TOKYO 4D/3N ITINERARY CHERRY BLOSSOM SEASON
TOKYO 4D/3N ITINERARY CHERRY BLOSSOM SEASON
30 MAC – 3 APRIL 2019
ON
MALAYSIA AIRLINES
HOTEL
CITADINE SHINJUKU CENTRAL (Kabuchi-Ko)
Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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BREAKFAST
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Breakfast on Board
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Konbini breakfast
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Matsuya at Asakusa
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Konbini breakfast
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MORNING
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Narita – Shinjuku
(NEX)
Shinjuku Gyoen
National Park
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Bus Trip to Oshino
Hakkai
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Imperial Palace
and East Garden,
Sensoji shrine,
Sumida River, Hard Rock Shop Ueno,
Ueno Park
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Shinjuku – Narita
(NEX)
NRT-KL
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LUNCH
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Max Ramen,Shinjuku
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Street Food at
Oshino Hakkai
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Ichiran Ramen
Shinjuku
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On board (NRT-KL)
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AFTERNOON
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Meguro River
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Matcha Experience
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Shopping at
Shinjuku
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EVENING
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On Board
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Shibuya (109)
Hachiko Statue
starbuck ,
Shibuya Crossing
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Gotemba Outlet
shopping
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Kabukicho
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DINNER
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Plaza premium KLIA
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Uobei
Sushi,Shibuya
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Nazebo Shabu Shabu
at Shinjuku
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Komeda’s coffee
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On board (KL-KCH)
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HOTEL
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On board
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Citadine Shinjuku
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Citadine Shinjuku
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Citadine Shinjuku
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HOME
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Calorie
IN
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1548
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1860
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1839
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Calorie
OUT
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2669
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2421
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2203
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Daily Steps
(Fitbit)
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19128
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15271
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16172
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There is so much Tokyo can offer and it's hard to fit all in just 3 days. Using this simple Tokyo Map, I divided Tokyo into West, Middle and East. Time saving and I can see more of Tokyo in short trip. GOALS for this trip; Cherry Blossom hunting, Foodies, Mt Fuji Sight seeing and shopping.
West side
are around Shinjuku, Meiji Shrine, Meguro River, Harajuku and Shibuya. Middle are around
Roppongi, Tokyo Tower, Zojoji Temple, Imperial Palace and East Garden. East
side are Asakusa, Sensoji, Sky Tree, Ueno and Akihabara.
Day 1 KLIA-NRT
1830 hrs
KCH-KL, transit at KLIA and collected Roaming Man Rental Wifi at Level 5 near
McDonald. Rest and had dinner at Plaza Premium Plaza at Satellite Terminal
international departure while waiting for departure of MH 088 at Gate C16 at
2330 hrs.
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| Plaza Premium Lounge Buffet |
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| MH 88 (A380 800) |
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| MOB .. what say you? Nasi Lemak I miss Nasi Lemak Pak Naser |
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| 7 hours 30 minutes Flight KL-NRT |
Day 2 NRT Airport Shinjuku-Shinjuku Gyoen-Meguro River
Landed at
Narita Airport around 0730 hrs at level 1F, walked through immigration process and
collected my luggage for about 30 minutes. Collected my KLOOK voucher for 72hrs
pass at HIS counter which located at the right side of the arrival exit. Very
long queue at HIS counter, waiting for about 30 minutes.
Around
0900hrs, walked to JR East Office to buy Narita Express ticket located at
Basement Floor using elevator. Bought a return ticket NRT- Shinjuku for 4000JPY.
One way ticket cost around 3000 JPY, saves around 2000 by buying a return
ticket. NRT-Shinjuku using N’EX took around 1 hour 30 minutes, stopped at few
major ‘stops’ eg Tokyo, Shibuya, Shinjuku.
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| Inside NEX, you can eat , relax in this Fast Train, 1 hour 30 mins to Shinjuku. |
Came out
at Shinjuku, a bit loss because of so many people. I just look for EAST Exit , which will bring me to
Kabukicho side. As I found EAST Exit which is located at Lumine Est Shopping,
just walked out from the Lumine Est building toward Kabukicho area for about
500 mtres to reach my hotel , Citadine Central Shinjuku. It was quite easy to
find.
