2日：公園わみるんじゃよう！＊

 *Let's see the gardens!


しんせつ：very polite

       Without further ado after breakfast at the hotel, we went to 'hike' up to a place and an Old Garden, if I recall much it's by the Dutch or something. It was the first Catholic church first we visited, then the garden was another 5 minute-walk. The location was in a coastline, you could see the cargo ships juuuust, there.

      On the way back down, there were (of course) shops that makes Indonesian hearts and wallets trigger to stop by and take a look on what they're selling. Seriously GOOD STUFF I TELL YOU. MAKES YOU WANT TO STEAL a bunch of Yens from my parents' cash stash and buy it all... Well, start gaping for just ah-dorable displays and kawaii things!

       •We were eaten and pressed by yellow Tofu-like! With Christie aka. Changminnie's wife•

 

 •How could you resist a Hello Kitty made out of lego calling you in front of a store?•

 • A GHIBLI STORE FULL WITH MAGICAL GIFTS DOLLS TOYS AND WONDROUS THINGS FROM THE WORLD OF GHIBLI NO EXPLANATION NEEDED I WANTED THAT SPIRITED AWAY FRAME. More pictures would be coming from my babies (aka. lomo lala land) •

      The next stop was to the Hiroshima Bomb Museum and the Fountain of Peace where they dedicated that special area to reminiscence and pay respect to the victims, where they have the original leftovers from the bomb in that moment of time, a clock that stopped exactly where the bomb reached the 'ground zero', 11:02 AM.
      I took a picture together with tourist mascot for these kind of areas, cute white dog (I think!)

       Today's lunch was just, おいしいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい！！！！！！！！ And could you ever imagine, all you can eat BBQ for only 980Yen for an adult, lunch time, 60 minutes (yes FYI they time you, another price has been set for 90 minutes and 120 minutes) but yeah, we 'killed' loads of poor beef and pork. Sorry, pork belly and so and cuttlefish is just ooooomphhh.
       I'm grilling ika on the pit! And do not ever ever ever ask about the dessert. The standard for me here for just a mere buffet was L.O.V.E. The soft ice-cream and the CREAM PUFFS I TELL YOU were the cream of the crop. Not eating cream puffs here means you never step in the land of the rising sun. Ever. How it melts in your mouth with soft bite-size cream puffs and in this particular restaurant, they have 4 flavors: green tea, strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate. Of course the last two and green tea had left me speechless in chewing them and eating them like crackers.

        The Japanese shopping style - a whole lane of blocks joined together to create a shopping lane, one of them here (name has been forgotten, you'll see the similarity in Shinbaishi Osaka and will update this later) I visited at night before dinner.

 •wearing Red-black striped tunic, black maxi blazer, netted wool long vest, leopard tights, Rotelli boots, GAP parachute jacket.

Batik bag from Jogja, my matryoshka purse!•

        Dinner was by request, we ate ramen! Hot soup has trickle down my taste buds and seriously, they take a freaking la-a-o-ng time, my tummy was absolutely rumbling my stomach has been gastric famished, and they served just off the pan gyoza (yum yum yum yum chew chew chew gone) and finally, the ramen bowl!

     At night, we stayed in Kusamoto Hotel Castle, and our daily nighties were yukatas and this one is gorgeous! Anyhow, if anyone of you ever stay the night here, make sure you walk out your door and walk towards the end of the hall, there's a door and a small balcony, the view is just amazing! You can see the castle on the top right side, lighten up! By morning the breathtaking view is gone as the lights are off and the ambience is hustling bustling city...

1日 : お尻がいったい！＊

＊Oshiri ga ittai : My butt hurts!

      Flight at night from Jakarta, arriving about 7AM in Tokyo to catch another domestic flight to Fukuoka in 2 hours time.

•drinking in the Narita airport window...waiting for the flight•

        The flight was about another hour, then finally reaching to Fukuoka, my former sensei's city of where she lived and studied. We were waiting for our luggages  to be collected, and for the bus to come; the weather was chilly but fresh after being stuck in plane ride for hours..

