Apart from the photos taken along the way, there are only simple words such as daily accounts, but for myself, I think it is very meaningful to record this trip in a short book.
I seem to be used to reading WeChat every day, brushing my circle of friends, watching other people's lives on it, and occasionally doing my own life.
In order not to be disturbed by the mood of others' travel these days and affect the daily arrangement, I decided to travel away from WeChat and friends circle these days, but to arrange the itinerary of two people relatively quietly.
I went to Japan because I had studied and worked in Japan before, and I was familiar with the Japanese environment and language, so I could have a good time and it was natural.
Although there was a small storm and time was limited, I had a good time. Writing it down is a good memory for myself, and I hope it will be helpful for everyone to read.
I had to apply for a so-called "group tour" because I had a little trouble with the visa for free travel, but I was dissolved on the spot when I arrived in Japan and gathered for free activities at the airport when I came back.
The cherry blossoms in Tokyo this year are later than usual. The advantage is that you can see cherry blossoms when you go to Japan in mid-April, but the corresponding rental price will be more expensive and difficult to find.
The last Airbnb meal was easy to find. Not only expensive but also inappropriate, so I started to find a hotel to book.
There is no handling fee for cancellation on AppBooking.
I just booked a hotel on it. Someone in the WeChat group added me that there is a homestay where I live. The decoration is very distinctive. It's very close to the kabuki hall in Shinjuku, and it's very clean. After consideration, I left the hotel and changed to a homestay.
Actually, I've always wanted to live in a homestay. Why? First, the accommodation makes me feel at home, and second, the price is more favorable and comfortable than the hotel.
But there are also some risks, because Airbnb is ok, you can refer to the evaluation and geographical location. After all, there is no evaluation on WeChat, and the credit rating is relatively low.
The first day in Japan
It was past 12 when I checked in at the airport this morning.
It was already past five o'clock in the evening in Japan when I got off the plane to go through customs formalities. Before I could feel the scenery of Japan with my wife, I bought an express ticket to Ueno in a hurry.
It's convenient to take the tram. It takes about an hour to get to Ueno Station. When we got off the bus, we carried our luggage and walked all the way to the hotel.
I have to complain here. The hotel is really small. Let's just say that although I'm not thin, my wife is really thin, and we can't even turn around in the room. When we get up, only one foot can walk around the room. Fortunately, we only stayed for one day, so it didn't affect our mood.
Less than 5 flat
I put down my luggage and tidied up briefly. Of course, I went to Ueno Hengding nearby. I have to say that the transportation of the hotel I chose is really convenient, and it is only a few minutes' walk.
There are many Japanese snack bars in Ueno's famous walking food and shopping festival, but my wife is so wonderful that she wants a Turkish chicken roll cake. Please make up the iron bars in every breakfast shop in China, put layers of chicken on the bread, slice it with a blade, put it in the cake and squeeze it with salad dressing.
Turkish Chinese hamburger in commercial street
Then we went to eat a famous octopus ball. Freshly made octopus balls are sprinkled with shavings made of dried bonito and served with mayonnaise. They are delicious.
Octopus ball
In the middle of this episode, my wife is going to the vending machine in Japan to buy a bottle of water. As a result, she went the wrong way. She didn't buy green tea or anything, but drank coke.
After eating, I finally went to my favorite place, Lamian Noodles Store.
Weila noodle shop
I came to this shop a few years ago when I was in Ueno. It was delicious. I feel that the taste of the soup has been integrated, and the rich flavor with freshly squeezed garlic has been integrated into the soup.
With a bowl of rice, perfect.
At the intersection of Hengding Street, near the Royal Tuding. I really recommend that you try it every time you pass by.
After eating, I rushed to the famous drug store in China. Before closing time, Matsumoto went to buy something for his friends and himself.
I was very tired when I went back to the hotel at night, so although the double bed was very narrow, my wife fell asleep soon. I waited for her to fall asleep, then looked at her mobile phone for a while and fell asleep.
The next day, Sensoji Temple and Shinjuku's house.
The next morning, I had breakfast in the hotel, checked out and left my luggage in the hotel.
I decided to visit Sensoji Temple. I feel that Sensoji Temple is one of the places I must visit when I come to Tokyo, because its history, environment and convenient transportation are suitable for all ages.
After coming out of the hotel, I did a rough search on the map and decided to walk around. First, because the weather is really good, but because two people think there are scenery everywhere.