Managed
to reach the hotel around 11 something and still quite early for room check in.
I just used the washroom at the lobby to dress up for my walk.
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| Citadine Central Shinjuku, Lobby at Level 3. Lawson Mart at Ground Floor |
15
minutes walk from Citadine to Shinjuku Gyoen National Park. Very crowded,
Cherry Blossoms full bloom. Super long queue to get ticket, which cost 500 JPY.
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| Entrance of Shinjuku Gyoen Park to buy ticket |
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| Full Bloom Cherry Blossom |
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| Very huge Park with more than 1000 cherry blossom trees. |
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| should have bring food for Hanami |
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| everywhere people taking beautiful photos |
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| Shinjuku Gyoen Park |
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| Pond inside Shinjuku Gyoen |
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| A lot of people bring their food and enjoy the cherry blossom view |
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| one of the beautiful capture from my samsung phone |
Well- Spent
1-2 hours in the park. It was so beautiful and
relaxing. If you want to come to Tokyo, it will be great during the Cherry
Blossom season.Every year it is around end of March to middle of April, the
cherry blossom reach full bloom starting from the southern part to the northern
part, where Hokkaido will have full bloom cherry blossom later in the month.
LUNCH
Coming
out form the park, it was almost 1pm, On the way back to the hotel, I stopped
at a ramen shop in Shinjuku area called ‘Max ramen’.
My first
attempt to vending machine ramen. Order from the machine, you can choose the
broth richness, noodle or add on spring
onion or egg.
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| Tonkotsu Ramen (830 JPY) |
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| Small restaurant that you will share small table with others |
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| Part of Meguro River |
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| jammed packed with people |
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| the best I could shot in crowded people |
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| photo taken from one of the bridge |
Next destination was Shibuya.
Using Tokyu-Tokoyo direct to Shibuya Station, no change of train. Brief visit to famous Hachiko
statue, a loyal dog.
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| Hachiko Statue |
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| before the crossing |
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| 3-2-1 cross 2-3 thousands ppl cross at one time. |
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| photo from level 2 starbucks |
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| walking distance from Shibuya Crossing |
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| Screen for each customer, conveyor belt in front of you. |
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| value for Ringgit |
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| Clam soup |
The sushi size was big with
quite a reasonable price, This is
conveyer belt sushi. Ordered from the screen, and the sushi will be send to you
via a fast conveyor belt and 7 sushi plates and tempura with clam soup , it worth
1100 JPY. Worth for your RM.
Happy
tummy happy wallet going back to hotel on train. END of Day 2.
Day 3 Shinjuku – Oshino Hakkai –Shikido
Matcha- Gotemba Peace Park-Gotemba Premium Outlet
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| Konbini Breakfast from Lawson Mart (300-500 JPY) |
Sunrise in Tokyo was quite early around 0530 hrs, today will be a day trip on Bus to Oshino Hakkai- matcha
experience and Gotemba Outlet. The package was bought through KLOOK online for
RM 226. Meeting point for the tour was at Prince Hotel Shinjuku, which was
about 300 mtres from my hotel. Shinjuku to Oshino Hakkai journey was around 2 hours. Oshino Hokkai is a small village, where Fuji san or Mount Fuji can be seen. It was a cold day and quite cloudy. The Fuji-San was not very clear on that day.
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| the best shot that I can take for Mt Fuji |
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| Mount Fuji at Entrance of Oshino Hakkai Village |
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| around the pond in Oshino Hokkai |
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| waiting for the Fuji san to get clearer |
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| Fuji Apple sold at Oshino Hakkai |
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| One of Biggest apple I have seen and very fresh |
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| Red Bean bun |
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| some of street food while waiting for Fuji san to get clearer. |
We was at
Oshino Hakkai for about 2 hours before leaving to Shikido for Matcha
experience. Matcha or green tea is good anti-oxidant and in Japanese it has
other cultural values. Preparing, holding the cup and drinking it should be in a proper manner.
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| Matcha or Green tea Powder |
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| preparing Green tea |
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Presentation Of Matcha Preparation
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Next destination
on the bus tour are Gotemba Peace Park before going to Gotemba Premium Outlet
for 2 hours of shopping.. Definitely it’s a rush. Just managed to get something
from Polo Ralph Lauren outlet, GAP and and quick browse to Coach, MK. It is
quite a huge outlet with more than 200 brands. In bright day, Fujisan should
able to be seen from this outlet.
