Archive for April, 2008
« Previous EntriesNikko Trip: Part 3 (Kegon Falls ~ Japan’s famous waterfall!)
Sunday, April 27th, 2008At 97 m high, Kegon Falls one of Japan’s three highest waterfalls and is located in the Nikko National Park. As such, the 3 dudes decided to witness this majestic monument.
After visiting the grand Toshogu Shrine, we decided to make our way to the Nikko National Park. We initially wanted to take a bus and we waited at the bus stop for almost 20 minutes but none arrived. In the end, we hailed a cab. The taxi cabby said that the trip from Toshogu Shrine to the Nikko National Park would cost 6000 yen and the 3 dudes were dumbfounded. (6000 yen = US$57.50 = S$78.21 as of April 2008) Even Cool dude who was the best at bargaining couldn’t persuade the cabby to give us a better rate.
The journey from Toshogu Shrine to the Nikko National Park took around 50 minutes. It was freezing cold when we stepped out of the taxi and it was the first time for me to witness beautiful heaps of white snow.
See what I’ve bought from Tokyo…
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Hi all, I’ve bought these 2 super cool books from Tokyu Hands in Shibuya. It shows you how to make domino effects using common household products 
Watch the videos below and tell me what you think?
Nikko Trip: Part 2 (Magnificant Toshogu Shrine!)
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008After 2 hrs of train ride from Tokyo, we finally reached Nikko! But the temperature was much lower than in Tokyo (at least 10 degrees celcius lower!). We were certainly caught unexpected and had to bare with the gruesome chilliness. But our spirits remained high!
Although you can’t see from our face, we’re actually shivering from the cold, brrrr….
Nikko Trip: Part 1 (Nikko here we come!)
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Nikko vs Hakone, a tough choice right? Nikko is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites where the mignificent Nikko Tosho-gu, Futarasan Shrine and Rinno-ji stand and Hakone is a great place to visit the beautiful ice-capped Mount Fuji and Lake Ashi. And the winner is… Nikko!
Well, the cute dude insisted going to Nikko as there is more room to show off his photography skill in Nikko as Nikko merges tradition with mother nature. Cool dude and I had no strong objection (since he’s our main camera dude =p).
We had to drag ourselves from our cosy beds at 5:00am in the morning to catch the first train to Nikko. Before that, we had to answer to our growling stomachs. Off we go to the nearby 24/7 Seiyu supermart to purchase our japanese breakfast, the renowned Bento!
Very useful resources for your Tokyo trip :-)
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Before I went to Tokyo, I went to my local JNTO (Japan National Tourist Organization) branch to gather all the brochures I need for my Tokyo trip. There’s sure lots of them there, and it was a real hassle to carry them all back. However, you don’t have to do that anymore. I’ve found that the JNTO website also provides downloadable files which introduces the popular destinations in Japan (I only found out after our trip, *SLAP on my head…)
Below is the download link for the toyko walks brochure, I’ve used them for all our trips in Tokyo, really handy :-)
“Toyko Walks” pdf - http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/rtg/pdf/pg-305.pdf
The “3 Dudes’ Secret Tokyo Itinerary”
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Stuck with planning your itinerary for Tokyo? You are in luck! I’m going to reveal to you our highly treasured “3 Dudes’ Secret Tokyo Itinerary”. You’ll be able to find out the exact places that we’ve been to and the rough time estimate we’ve allocated for each location.
Sooo…, if you like to be where the 3 dudes have been, see what the 3 dudes have seen, eat what the 3 dudes have eaten (yuck, so unhygenic…), go and download the itinerary at:
http://3dudesintokyo.com/secret_tokyo_itinerary.doc, or
http://3dudesintokyo.com/secret_tokyo_itinerary.pdf
Have Fun Planning!!
Hello Kitty Attack! MeoW…
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008It’s a crime not to buy Hello Kitty in Japan… =p
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Odaiba >> HOme of the RainBOw BRidge << @o@
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Odaiba is a popular shopping and sight-seeing tourist attraction. It houses the famous Rainbow Bridge, Mini Statue of Liberty, Aqua City, the Dai-Roku Daiba and the Palette Town Ferris Wheel.
The Rainbow Bridge is known for it’s colorful appearance at night from the illumination of red, white and green lamps. Below are the different faces of the magnificent Rainbow Bridge.
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Shinjuku - A City Of Neon Lights!
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008During the first day of our Tokyo trip, we checked in our hostel quite late in the evening. So we figured that we would go to some place which does not take a long time to walk around in. Shinjuku was the first place which came to our mind, since we wanted to have the firsthand experience of Tokyo’s urban nightlife.
From our hostel in Asakusa, we took a subway train to Shinjuku and it took around 25 minutes to reach our destination (not counting the 10 minutes we wasted trying to figure out which lines to transfer and what tickets we should buy… damn the subway there is sure confusing for a first-timer). Once we reach there, we were in for another big headache. The Shinjuku subway was HUGE! Even by looking at the map, we could not figure out where we were :-(. In the end, we just chose any exit to get out of the station and find our way from there.
When we finally got out, we were amazed by the size of the city! It’s simply a shoppers paradise! Everywhere you’ll see neon lights in red, green, blue, white… just name any color and they’ll have it. There were also lots and lots of people! You’ll have to see it to believe it. Below are the pictures we took of this colorful and exciting place…
Cute Dude Proposing To A Lady in Ueno Park?!
Monday, April 7th, 2008
This was a candid shot taken without cute dude’s consent. What’s he doing?? Proposing to a lady?