"Yang Mi" sign of street massage shop
The first time I came to Japan, I felt everything was fresh, but I didn't seem to come back for several years and saw many familiar and unfamiliar attractions.
This time I didn't come to Japan as an international student, nor did I come to work. Because it was a honeymoon trip planned for a long time, both of them were in a good mood and walked all the way, probably east and then north, all the way.
There is a 7 1 1 on the road. Although I only wanted to buy a bottle of water, I habitually glanced at the shelves of pornographic magazines.
How can a man not watch?
When I arrived in Sensoji Temple, there were many people, and I felt that the locals and foreigners were equally divided. I heard that Sensoji Temple's prayers are very spiritual. If it is lucky, we will take it away. If it is fierce, we will tie it to a nearby shelf. Then we burn incense and wash our hands with water representing good luck and happiness.
If you draw "fierce", tie it to it.
Koji is also Koji.
No matter where you come from or which country you come from, everyone has the same feeling of praying for happiness and peace.
After I went to Sensoji Temple, I went directly to Duoqing Building and bought a lot of snacks and wine to send back to China.
One is cheaper, and the other is that you can put it in a box when you buy it. Save time at the airport duty-free shop when you come back.
Shopping can be duty-free, and drinks are wrapped in plastic bubbles, which are not afraid of breaking.
Because I bought too many things, I didn't pick up my luggage, but went directly to the folk custom booked by Shinjuku.
It is very convenient to get off at the east exit of Shinjuku. Follow the photo map sent by the landlord's little brother, WeChat, and walk all the way through the street of the famous Kabuki Hall, and you will arrive at the next street.
The room is large and the transportation is convenient. I went back to have a rest, had beef rice with my wife, went to Ueno's hotel and got my luggage back.
In the evening, I met my friend at the Japanese language school. I haven't seen him for many years before I got married. He is the father of four children and invited us to eat my favorite sushi.
We walked from Okubo to the sushi restaurant in New Okubo. Many years ago, many Koreans operated restaurants, supermarkets and shops in this street, but it has not changed for so many years.
Reminds me of a bunch of classmates singing late at karaoke and chatting with each other at the roadside with a bottle of beer until dawn.
Probably because I'm still young. I don't know the precious age of time, and I don't feel what kind of experience it is to do the right thing with a person at what time.
Life at that time was ordinary and busy, and my thoughts were silent. As Wang Xiaobo said, we are all silent majority.
It's not too late to finish eating. After saying goodbye, my wife and I went to the nearby supermarket.
I think, if I don't go to the supermarket, I may not really feel many details of Japanese life. They can experience many details and considerations for others in the supermarket.
And I think it was at this moment that I fully recalled a lot of my life when I was studying in Japan. There are no unforgettable memories in the supermarket, but the supermarket has become a part of my study abroad life, and I will stay in it for a period of time almost every day.
When we get home, we wash and sleep. Tomorrow will be a busy day, because we will go to Tang Ben Hot Springs in Hakone-machi recommended by our friends.
On the third day, Tiancheng Hot Springs in Tang Ben, Hakone-machi.
Get up and tidy up before going out. It's almost ten o'clock. I thought I could go to the department store in Shinjuku Station to choose clothes for my wife, but when I got there, I found that it didn't open until eleven o'clock in the morning, so I went shopping for a while.
After shopping around, I feel that the seasonal clothes of young Japanese girls are not very expensive. Except for a few famous brands, most prices in the world are better than those in China.
Niulang Store on Kabuki Hall Street
In the morning, I also went to the famous Ito Guowu Bookstore, a famous chain bookstore in Japan. The display and store layout of books are different from those in China, but I feel that Japanese people pay more attention to reading than in China, at least in northern cities.
Kinokuniya bookstore
After buying clothes, I want to go to the Lamian Noodles store where I used to work for nostalgia. As a result, I went to the south exit of Shinjuku Station and found that things changed a lot and became a clothing store. It may have changed a long time ago.
Before going to Tang Ben in Hakone-machi by bus, I went to eat a bowl of paella, which is China's rice. I like fresh fish on rice, but my wife doesn't. I simply bought some bread sandwiches, which didn't seem to be to my taste.
This makes me a little uneasy, because I hope she can have fun and eat well all the way.
I got on the Oder Express, soon. It was too late to take pictures when I was about to pass by the university and the rented house. The camera flashed by, just like my memory of them. It is an indispensable and neglected part of my life, but I can't capture any important memories.
It is raining.
After more than an hour, I arrived in Hakone-machi, Tang Ben.
