Sunday, July 23, 2006
Kanto Trip
Some more of my pictures in Tokyo. Thanks to Pe Fa for selecting only the "look good" ones for the graphics.
In front of Yao and Nong Ying’s apartment before we are heading to the Narita Airport.
That should be all for the short story of my Tokyo trip, one of the best trips I have so far. That is because of the warm hospitality we received from Yao and Nong Ying. Especially thanks to Nong Ying who shares the same interest of Japanese craft with me every night, and Pe Fa who is kind enough to help us plan the trip within 3 hours before finally decided to accelerate his annual Japan visit to be approximately the same time with us.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
Tokyo - Day 7
Tokyo - Day 7
In the picture: The Statue of Saigo Takamori, Sculpture of the Thinker by Auguste Rodin, and a shrine in the Ueno park.
Nearby is the Ameya-yokocho Market called Ameyoko for short. This area used to be a thriving flea market immediately after the end of the WWII. There are over 500 shops that sell everything from basic foods to high-class imported goods at reasonable prices, and thus it is very crowded.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Tokyo - Day 6
Rainbow Bridge, Fuji TV Building at Odaiba
Daiba, literally meaning "fort", refers to some of the man made islands in the Bay of Tokyo, which were constructed in the end of the Edo Period (1603-1868). The platform site installed for a marine cannon battery that was constructed in haste to meet the emergent need for defense of Tokyo against the sudden appearance of black steel ships commanded by Commodore Perry from the United States in 1853.
Tokyo - Day 6
Tokyo - Day 6
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Tokyo - Day 5
Tokyo - Day 5
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Yokohama - Day 4
Ramen Museum
Our last stop for today is at Ramen Museum at Yokohama on the way back to Tokyo. On the first floor, a gallery presents the history of ramen noodles in Japan, including the big success of instant ramen. On the two basement floors, visitors can explore a 1:1 replica of some streets and houses of Shitamachi, the old town of Tokyo, of around the year 1958, when the popularity of ramen was rapidly increasing. Nine ramen restaurants can be found there, each featuring a ramen dish from a different region of Japan.
Enoshima - Day 4
Kamakura - Day 4
The Great Buddha of Kamakura is a bronze statue of Amida Buddha that is located on the grounds of the Kotokuin Temple. With a height of 13.35 meters, it is the second largest Buddha statue in Japan (the largest is located in the Todaiji Temple in Nara).
The statue was cast in 1252 and originally located inside a large temple hall. However, the temple buildings were washed away by a tsunami tidal wave in the end of the 15th century, and since then the Buddha stands in the open air
Kamakura - Day 4
Monday, July 17, 2006
Tokyo - Day 3
In the picture from left to right: Nong Ying, Nong Yim, Khun Ooy, Khun Lek, Aor, Oh, Yao, and K. Ooy’s sons.
We then join Yao, Nong Ying and the group at the Royal Thai Embassy to visit Oedo-Onsen Monogatari in Odaiba. This “amusement park” is modelled on old Edo times, with the outdoor pools as well as traditional baths. The natural mineral water are piped from 1400m beneath Tokyo Bay. Various designed yukatas are available for us to choose. Restaurants, souvenir shops and games are also provided.
We stay at Yao and Nong Ying’s apartment in Shinjuku. Yao is Oh’s junior friend at College.
Tokyo - Day 3
Tokyo - Day 3
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Tokyo - Day 2
Six-way intersection at Shibuya is always filled with tons of people rushing around.
Hachiko Statue is an honour to a small Akita dog whose faithfulness was not lost on the locals. In the 1920s, Hachiko was always accompanied a professor to Shibuya station every morning, then returned in the afternoons to await the master's arrival. One spring day the professor died of a stroke while at work and never came home. Hachiko continued to show up at the station daily to wait for his master until his own death 10 years later.
Tokyo - Day 2
Tokyo - Day 2
Tokyo - Day 2
Not only the kids gather at Harajuku, but also another corner of the park we catch many street performance: playing music or dancing. Many of them produce their own album for sale with the fan club listening near by.
This group, Tokyo Rockabilly Club's performance (including their hair style) is amazing.
Tokyo - Day 2
Tokyo - Day 2
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Tokyo - Day 1
Tokyo - Day 1
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices
Though it is a clear sky, but not enough to see Mt. Fuji on that day.
A trip starts again on August 15. It is an unexpected and unplanned trip, we have few weeks to prepare everything, including visa and trip information. Though, I have roughly planned to visit Tokyo someday, but not this soon if not because of the cheap tickets that we got. (of course they came with a lot of conditions).
Monday, July 10, 2006
2006 Java - Kawah Ijen
2006 Java - Kawah Ijen
2006 Java - Kawah Ijen
Workers are carrying sulfur down from the crater.
Normally it takes less than an hour from the base to the crater, but we (girls) top them all taking about 2 hrs and 40 minutes to get there. :-) Khun Noom and Nong Choke thought that we had already changed our mind on the way up and decided to wait for them at the car. So they finally come down, just to know that we are still on our way to the crater.
2006 Java - Kawah Ijen
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Saturday, July 08, 2006
2006 Java - Tosari Village
2006 Java - Tosari Village
2006 Java - Bromo
2006 Java - Bromo
2006 Java - Bromo
Sun rise at Puncak Penanjakan.
Five of us: Pe Paew, Noo Mer, Noom, Choke and I visit East Java, Indonesia on July 7 - 11, 2006. And again K. Noom is our tour leader. Arriving at Surabaya in the evening, we rent a car with a driver and go straight to Cemoro Lawang, a village near Mount Bromo. Get up very early in the next morning and rent a 4-WD car climbimg to Puncak Penanjakan (2,770 m.dpl).
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