Day 9. HAKONE
IT’S A MUST FOR THOSE OF YOU
WHO THINKING OF COMING TO HAKONE…
TO GET YOURSELF A FREE ONE DAY PASS
FOR ODAKYU TRAIN @ SHINJUKU STATION…..
Today we came to HAKONE…
a mountainous area… 1.30 hrs west of tokyo by train….
It was lovely, Nothing much needed describe….
Even when we got to HAKONE… alot of the time was still
spent, riding the train up & down the mountain….
It was a slow-motion concept of life for those whose
coming here…..
It’s entirely up to anyone…. however long you planning on
spending your time in HAKONE…. We even planned on spending
a night here ourselves if it wasn’t for our cash strap problem….
And since It was only going to be a one day trip…
Our plan for the day was to be spent at the
HAKONE BEGONIA GARDEN & HIMESHARA HOT SPRING
the “the hell valley – OWAKUDANI” and rounding off the
day with the GOTEMBA PREMIUM OUTLET
http://www.odakyu.jp/english/sightsee/hakone/index.html
So.. Off we go then….
Day 10. JIYUGAOKA, DAIKANYAMA
A so-called “MOST WANT TO LIVE CITY IN JAPAN”
as voted by their residents….and who are we to be missing out
on such a place….
It’s a very serene & peaceful place…
with lots of bakeries, small shops….
most suiting for weekenders for wanna chill
For more info… visit
http://kush.typepad.com/jiyugaoka/
http://www.dannychoo.com/
This additional map of the area of mine
only gives you some hint of the area…
it’s really a place to go visit by yourself
1 AMERICAN APPAREL – retailer of clothes from USA
http://americanapparel.net/
2 CIBONE – Interior Design & furniture
http://www.cibone.com/
3 IDEE – Local design giant Teruo Kurosaki’s shop
http://www.idee.co.jp/
4 BOOK1st – famous japanese bookstore
http://www.book1st.net/
5 CREPE – crepe shop in caravan
6 SWEET FOREST – sweet, cake paradise
since it was to be our last day of our trip
there was also this other place which
we clearly wouldn’t want to miss out….
so.. off we went to DAIKANYAMA
1 7-STORE – hip designer clothes
http://www.7-store.net/
2 CATH KIDSTON – best known for textile prints but also
has a great range of homeware, clothing,
accessories and outdoor products
http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/
3 BEAMS – brand of japanese clothing
http://www.beams.co.jp/
4 ONITSUKA TIGER – japanese shoe shop
formerly known as ascis
http://www.asics.co.jp/onitsukatiger/
5 HACKET – designs book store
http://www.hacknet.tv/
6 LAD MUSICIAN – skinny boys who wish
to look like rock stars brand
http://www.ladmusician.com/
7 ZAC PAC – toy shop
http://www.zacpac.ne.jp/
8 JUNIE MOON – blythe shop
http://www.juniemoon.jp/index_e.cgi
9 WAFFLE BEULAH – waffle, pannini, coffee, tea
http://www.waffles-daikanyama.com/
10 DESPERADO – specialty fashion store
http://www.desperadoweb.net/
to round off our perfect japan trip
… surely.. nothing else could
better the YAKINIKU meal….
last but not least for the japan trip
it just had to be this….
Thank You & Good Bye…..