It's raining lightly at the station. Take an umbrella. Make the already narrow sidewalk narrower, but we are still not going to take a taxi or take a bus.
I feel full of fresh air in the light rain, mixed with the taste of snacks on both sides of the road, and music is playing. I feel as if even the sound of raindrops and the smell I can smell have melted into the air.
The thin Mao Mao rain blows off the petals of cherry blossoms one by one, and it is used to calling them "Sakura Fubuki" in Japanese.
I met a stall selling grapefruit on the road. Three huge pomelos were sold in 250 yuan, and I bought a pack in the hotel at night.
When I arrived at the hotel, I was very satisfied with my food and accommodation. In addition to enjoying Japanese service, buffet dinner is also perfect and there are many kinds. In addition to traditional Japanese tempura, sushi and baked goods, there are western-style fried steaks and China Wonton Noodles, as well as vegetable salads and local specialties. I think I got off to a good start on the hot spring night.
Because my wife doesn't know Japanese and is a little shy, we didn't go to take a bath separately for men and women, but booked a hot spring room for two people.
It's not very big inside, but it's enough for two people. It will be a little hot at first, and the water temperature is very high. You can pour some hot spring water first, and then pour cold water into it
In Japan, you don't have to worry about whether it is a real hot spring, just like you don't have to worry about whether the food is hygienic, which makes people feel at ease when using it.
This bathtub is just enough for two people.
Push open all the floor-to-ceiling windows, facing the heavy rain outside the window, and some cool breeze blowing from the outside. Listening to the sound of the wind blowing raindrops on the bamboo door, you can feel the friction of the air when it thunders.
Facing the darkness outside, it reminds me of playing in the countryside in middle school. I walked out of the house alone and stood on the steps of the tile house. I can't see the mountains and stars in the distance, and I feel like a part of the night.
After taking a bath, I feel that all the fatigue and dust have been washed away and become very energetic. They spent a long time in the shops and corridors on the first floor hall together and went back to my room to sleep.
Return to Ikebukuro and Shinjuku on the fourth day.
When I woke up, it was already seven o'clock in the morning, and a man went upstairs to the open-air hot spring in the men's bath.
Koi fish will have good luck forwarding, haha
After washing, I pushed open the door and went outside.
It's still raining outside, and it's raining hard, causing countless waves on the hot spring water.
Originally, I only planned to soak under the eaves where the rain could not be caught, so that I could soak in the open-air hot springs without rain.
But when the door behind him was pushed open, two people came out, a young man and a two-or three-year-old boy holding hands.
To my surprise, he didn't seem to see the downpour, so he directly carried the child into the rain. The child broke away from his hand and turned into the hot spring and began to jump and play.
Seeing this, I was a little ashamed, so I rushed into the heavy rain naked and walked into the hot spring water.
It was raining cats and dogs on my head, and raindrops the size of soybeans hit me, while my lower body was soaked in a hot spring of more than 40 degrees, half cold and half hot.
It rained heavily last night, but it was dark and I couldn't see anything. Now, the open-air hot spring on the roof overlooks the rushing river, listens to the roar of the rainstorm, and then feels the rain curtain beating on me. I feel my heart suddenly quiet. If my wife is not waiting for me, I can soak for about an hour.
I drank a glass of iced pure milk from the vending machine at the door and felt a little lighter.
After coming back, they had breakfast together, which was very rich and delicious.
Sitting on the express train at the back, not near the university, I still tried to look out of the window, trying to take another look at the university and the rented house in my memory and have a good memory.
My wife said, since I miss you so much, I will accompany you out of the car. I said no, I wish I could see it so far away. When I got off and walked in, I felt lighter.
On the way back to the tram, I accidentally looked out of the window and saw Mount Fuji in the distance. After the rain, my vision under the sky is very clear. I know it is far away from us, at least 100 km, but I think it is very close, very close at hand.
Mount Fuji
It was already 12 when I returned to Shinjuku. I accompanied my wife to buy shoes for my colleagues that she wanted. I thought about half an hour would be enough, but it took me several hours to make full use of the time I didn't go back to see the streets and universities where I lived and studied.
The person who entrusts to buy things will only say thank you, but it is really not money but time that pays the most on the journey.
On the way to Huimin Hostel, I went to a Lamian Noodles store that I visited many years ago, just at the intersection of the famous Cowherd Store in Kabuki Hall. Noodles are delicious, but I don't know if they are the familiar taste. Let's not talk about superficial things, because this is an era that people will forget if they don't meet for a long time.
