We stopped by the coffee joint outlet for a simple breakfast. Ate pretty quickly as we realised that there are both smoking and non-smoking seats within the cafe itself. Despite sitting at the non-smoking area we still could smell the smoke!
Our first stop is at Meiji Jingu (it is a shrine for the spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife) and Yoyogi Park, which is just beside the shrine. Saw on numerous blogposts that there will be plenty of people in Yoyogi Park, accompanied with pretty flowers. But when we reached there.. it was raining again and we had only seen probably less than 5 other people in the park.
Next stop - Takeshita Street! We were getting a bit tired from the long walk and it was time to finally do a bit of shopping and eating! As we went during the autumn period, the clothes they were selling are all winter wear. So we didn't buy anything and had the giant and colorful cotton candy and custard cream puff and also visited the Calbee store!
We were getting a bit full so we didn't have the stomach for the famous crepes here. Went to the LINE friends store. They dedicate an entire level just for phototaking.
Stopped by Pablo for their cheese tarts and icecream!
By then, it was already evening time and we headed over to Starbucks at Shibuya to witness the Shibuya crossing and also Hachiko statue.
We finally tried Ichiran Ramen! Ended the day shopping around the malls and doing some errands before heading back to our apartment.
Day 7: Mt. Fuji and Hakone (Lake Ashi/ Mt. Komagatake) tour
We woke up early to head to the hotel, which is the gathering point for pick up to Mt Fuji for our 1 day tour. Weather is bad with so much fog and we couldn't even see Mt. Fuji from the fifth station. Despite the rain, it didn't stop us from taking the selfies! Hahaha. Anyway it was really cold up the mountain - anyone who is coming here should bring thicker jackets like winter as it could go up to negative degrees in temperature.
We had a traditional Japanese lunch at the hotel. It consists of a variety of different Japanese food in bits and portions and it is nice tasting everything within the set.
The coach brought us to Lake Ashi and we took a scenic boat ride along the lake.
Then we went over to Hakone station (just behind Lake Ashi I believe) to take the cable car to Mt. Komagatake. It's another cold area, but not as cold as fifth station. I even had icecream on the way back hahaha.
This is where the tour ends and we were driven back to the gathering point in the morning.
Shopped around Lumine at Shinjuku and we had our last dinner here - Teppanyaki noodles
Anyways, these are my favourite candies from Japan!!! Basically I bought almost every flavour that I have seen. My favourite would be the grape, peach and honeylemon flavours.
Day 8: Departure
Today is the last day of our trip and we went down to Harajuku again as Jack was looking for his Onitsuka Tiger shoes.
We went back for Ichiran Ramen again as it just tasted so good!
Amount of snacks I have gotten back from the trip! :p
I'll see you again, Japan.
Till then!
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