Heading back to Shinjuku after the shopping, the trip was around 1 hour 30 minutes. Walk around Shinjuku and Kabukicho before heading for Shabu shabu buffet dinner.
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| kabukicho @ red light district of Tokyo |
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| Godzilla |
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| Shabu shabu dinner (3000-5000 JPY per pp) |
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| very nice wagyu beef |
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| some of the food |
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| choice of shabu shabu or sukiyaki with various flavours at Nazebo |
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| drinks |
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| dessert |
Happy
tummy for Day 3 , before heading back to hotel room, few hundreds metres from Nazebo restaurant. Nazebo is at 8th
floor of Tiffany and Co building opposite Bicqlo.
Day 4 Imperial Palace-East
Garden-Asakusa-Sumida River-Ueno
To fully utilize my Metro Card, today I started my Journey toward the east side of
Tokyo. Stated with Imperial Palace and East garden. I Arrived at the garden
very early and the gate was still closed. I only managed to take photos around
outside the east Garden and along the road,
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| East Garden |
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| outside the Imperial Palace |
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| outside the gate of East Garden |
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| Outside East Garden |
Walking around
outside the East Garden for about half and hour before going to Asakusa area for
Sensoji Temple and Sumida River.
Taking metro
from East Garden to Asakusa. Before starting my tour around Asakusa, I had
quick breakfast at Matsuya at Asakusa. Famous and affordable chain restaurant
in Japan.
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| Rice with Beef and Miso Soup |
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| Entrance Of Sensoji Shrine |
Sensoji
Shrine is the oldest shrine in Japan. Rows of souvenirs at the entrance to
Sensoji Shrine. Beautiful Cherry blossoms also seen around the Sensoji temple.
I found this place is very packed with tourists. Many souvenirs shop selling
Japanese gifts ie fridge magnet, hand fan, kimonos , T shirts.
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| Souvenirs shop toward the shrine |
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| Sensoji Shrine |
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| Sensoji Shrine |
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| along the way to sensoji Temple |
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| Sensoji Temple |
About 200 meters from Sensoji Shrine is the Sumida River. Where it is one of the cherry blossom spot along the river. From where also can see Tokyo Sky Tree across the river.
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| Sumida River Park |
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| Tokyo Sky Tree across Sumida River |
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| along Sumida River
After walking along Sumida River, I took a train(Metro) to Ueno. Where Hard Rock Cafe/ Rock Shop, Ueno Zoo and Ueno Park are located.
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| Rock Shop at Ueno |
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| Ueno Park |
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| After shopping at HRC to Ueno Park |
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| Crowd at Ueno Park |
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| after many attempts to take selfie in crowded park |
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| Ameyayoko Street can be seen from Ueno station/ Euno Park.
After a
hectic walk at Ueno Park with crowded of people, it was time to head back to
Shinjuku. Arrived at Shinjuku and straight to famous Ichiran Ramen Restaurant,
a cubicle ramen restaurant. Ordered from vending machine and wait for your turn
to get seated in individual cubicle. You will be served through the small
window, the blind will be closed after you are served.
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After ordering at vending machine, have to fill up this form.
After
lunch , back to hotel and rest. Before go for souvenirs shopping around
Shinjuku ie Don Quijote, Daidaku Drugstore, Uniqlo, BIC camera, BICqlo.
Stop for
nice coffee and Matcha cheese cake at Komeda’s coffee.
take your number
 
Matcha Cheese Cake
Day 5 Shinjuku-NRT- KL-KCH
I was
extra early for my Narita Express which scheduled at 0651 hrs. Walk from Citadine Hotel to the
terminal is less than 15 minutes. The train was on time and reached NRT Airport
around 0808 hrs and I directly to drop luggage before exploring NRT Terminal 2
airport.
     
Snacks (onigiri Salmon)
Before
saying sayonara Tokyo !!!
Delicious
food was served on board from NRT-KL on MH89.
Till we meet again TOKYO!!!
Arigatou gauzamasu.
EXPENSES
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