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Walking across Rainbow bridge

Nige April 20, 2015

We went Walking across Rainbow bridge. Rainbow bridge can be walked both sides and is normally 30 to 40 mins to walk across from Tokyo to Odaiba or vice versa.

We went out for all you can drink (nome hou dai) and then moved on to the Karaoke party night. We went out to a Karaoke party with her sisters colleagues and friends. There was a Karaoke room in Izakaya they also went to another Karaoke room which serves wide range of drinks and food. […]

Fukushima anti nuclear protest

Nige April 20, 2015

We attended the Fukushima anti nuclear protest parade in Kawagoe. Since the 3.11 Fukushima NPP disaster in 2011, evacuees still live in temporary houses and have not been treated properly by TEPCO or the Japanese government. High levels of radiation is still being detected though the government keeps repeating that it’s safe. June as a […]

Yakiniku Char Grilled Barbecue

Nige April 20, 2015

We went to Ikebukuro and had Tonkotsu Ramen lunch. Tonkotsu means Pork bone broth that originated from Hakata, Kyushu region. With the sing coupon we got a free drink. We then went back to Kawagoe Saitama prefecture where we were staying at June’s sister’s home. On this particular day, it was June’s nieces birthday so […]

Kawagoe Old Tokyo Town

Nige April 19, 2015

Nige & June visit Kawagoe old Tokyo town. We walked around a town in Kawagoe city in Saitama prefecture. The street has a view of old warehouse like as in the Edo period (1800s Tokyo). It was fun to see the old town with the ancient atmosphere. We then had Japanese green tea mochi (rice […]

Oisezuka Park Hanami

Nige April 19, 2015

Nige & June go to the Oisezuka Park Hanami. We walked around Oisezuka park in Kawagoe, Saitama prefecture. Cherry blossom trees made a tunnel along the street. It was very beautiful. Then we went to Yakitori (char-grill chicken skewers) Bar. They have reasonably priced food and it was nice to soak in the atmosphere in […]

JR Pass plus Ueno Hanami

Nige April 19, 2015

JR Pass plus Ueno Hanami (Cherry blossom). We went to Ikebukuro station to buy JR pass which we had prebooked in Perth Australia. We gave the staff exchange order with some documents and was successful. Then we had cheap Tonkotsu ramen and went to Ueno park for Hanami. We did not do proper Hanami (have […]