Ate Fugu (blowfish)!

Had a 7 course Fugu (tiger blowfish) dinner!!! Such a great Japanese experience.

Outside had a tank with pufferfish swimming around.

Started with pufferfish skin sashimi. Chewy and delicious almost tasted like jellyfish.

Then pufferfish sashimi!!! Of course delicious.

The rest of pufferfish to put into hot pot. The fish was still moving!!!! Super fresh.

Hot pot!

They make rice porridge with the rest of the hot pot right in front of you!

Ice cream sandwich for dessert!

Had such a great time! Definitely recommend if you aren't scared to try it! It's about 5000 yen per person for the 7 course meal, but they have other options for just single plate. They have locations all over Japan and here is the site: http://www.torafugu.co.jp/en/

Yokohama!

                    

                 

                 

Square Enix Artnia Cafe!

                        

                        

                        

                        

                        

Roppongi Hills

Checked out the Maman sculpture at the Mori Tower in Tokyo and had sushi after with Carlo and Elaine!

                        

                        

                        

Kamakura!

1. Left column: Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha of Kamakura)

Amazing! It's the second tallest Buddha in Japan. For 20 Yen you can walk inside the Buddha as well! 

2. Right column: Hasedera Temple. Elaine and I absolutely LOVED this temple. It just had so much to see. There are beautiful gardens, a small hike filled with hydrangeas that bloom in June, a cave with different paths, a library, and more! 

3. Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine: This shrine was grand and big, there's a big garden with lots of lily pads. It was noted as a "must see" on the map. 

They have a Enoshima kamakura all day rail pass that you can get at the train stations of the Odakyu line and JR East lines. Since we bought the pass we took advantage and went out to the beach area to go to the Enoshima Lighthouse. We were too late to go into the lighthouse but we ate around there! 

Chinatown in Yokohama!

Took a nap today, and of course I was waken up by an earthquake -__________-

Chinatown in Japan hahahaha 

Spa day with Garra rufa fish aka Dr.Fish =P 

 Tried this because it was cute, but ACTUALLY it was really good! The piggie was stuffed with pork, obvi. The panda had different stuffings, we tried the one with meatball..wasn't really sure what type of meat. The panda one was better :)

 SO good!!!!! Juice flying everywhere! 

Of course we did some shopping! 

Update with address and more information later! 

Shibuya and Harajuku!

Started my day with a quick stop at the Shibuya station with the overwhelming people crossing the street. 

 Started my day with a quick stop at the Shibuya station with the overwhelming people crossing the street. 

I mainly came here to visit Hachiko!!! Such a great dog story! Definitely watch the movie if you haven't seen it! Then I headed to Harajuku!

Food first of course! TAKOYAKI!!! Found a takoyaki stand with a long line so it must be good! SO GOOD, I must go back and try the different flavors. 

Walked through the Yoyogi Park, which was quite relaxing from the busy city. 

Elaine met up and we headed to the Meiji Shrine. Tested out my fish eye lens attachment to my iphone that my sister gave me :D

 

After some peace and serenity, we head off to the famous Takeshita street in Harajuku!

CROWDEDDD!!

  

Found a Pompompurin cafe!! THE CUTEST CAFE EVER! 

  

Did you know LINE has a store??!?! 

  

Heard a lot about Harajuku Gyoza Lou so we had to try it! Super affordable..290 yen for 6 pieces! It was pretty good. 

Last stop Kiddyland! 5 stories of shopping for cuteness..literally had every cute Japanese character stuff like Hello Kitty, Totoro, Miffy, Doraemon, and moreeee!

1. Shibuya Station- Shibuya crossing and Hachiko

2. Harajuku Station- right when you exit the train station you should see Takeshita street! Everything else I did that day is walking distance from this station. Addresses listed below!

3. The Gindaco (takoyaki) 1 Chome-14-24 Jingūmae Shibuya-ku, Tōkyō-to 150-0001

4. Meiji Shrine 1-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-8557

5. Pom Pom Purin Cafe- located inside Takeshita street in cute cube building.  東京都渋谷区神宮前1-7-1 キュートキューブハラジュク　3F. 

6. Harajuku Gyoza Lou 原宿餃子楼, 〒150-0001 東京都渋谷区 神宮前６丁目１−５

7. Kiddyland (really close to the gyoza place) Kiddy Land, 6-1-9 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0001

For the most part you can just enter the name, but I added the address just in case!