? |
 Lego Shop |
 There is also a "Tokyo Ramen Street" which we did not go |
 If raining all day, or super hot, the underground street is a good choice to visit |
 These are the charactors in the street |
 Floor plan |
 Looks good, but a bit salty |
 We "sweep street" inside Daimaru Food market. Food is attractive!! |
 Close shot |
 Unagi Sushi |
 Fruit Jelly, inside shell |
 So attractive, you wanna try everything |
 Grapes! |
 We tasted the Jelly, so so la. |
 So many platforms, if I am a old man, I must get lost |
 After "sweeping Street" we have no apetite for lunch |
 23 platforms? OMG. |
 Subway map is like a spider |
 What is this?? |
 Even handrails from Escalator have ads! |
 Yurikamome Mono Rail! |
 On rainbow bridge |
 Where are we going?? |
 To see this! 1:1 Gundam |
 So many people that day. And it is so damn hot. |
 First sight of the Gundam, wow!! |
 So hugh, 6 storeys high!! |
 And it is very very detail |
 Compare human size to 1:1 Gundam |
 The park has good sea view |
 Side view |
 Booster backpack |
 Booth selling Limited edition 1:100 Gundam model |
 Front side view |
 Even the chest is very detail |
 Gundam and me. Amuro is hiding behind |
 Closer view A |
 Closer view B |
 Closer view C |
 Closer view D |
 Closer view E |
 Closer view F |
 Closer view G |
 Proportion |
 U will be scared standing near his feet |
 Cannot find Masa (not F1 driver) |
 His head can turn left to right |
 Where is Zaku? |
 A guy is kind enough to take a pic for us. |
 Higher platform is set to take pictures for visitors, with extra charge. |
 10 years later, I guess this Gundam can be built with more moving parts |
 Eco friendly, solar panel power generator |
 The power generating roof |
 Solar Panel |
 Mobile Toilet with hand washing facility |
 Bye Bye RX-78 |
 Truck playing Gundam music to light up the atmostphere |
 Nikko Hotel is smart enough making up a temp store, selling drinks. |
 And Snack too. |
 Aqua City, a shopping place near the Gundam Site. |
 Statue of liberty is actually 4 meters high |
 Aiii, 30th years, I am old man. |
 Getting married inside Nikko Hotel, nice place, nice decoration |
 This is the Mono Rail station where the Gundam locates |
 Fuji TV, full of families |
 Nice view of rainbow bridge |
 Florist with pretty flowers, my wife thought they are fake |
 Arrived ¤W³¥ |
 Fresh Hand made Sushi |
 fill up the tummy sin |
 My fav, Tamago Sushi |
 With the help of this pictorial chart, ordering is easy |
 Charging battery |
 Happy Happy |
 Market in Ueno, food is super cheap. 1000yen for 2 fishes |
 Maybe we have been here for few times, not much excitment when visiting |
 Fruit is very cheap too |
 Many frashion items for young people |
 Night time we visited Aikihabara, the bright shop in the middle of pic is TamTam, where I got my 1:43 model cars |
 Dining in family Restaurant "Royal Host" |
 Japanese do not like cooked vegetable, Salad is ok la |
 Wife's favourite, hamburger meat |
 Why? Because it is well done beef |
 Satisfied |
 My choice, omlett rice set |
 Tomato sause rice inside |
 With Deep Fired Shrimp |
 Beef in special sause too |
 600yen per hour, that is HK$50, in Shinjuku |
 After a brief walk in Shinjuku, we went to a "KatsuTon" restaurant inside Isetan |
 Pair set, good value for money |
 But my wife prefer this |
 Small Dishes, taste strange |
 My set arrived. It is one of the premium set |
 Meat is soft, but I think it is too fat |
 Cabbage, my fav |
 Harajuku, so crowded |
 Full of 1X youngsters, buying idol's photos |
 Right side politcian, anit Chinese Type |
 Taking a rest in the world famous "Starbucks" |
 UT special shop in Harajuku |
 All T shirts are in bottles |
 U find the style, remember the model number, and find the stock on the shelves |
 T Shirts in a bottle, So Anti Eco |
 Some are very good in design |
 "To express our thanks for you coming on Rainy Days" 10% discount for you. WTF |
 This is for Patrick |
 This is for Patrick too |
 Lawson, my wife's favourite convenient store |
 This looks yummy enough |
 All the shopping trophies |
 Room is ok in size, unlike those "cells" in Shinjuku |
 Wife wants a double bed as she said the room is bigger than twin share |
 4th Day, after 1 hours drive, we arrive Fuji Q amusement park |
 Thomas land is one of the attraction |
 So many games in Thomas Land, sons will be crazy |
 I do not know what the poster designer is thinking |
 Entry fee, all in Japanese |
 So many people queuing, super shiny |
 Waited 1 hour 45mins for this ride, legs soaring |
 1 hour 45 mins of wait, 3 mins of joy. Men will understand |
 Legs hanging outside, nearly 20 storeys high. U can feel it |
 When the car stops, you are still losing your mind |
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 http://www.misakanoen.co.jp/index.html |
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 Our Ride, Suzuki Swift 1.3 Auto, Powerless, and CVT rubberband effect is serious |
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 Self Serve checkout counter |
 Wife is happy trying it out |
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