I felt very tired when I got home and rested until the evening.
My wife simply strolled around Ikebukuro, looked at the men's clothing store, and then bought something at the drugstore and hurried back to Shinjuku.
Because I made an appointment with a friend I haven't seen for a long time in the evening and invited us to dinner.
Shinjuku at night is still so lively. Like China, although the people feel that the economic situation is still not so ideal, every household in izakaya is still very busy drinking and dancing.
It was very late when I got home, and I felt very tired from the journey I started yesterday morning. I went to bed after washing.
On the fifth day, the sky was clear and the Shibuya Tower.
As usual, I get up first in the morning. After washing, I went to the nearby 24-hour supermarket to buy some breakfast and drinks. I don't know why. When I went to the supermarket the night before yesterday, I felt that the memory of studying in Japan suddenly came back. I went to the supermarket this morning. I feel as if I have never left Japan.
After dinner, I went out and decided to go to the Sky Tower.
1 1 When I came to Japan on business, the Sky Tower was under construction. At that time, people who traveled to Japan generally chose the Tokyo TV Tower, climbed up to look around Tokyo and had a bird's eye view under their feet. After the Sky Tower was completed, it attracted many tourists, including foreign tourists and many Japanese tourists.
I'm ashamed. Although I saw the navigation on Google Maps, I still took the wrong tram. I'm glad my wife has a good personality. It's not my fault.
Climb the sky tower and look down, feeling that Tokyo has a panoramic view. There is a number on each post at the top of the tower, so I can know where I am in Tokyo. When I set foot on a place selling restaurants and souvenirs, I thought it was more suitable for couples and children to visit.
It only takes ten seconds to get up and down from such a high tower. My wife was a little tired after she got off the tower. Besides, the air conditioners in shopping malls and restaurants in Japan are very high, so I found a place to bask in the sun and have a rest.
I didn't intend to shop in the shopping mall on the first floor here, but I met some suitable clothes and shoes and bought a lot.
I went straight to Shibuya in the evening. When I go to Shibuya, I will go to Bagongkou to take a photo with the bronze statue of the loyal dog. My wife doesn't like taking pictures because she feels happy to see them.
We turned the signal light at the famous traffic intersection into a green light, and we walked with hundreds of people.
Many people hold up their cameras because this picture is hard to see in many places. Hundreds of people go to the other side from all directions, and you can see the scenery here in many Japanese dramas and overseas movies.
After a simple meal, it began to get cold outside, and two people put on new T-shirts. The first is to keep warm, because in Japan, no matter how you wear it, you will not feel unusual, as long as you are happy.
My wife and I walked on the 109 floor in Shibuya for more than an hour, bought her favorite clothes and jewelry, and visited the men on the 109 floor with me. I took the Yamanote Line back to the homestay in Shinjuku.
On the way back to BB Cave, I think Japanese nightlife has just begun. On the streets of Shinjuku, whether it is a clothing store or izakaya, or even a pimp shop in Kabuki Hall, there are little brothers and little sisters shouting at the door, smiling and greeting you.
And I feel that I haven't been back to Tokyo in recent years, and there are more black people on the street than before. It's best not to say hello to them, because they are thick-skinned and careless. If you smile back, they will take you by the arm and drag you to the store. There's really no way. Fortunately, I went back with my wife and came all the way to chat up, without soliciting.
Somehow, I feel a little tired, so I want to go out for a walk, take my wife home, go to the supermarket, buy her dinner, and then go out for a bowl of Lamian Noodles.
When a person goes out and walks through a busy street dominated by custom shops, it feels how easy it is to just cross the street with his wife. When passing by their store, enthusiastic soliciting friends greeted me, and I heard Japanese and Mandarin. Some black people don't know what accent English is, but I just want to go shopping quietly and eat a bowl of noodles as I did in my twenties.
I ate a dolphin bone Lamian Noodles from Bodo this time, which is characterized by thin noodles. Boil the noodles for about 30 seconds, then pour the thick soup after the water is controlled to dry. In addition, because I am not very hungry, I usually ask for another kind of jade substitute, which is another kind of noodles.
On the sixth day, the world's first Lamian Noodles platform.
I will go back one more day today. I am very grateful to my wife for her understanding and understanding of my willful eating. She took a day out of her precious time and sent me to eat the most delicious Lamian Noodles in the world.
