Saturday, August 13, 2011 @ 11:06 AM
YAT - 7 Aug
On 7th, we left Sendai for Tokyo. A picture paints a thousand words, so I'll let the photos do the talking ;) In the photos (in the middle) are my room mates, Saori chan & Ami chan!

After the goodbyes, we took the bullet train from Utsunomiya Station to Tokyo Station. Compared to the endlessly long bus ride of 5 hours which we had on the first day, traveling from Sendai to Tokyo took only 50 minutes, which is just a fraction of the time we spent on the first day. Modern technology really does shrink our world and connects even far flung places! It really made us wonder why we had to take the longer and more tiring route at the start of the trip ><
After a short lunch beak at Tokyo Station, we visited Tokyo University (Todai) for some short lectures. Strolling along the Todai Campus amidst the summer heat, we were all surprised when the rain came after the lecture series. One of the professors then showed us a meteorological analysis programme which he estimated that the rain would stop within half an hour. And yes, his prediction was right! (claps)

After checking into Shinagawa Prince Hotel, it was free and easy time! My group decided to go to Ikebukuro. The blurry photos below is evidence of them being taken in a shaky train! Haha.


Having stayed in Ikebukuro during my trip to Japan last year, I was looking forward to visiting Animate to marvel at its wide selection of anime and manga merchandise, Tokyu Hands for its array of interesting Japanese products, Seibu for the food hall at its basement, Sunshine City for its collection of clothes stores.... and so much more. However, we had very limited time and most stores closed by 830pm in a bid to conserve electricity. This makes me want to visit Tokyo for shopping again though! I love their bustling city :)