ida's trip to tokyo

ida went with two of her friends on a 5-day d-i-y tour of tokyo. she left on a thursday night (5 april) and came back on wednesday (11 april) at 1.40 a.m. the discounted fare on sia was about s$600 plus.

according to her, food was very good - because she likes japanese food - and not as expensive as people make it out to be. on the average, she spent about 1000yen (s$13) on a meal. for some meals, she had to pay more. like, the prime beef she had at a small restaurant. "the best beef i have eaten so far" came up to about 5000yen.

in tokyo, they moved around by train most of the time to visit the tourist spots. she was full of praise for the train network and the courteousness of the japanese people. as she puts it, japan is culturally rich and technologically advanced.

they took the train to tokyo disneyland, which was a bit of a disappointment because they did not get to see the fireworks as it was raining. however, they managed to see cherry blossom in bloom.

the longest train ride they had was the one which took them to the outskirt of tokyo. they had taken the train to one of the onsens - a japanese hot spring. they had to transfer about three times to get to the place where the onsen was located.

it was not a traditional onsen because they were allowed to wear their swimsuits. although they paid about 4000yen each, they thoroughly enjoyed the visit to the onsen.