the lovely

*Hokkaido II*

I think it's called uni. Sea urchin.Tastes... well, not too bad. I hate sashimi but this one leaves a sweet aftertaste. Everyone said it was super fresh, I don't know.

This is chutoro. I said I don't eat sashimi, but hell, I love this! One look at it and you can't wait to pop these darlings into your mouth. Not only is it nice, it's damn ex too! Haha about 20 bucks per piece. I think Tatsuya has got very good sashimi too.

The alaskan crab is how fresh. I don't eat crabs usually, but I ate quite a bit back in Japan.

Everything is super kawaii there.

I love sunsets. Look at the clouds..

Breathtaking..

They have corn potage in vending machines!

Little pony with a super kawaii plait on its forehead.

When the sakura petals fall off the trees, they tie tiny pieces of colourful candies on the branches as a form of embellishment.

Button sakura tree

They're so pretty!

An pan man!

I can make a postcard out of this!

The clouds look almost fake

Don't they resemble big fluffy marshmallows? =)

By this time, I've already got sick of eating hotpots. They seriously come with all your three meals everyday zzz.

Gas station named Jass. How cool is it haha.

I'd bought this thinking that it was some kit kat beverage, but was super disappointed to find 4 bars of kit kat chocolate inside =(

But then again, only the Japanese will sell kit kat chocolate in a vending machine in a yes, glass bottle.

Copper! Not gold.

Crystals!

Gold ore. But it looks damn ugly here lol.

Snow mountain.

Looks like a piece of cow hide from afar no?

Potential postcard =)

Melting snow

I used my finger to leave my name in the snow. Which was of course a dumb idea cuz my index finger literally froze and I thought it was gonna come off. But thank God it didn't =)

Another potential postcard.

Super pretty right? I love taking pictures of the sun if you guys haven't already realise

I'm inclined to think that they're coniferous trees

Frozen lake! Bottom left of this picture

This looks totally Mongolia I swear. Notice how beautiful the clouds are?

Fresh milk from the farm!

I call it the meh-meh carpet

Sheepdog and.. sheeps. Duh

The clouds look super 3D here.

This totally looks like a picture taken from a farm. Which is, right.

Samurai village

See that hotpot again? Anyway it has the most ridiculous name, only if you understand Hokkien, or maybe if you cuss in all sorts of languages haha. It's called nabei. The other kind with the paper on top is called kaminabei, which, actually sounds worse haha. But don't misunderstand, it's nice. But not when you eat at least twice a day for an entire week. It's just like asking you to eat minced meat noodles three meals a day for an entire week. Sick.

I believe it's some rice field or the like.

Back in Narita airport. I was told Japanese wear only black to work. Which explains why they look like a colony of ants scrambling around in the morning or knock-off time. See the above picture for evidence. Black....

Ramen museum in Yokohama.

Entrance ticket

It was specially designed to replicate ramen stalls in the past.

Looks ordinary. But this bowl of ramen is by far the tastiest I've eaten so far. Slightly better than Sapporo ramen.

I hate the flash. But see my bowl? It's empty! And yes, I wore this jacket deliberately cuz I'm a number one fan of the Japanese team in the World Cup! Although I gotta admit they played like shit in 2006.

Similarity? We have ERP and they have road tax collectors. Difference? They tax is wayy higher. Almost ridiculous. And if you see how many stops the coach has to make due to these tax collection stations, you'd puke. Seriously. But I'm not saying Singapore's any better. Japan's just a little worse.

Dark clouds..

Chinatown in Yokohama. I almost thought I was in Beijing haha.

Panda. I have no idea. Upcoming Olympics maybe? But I love this picture! SO cute!

Their skirts are how short!

Giant baos. They're about the size of Tamme's head. And the price's ridiculous cuz they cost an average of about 6 to 7 bucks. Yes, even the non-meat ones.

Oh I gotta elaborate on this one. We needed the washroom so badly we had to just make do with this one. A whopping 100 Yen person. That's like $1.35 SGD la. Crap. That's by far the most expensive washroom I've visited in my entire life! But they had an explanation for this.. It's supposedly a feng shui toilet. Right, whatever. Anyway, more pictures of this feng shui toilet...

Baby cradle.

Right, the first cubicle.. I don't understand

Second cubicle.. I don't understand too. But I reckon it has got something to do with your career?

I know this! Something to do with money!

Fourth cubicle.. I'm not too sure zzz

This one's about love!

Starbucks

I order macha latte everywhere I go. This is by far the best macha latte I've tasted!

Burberry Blue Label. We were so looking forward to visiting this shop cuz Japan's the only country in the world that has Blue Label. But we're super disappointed cuz nothing caught our eyes zzz. I was like hoping to get a bag that's less common but too bad.