Topped up the Suica cards and took JR Yamanote line to Shinjuku.
Okachimachi JR Station Platform
Got off at Ueno, thinking we took the wrong loop. But we were actually on the right track. While waiting for the train, took a picture of the signboard of Ueno.
Journey took about 25mins. Collected the Hakone 3-day freepasses, hotel vouchers and Odakyu Romance Car train tickets from Odakyu Sightseeing Service Centre. The staff can speak English.
Around the centre
Lots of travel brochures
Scenery around Shinjuku Station West Exit
Odakyu Shopping Centre.
Next, took the JR Chuo line to Kichijoji Station. Platform to take the Chuo Line.
Learnt from a blogger that the Matsuzaka beef at a shop named Satou is cheap and good. Reached Kichijoji in 15mins.
Kichijoji covered shopping area. Walk for a short distance and Satou will be visible on the left
Here it is: On the second floor.
We reached the restaurant too early at around 4.30pm and they were not opened for business yet. Roamed around the shop.
Ramen shop - vending machine to select your ramen.
This is the shop selling beef/pork ball which many claimed that it tasted wonderful. I found it so so only. Each box costed 320yen.
We were finally led to the restaurant upstairs via the narrow stairways. No one was there and there was no queue, even after we finished our dinner. Maybe, we were early.
We ordered 3 Matsusaka beef sets at 10,000yen each. The price seemed to have gone up! I thought it was 5,000yen then but the chef recommended this set. Look at the marbled fat meat!
Chef at work
How the restaurant looked like. Pretty small.
Our table
Salad
Ordered one beef set at 2,500yen. Oh dear, not sure what this is. Is it Wagyu beef? Each set comes with soup and bottomless rice.
The 2,500yen beef steak set was more meaty but tasted nice. Oishi!
This is the Matsuzaka beef steak set. Full of fat. Why do we pay 10,000yen to eat fat? Hubby said it was smooth and melt in the mouth because of its fat.
So, this meal costed us more than S$500!
After dinner, roamed around Kichijoji before heading back to Shinjuku.
Shinjuku Terrace City Christmas Decoration
More decoration at Mosaic Street
Shinjuku at night
Shinjuku Southern Terrace
Bought Krispy Kreme original honey glazed donut before taking chuo Line to Kanda before transferring to Okachimachi.
The train was very crowded.
Finally, back at Okachimachi.
End of Day2
Our Japan Itinerary
Day 1 -
Flight to Incheon-Seoul
Day 2 -
Breakfast -> Incheon Transit area -> Lunch -> Tokyo, Narita -> Limited Express to Ueno -> Checked in Sardonyx Hotel (Review) ->
Matsusaka Beef Steak Dinner at Satou, Kichijoji -> Shinjuku at Night
Day 3 –
Breakfast -> Odyaku Romance Car to Hakone-Yumoto -> Small train to Gora Station -> Leave luggages at Setsugetsuka Hotel ->
Gora -> Sounzan -> Owakudani Boiling Valley -> Black Eggs -> Togendai ->
checked into Setsugetsuka Hotel (Review)-> Dinner at hotel restaurant -> Outside the hotel at night
Day 4 -
Breakfast -> Gora Station -> Checked out -> Gotemba Premium Outlet -> Togendai ->
Check in to Hakone Green Plaza (Review) -> Dinner
Day 5 -
Breakfast -> Checked out -> Odawara Castle -> Checked in Sardonyx Ueno ->
Ueno Unagi Dinner at Izuei Honten, Ueno -> Ameyoko
Day 6 -
Breakfast - > Ueno Park -> Lunch at Tsujiki ->
Imperial Palace -> Ginza ->
Asakusa -> View from Shinjuku Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building -> Ramen Dinner
Day 7 -
Breakfast -> Early Lunch at Kyushu Jangara, Harajuku -> Meiji Shrine -> Harajuku -> Shibuya -> ->
Dinner at Shinsuke, Shin-Urayasu
Day 8 -
Tokyo Disneyland -> Lunch at Tomorrowland Terrace -> Dinner at Hokusai
Day 9 -
Breakfast -> Tokyo Disneysea -> Lunch at Vulcania -> Dinner at Sakura
Day 10 -
Breakfast - > Check out -> Skyliner to Narita Airport-> Holiday Inn Tobu Narita (Review) -> Lunch at Edokko Sushi
->
Old Narita Temple Town -> Naritasan Temple -> Dinner at Aeon Shopping Centre
Day 11 -
Breakfast -> Flight back to Incheon -> Transit -> Lunch at Incheon -> Home Sweet Home
written like a true singaporean! complete with price listing and wanting everything to be cheaper!
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