Jaesesobanodles
Jaesesobanodles
Why do you say that? Because this is the only Lamian Noodles store that has been rated as a star by Michelin. The materials and ingredients of his noodles, including the boiling of soup, are unique. The story about his Lamian Noodles and Lamian Noodles is a bowl of thick chicken soup.
755-79000 Global Synchronous Release
We arrive at ten o'clock in the morning. After waiting for more than an hour, we thought we could eat. As a result, we were told that there were no seats available at lunch time, because all the advance tickets at noon had been issued from 8 am. If you want to eat, you can only get the pre-sale coupon now, and then 1 you can eat from half past ten to two. It is also possible to sell out the noodles in advance.
Jaesesobanodles
Considering the rare opportunity, they took the pre-sale coupons, then read books in a nearby bookstore, went to Woya Commercial Street for more than an hour, and then returned to Lamian Noodles Store.
Unfortunately, the braised eggs were sold out. We ordered spicy noodles and spicy noodles with salt sauce, and added wonton and barbecued rice.
Boss Oshima Yuji
My wife is a person who doesn't like Lamian Noodles very much, but she is full of praise.
Its soup is thick but not greasy, it is fresh and lasting in the mouth, and its noodles are very distinctive. Generally, if you don't finish eating the noodles in Lamian Noodles store immediately, you will absorb the soup in the bowl, which will become bloated and have a bad taste. But his face will not have this problem at all. They taste hard, but not hard. It should be an exclusive secret soup, and then stir a spoonful of surface pine mushrooms in the soup, fresh but not greasy.
With a bowl of special barbecued pork rice, even after waiting for a long time, I think it is worth eating.
It's delicious.
After dinner, I passed through Sensoji Temple in the coming direction, got off at Xinqiao by Yamanote Line, and went to Taiwan Province Province, a holy place for Japanese young people to date.
I just got off at Taichang Station, then I looked up and saw a huge Ferris wheel, aimed at him and walked past a big shopping mall.
In fact, you can get off at the Ferris wheel station, but you have to take more stops. The name of the first stop is easier to remember, and you can also go shopping and buy something.
Next to the Ferris wheel is a large Toyota exhibition hall, where you can not only see the most advanced Toyota cars on the market, but also many future concept cars, and you can queue up for free control, attracting many people. Many men who have no interest in dating and shopping on the stage have stayed here for a long time.
Image from Jane's Book App
Probably because of the good air, high visibility and charming surrounding scenery. After sitting on the Ferris wheel, I feel good all around and there is a completely transparent box. I can't help it, because I'm afraid of heights, but I regret it after going up, so it's more exciting to choose that completely transparent box.
After that, walk through the Toyota showroom next to you and you will find the shopping center.
In addition to many duty-free goods, there are Nike stores, various kitchen utensils and daily necessities. Because I bought too much, I was afraid I couldn't fit it back home, so I bought another box.
Ferris wheel at night
Japanese who like reading.
Boxing hall at night
After returning to Shinjuku Station, I decided to have a curry rice in Nakamura House as my last meal in Japan.
Curry rice in Nakamura is very famous in Shinjuku. It's opposite Ito Guowu Bookstore, at the crossroads of the commercial street. I want to order his signature curry, but my wife is afraid of spicy food. It's just that I want to try Japanese beef patties, also known as hamburger patties. I haven't eaten for many years, but I still miss it.
My wife ordered another fried octopus leg. I think this is just so-so. After all, it is not a signboard.
When I got home, I packed my things for a long time. Because I couldn't put anything down, I threw away my old shoes that I went to Japan, and my new shoes came back.
Go home on the seventh day
Getting up at 4 am and looking at my wife's sleepy eyes is a bit painful, but there is no way. I simply cleaned up and went out.
The route I chose was to take a taxi to New Okubo first, which saved the distance from three big suitcases and two schoolbags to Shinjuku Station, because it was too heavy to carry.
In New Okubo, take the Yamanote Line, get off at dusk, take the elevator to the top floor, buy a ticket to the first parking building of Narita Airport, and get on the bus for about an hour.
After I came back from my trip to Japan, I looked at the photos of my trip and wrote down my memories and some experiences of my trip in a small notebook. Looking back, I unconsciously wrote so much, but I feel that there are still us.
It is very meaningful to use the platform of simple books to unload your thoughts and memories. I hope that when they look back, they will smile with satisfaction.
Time is too short, come and go in a hurry, some regrets and imperfections. Thank you for your wife's understanding.
I hope the next trip will leave better memories and be recorded in words.
Life is long, and there must be a long way.