Any suggestion on getting the JR pass or not guys? Appreciate your help :)

Try visiting Greece. Last year I had to try really hard to remain sane while ordering desserts at the restaurants in Thessaloniki.. ;P

660 Yen??? Geez Louise!! =P

To make up for the bad shots of the Tokyo Tower, I’ll send you some good ones of Met Museum and the Apple Store.

About your stuff, it’s highly probable that the cabbie did leave it behind at the nearest police station. Shucks! Realization dawns too late!

Pity about the lost shopping though.

As always, a really informative post. :D

Beni: Dude you can always go to Tokyo Tower again can’t you? And yeah, bring your pro camera this time. It’s such a pity not having any good pictures of the tower during our visit!

Your friend’s story sounds impressive! I don’t know why the driver didn’t return my stuff. Those bras were brand new! What good are they to him?

I really wish we had a better camera for the Tokyo Tower visit. I fell in love with Tokyo all over again. Wonder when I can go there again *sigh*

Yea it’s really surprising that the cabbie didn’t return your goodies. It’s so un-Japanese. I mean there was this friend of mine who was pissed drunk and dropped his credit card in a cab. The cabbie literally carried him outside the cab when they reached his place. And the cabbie must have found the card in his cab some time late in the night. He could have swiped it away to glory before the night was over, but he deposited it at the nearest koban (police station), and my friend was woken up from a drunken slumber in the wee hours by the police. He goes to the station and collects his card the following morning. Intact. As easy as that.

This must had been an one-off case. Like I said, probably cuz of your bras ;) Japs are quite well-known for their perversion about certain things and acts.

Ken: I celebrated my 21st birthday in Hong Kong. Boy, was it the rainy season when I was there. Looks like I always pick the worst time of the year to visit a new city! Anyway I was at T.G.I.F.’s solely for the beer (at my friend’s insistence)! The food was only secondary.

acroamatic: I wish they would bring it back!

Daphne Maia: Whoa, I lost count of the number of bento sets, don and ramen I had! For some reason I was craving for western food after the consistent diet of Japanese food!

py: Yeah. Cab fare in Singapore is pretty decent. After this trip I am really starting to appreciate that fact now.

The food looks great. I was almost tempted to lick them off the screen. *winks*

eh… how come u go to japan and eat at least one meal of ‘western’ food everyday? shd’ve eaten more dons, bentos, sashimis, sushis, and whatnots. :)

i just read 2 entries at one go. shiokkk. :P MORE MORE MORE!!

I agree; in Tokyo, there are not a lot of people that speak English. I’ve taken about 3-4 semesters of Japanese, and most of the time, it was enough to get around. Only one time did I not know enough — we had boarded the wrong train, and when the guy came by collecting cash, we knew we were in trouble.

I asked “does this train go to tokyo?” (in Japanese) and he said “yes”. However, I did not know how to say “Sorry, we got on the wrong train; can we get off at the next stop?”

I even asked “eigo o hanashimasu ka?” (Do you speak english) and sadly, he said “hanasanai”. (No)

All of the food looks good, but I find it funny that you went to Japan for TGIF’s. (American food). I don’t think I had anything American to eat at all while I was there this May.