        I took a picture of my shadow outside the Fukuoka Airport which I have forgotten the name, actually looking for natural heat because - of course - the wind was a freezer blast! We then head for lunch, approximately less than an hour ride with the bus and do quick sightviewing of the city which has nothing special but how Japanese city goes, short and cute buildings or little shops and restaurants were along the way. The lunch was awesome BBQ (think because I was starving), I was food depleting inside and chew on with extra rice! I did promise myself I wouldn't hold back if I ever want to add extra rice in Japan in the first Japan trip I did. It's simply subarashii - superb!!!

 

•Busy eating with a new pal, Odelia, or Odol, or call her anyhow you want, she's a Cassie too!•

•レストラントの前に、しゃしんとっています： 

In front of the restaurant's place, I took a picture. How artistic compared any other city! With my poodle hair... •

      Our tour didn't stop by and spend a night in Fukuoka itself, the bus took off right after our lunch to our next city... And in resting areas which we always stop by, there's actually some good photo spots which shows the map in a very unique way - oh how I love Japanese' little detail freaks!

•The map of our route so far in the area.

wearing:Off-white polka-dot detail blazer, Tie-dye black hoodie-top, Kill City purple pipes, and debuting my Nike Air Force 1 polka dots high tops!•

      Methinks that's about it that day. It was more of a traveling day from a town to another and stops made. Note on the convenience stores and little food courts on every stop, they do not have magazines. I was bummed by that, asking every stop before I then realize I guess (magazines and newspapers are important!!) they don't even stock it in stops... pfft.

7日：きれいな、藤山ーさん！＊

*Kirei na, Fuji(yama)-san!

          The highlight today was to reach the highest peak for tourists' to the famous Mt. Fuji! It's famous because... it's symmetrical in any angle you see. The ride takes forever as we left early from the hotel, lunch by the Lake, then heading towards Mt. Fuji for another 2-3 hours.

It's also Christmas Eve, so bring on the red and green and whites! :)

Planned it to be today since tomorrow it's show-off drapery day. Tokyo, here I come!

           We were lucky today, we couldn't see Mt. Aso on days before, and today, Mt. Fuji has given luck on our side! The highest station to drop off to get the best pictures is the 5th level, and there is where we arrived!

•snow, snow, snow!•

•gyah, it's tiring as well!•

•wait up!•

•Gotemba Factory Outlet•

         Afternoon plans were to visit the Gotemba Factory Outlet area, a large space filled with shops of branded brands and all that in one place. MMM had these bling-bling collar tuxedo suspenders, Vivienne Westwood Red Label didn't have shine yet - just from the plastic shoes, and inside Y's of Yohji Yamamoto that made me squirm and curse myself why didn't I get it was this black dress that only costs roughly less than 17,000Yen, about, US$170?

        Who was I to blame when a Yamamoto costs that? Even the salesperson, well in every shop, wore the designer's item. WHY NOT? I would love to work like that when wearing these power items. Rawrrrrr.... ! Especially when I can help him in his time of crisis. Hahaha. But we were late and in a hurry to meet, aaahhh I was calculating in the bus, comparing it to my mom's sudden buy of a skin cream costing US$150. So a Y's dress was just another $20.

D.A.R.N. IT.

Nighttime back at the foot of the mountain, to the hotel where we rested, an onsen on the 7th floor to enjoy, but meanchile, have a MERRY CHRISTMAS like me with these adorable snowman lamps! Merriful lamps indeed! :)

(the past is the past. I hope you guys enjoyed the festive season, may everyday of your life be merry!)

•wearing a red-striped long sleeved top, green mermaid scrunched top, River Island grey vest, Kill City purple skinnies. simpler geta sandals

accessories of stacked bangles•  

AAAAND I'M OFF TO ONSEN!