Harajuku Shinjuku Akihabara

After our shopping tour through Shibuya we visited the Takeshita-dori in Harajuku. There were so many different shops with clothes and acessoires. Love it!  

At the end of this street we bought a pearl tea and went ahead to Shinjuku and also Kabukichou  

Takeshita-dori in Harajuku

Kabukichou

We walked around a lot through Shinjuku and later went back to Shibuya for a massage studio near our hotel. We had a foot massage as our feet hurt much (TωT)

Next we walked to the Combini across from the studio and bought some alcohol which we drunk in our hotel room. We talked and tried on our new clothes we bought for the next day before we went to bed.

On the next day we got up at about 8:00 am and had breakfast in a small restaurant near our hotel. We hadn't put on any make-up so we left the hotel with sunglasses only ww

Later we walked back to the hotel for packing our luggage as we had to check-out at 10:00 am. When we finishes we went to foot massage again as it was very cheap and so relaxing! (^ε^)♪

Our last stop in Tokyo was Akihabara where we locked our luggage at the station. The first place we went to, was a Maid Café. It was very funny and the Maids were soo nice! We had lunch there and talked to the Maids. Unfortunately photos were not allowed.

Next we walked through the streets of Akiba and visit some shops before we went back to Shinagawa station with our luggage where we waited for our Shinkansen back to Toyohashi.

Actually we also wanted to go visit the Tokyo Tower but sadly we hadn't enough time (´・ω・`)

Tokyo ♪ Shibuya

On July 25th we got up at 6:00 am and had a small breakfast before driving to the Toyobashi station. As there was a lot of traffic on the streets we tightly catched our Shinkansen (ﾟДﾟ)

On our way to Tokyo we ate Green Tea Ice *yummy*

When we arrived at Shinagawa station we went ahead to Shibuya for searching our hotel.

In the end we couldn't found our hotel so we decided to take a taxi. 

Funnily we determined that our hotel was straight behind 109 xD

Our hotel room

As our Check-in was at 3:00 pm we first went to 109 men's where Aika has met a friend who has a shop in there. We got hungry due to walking around so we visited a restaurant where we ate french toast   

sooo delicious! <3

When we arrived in our hotel at 3:00 pm we fell asleep in our beds immediately as the morning was stressful (´・ω・`) So we slept about about 1 hour and then went shopping in 109 !! 

MA*RS skirt

MA*RS skirt

MA*RS bags

d.i.a skirt

tutuHA dress

Nagoya

Aika and I went to Sakae in Nagoya and walked trough the streets where were lots of great stores (^∇^)

After walking around about 3 hours we went to Aika's home where her husband already waited for us. Afterwards we walked to Aika's favorite bar and drunk something before we went home again for watching a Gazette concert DVD  

As we all got pretty tired we decided to go sleep.

The next day (24.07) we got up at 9:00 am as we planned to go to Tokyo for 2 days,  from July 25th till 26th. So we already bought our tickets for the Shinkansen. It was so expensive    

At about 12:00 pm we ate lunch in a Japanese restaurant.

Later I absolutely wanted to go to Donki! I love Donki cause you can buy everything there! We also saw a Petshop which was next door to Donki.

I am kinda sorry for the little dogs in these boxes of glass (´Д｀)

After shopping at Donki we went to a car garage as Aika's car need to be repaired. So we waited there and drunk green tea and ate some sweets.

We following went to a gamce center in the early evening and took some Purikura before we picked up her husband from the station.

In the evening when we picked up Aika's husband we went to a Karaoke bar and later drunk some alcohol at her home while packing our luggage for Tokyo

 

Gifu and Nagoya

After viewing Takayama, an old traditional town, we went ahead to Shirakawa which is also an very old and traditional city. A Japanese salary man in a shop of that town told me that he feel a little like he was in the Japanese Switzerland cause of the mountains there lol

The family of my Japanese friend and me in Shirakawa

 

We stayed overnight in Shirakawa in a Ryoukan. 

Our Ryoukan

Ryoukan from outside^^

We made a big tour through Shirokawa as there were so many interesing places to visit.

The diner in the Ryoukan was strange. Many things that looked uneatable. I tried to eat the things but some of them really had a strange taste so that I couldn't eat them as I wasn't hungry anyway.

Before we finally went to bed (or rather Futon) we've gone to a traditional Ofuro near the Ryoukan.

On the next morning I woke up at 5:30. It was too noisy as in the Ryoukan also were children who cried early in the morning. I tried to sleep again but in the end I got up at 6:00 am.

We had breakfast at about 8:00 am which also needed geeting used to. (゜д゜；)

After breakfast we have visited an art gallery of a Japanese artist and then went to Gifu station by car where I went ahead to Nagoya to visit Aika from Nagoya by train.

I arrived in Nagoya after about 25 minutes. Didn't think it was so near.

First I couln't find Aika in the station as she wanted to pick me up. So I waited a while and walked around Nagoya station. 10 minutes later I finally have found her (^人^) happy! I haven't seen her before in real so I was really nervous but she was totally nice.

After locking my luggage at the station we went shopping in Nagoya.

Osaka & Gifu

On the next day I kinda couldn't get out of my bed because of the hot weather. I was pretty tired and even don't wanted to eat something for breakfast. So I slept till 11:00.

At about 2:00 pm I went to Umeda for Extensions! It was really cheap in comparison with Germany!

I also was surprised that they are this long!

After my Shopping tour through Umeda I went back in the evening and ate Soumen. Cold noodle soup had a strange taste to me but it was good anyway (＝⌒▽⌒＝)

Later I watched a Japanese horrormovie in TV but that movie was so strange and confusing that I hadn't watched it till the end.

On Friday, July 20th I have been to the Osaka Aquarium. It was very big and so much to see!

That fish look so funny xD

In the evening I called my friend from Nagoya cause I wanted to meet her 3 days later. It wasn't really easy talking in Japanese to her as she doesn't understand neither English nor German but I made it anyway

ヾ(＠°▽°＠)ﾉ

For diner I had Takoyaki. I love it!!!  

On the next day I didn't do really much cause it was raining the whole day. In the evening I packed my luggage for my trip to Gifu and to Nagoya. We went to Gifu by car with the family of my Japanese friend and it took about 4 1/2 hours to there. We arrived in Takayama at about 5:00 in the morning and went to the morning market there. It was really interesting as there were many Japanese specialities like food, Omiyage and talismans.

morning market in Takayama

 

Japan - Osaka

When I have arrived at the Osaka Itami Airport at July 16th in the late afternoon I really was surprised about the weather. It was way too hot! 36°C even in the evening. I absolutely had to get used to it. (´Д｀；)

In the evening after bringing my luggage to the family of a Japanese friend I went to a Udon restaurant for diner. 

Later, in the late evening I went to a gaming hall where I have won a にゃんぱいあ cat at UFO CATCHER o(^▽^)o

Due to the long flight I was pretty tired so I fell asleep at about 1:00 in the evening.

The next day I went to Umeda and Shinsaibashi in Osaka for shopping. I was so happy that I have found 109 in Osaka too! In the afternoon I ate Sourbet Ice in a pretty expensive pastry shop but it was extremely delicious!

 

More in the next blog (・ω・)/