It was 4:00 pm, we were on the platform and waiting for the bullet train to Tokyo. It took us more than 3 hours to this big city. At Tokyo station, we seek the way to JR train station as we were finding the way to Shinjuku 新宿. Inside the station, we were quite confused when seeing the complicated network diagram. At that time, there came a pretty girl who was dressed in JR uniform. I believed that she was a JR customer service staff. I think our faces were really puzzled at that time, so that girl came across us and offering help.
Actually, we were finding way to buy ticket to Shinjuku. And that girl listened to my request patiently. Then she asked me whether we still got the bullet ticket on hands. I said it was returned when we came out the gate. We did not realize that she was mentioning the JR East pass. At last, I presented that pass to her, she explained to us that we did not need to buy tickets as JR East pass could be valid for us to Shinjuku. Oh, right, I did not realized that. The pass was still valid on that whole day. Thank that girl. She is really helpful and friendly. We managed to get on JR train to Shinjuku.
Shinjuku station is a huge station. We found our way to the hotel and it took us more than half hour. We checked in the room and hang around in Shinjuku. That area is a red light area. Lucky that people there would not disturb tourists. The area was packed with people, and Hong Kong people as well. It was not difficult to hear someone speaking cantonese around the area. I don't like that area. The feeling is not that good. I prefer rural area of Japan. Maybe Shinjuku is too complicated for me.
We were a bit hungry at that time. We walked to the other end of the huge station. On the street, there was a noodle shop. It was a outdoor shop. Something like the noodle cart in those drama or cartoon series. We wanted to take photo before approaching the shop. At that time the shopkeeper shouted to us to stop shooting, if we were not gonna eat there. Anyway, we were planning to try such kind of shop, so approached the table and sat down. Ordered 2 bowls of noodle. Really taste good, and not expensive. We then took several photos and left.
Hanging around for quite a while, we headed back to hotel to take some rest. And ready for our visit to Totoro's home on the other day.
Actually, we were finding way to buy ticket to Shinjuku. And that girl listened to my request patiently. Then she asked me whether we still got the bullet ticket on hands. I said it was returned when we came out the gate. We did not realize that she was mentioning the JR East pass. At last, I presented that pass to her, she explained to us that we did not need to buy tickets as JR East pass could be valid for us to Shinjuku. Oh, right, I did not realized that. The pass was still valid on that whole day. Thank that girl. She is really helpful and friendly. We managed to get on JR train to Shinjuku.
Shinjuku station is a huge station. We found our way to the hotel and it took us more than half hour. We checked in the room and hang around in Shinjuku. That area is a red light area. Lucky that people there would not disturb tourists. The area was packed with people, and Hong Kong people as well. It was not difficult to hear someone speaking cantonese around the area. I don't like that area. The feeling is not that good. I prefer rural area of Japan. Maybe Shinjuku is too complicated for me.
We were a bit hungry at that time. We walked to the other end of the huge station. On the street, there was a noodle shop. It was a outdoor shop. Something like the noodle cart in those drama or cartoon series. We wanted to take photo before approaching the shop. At that time the shopkeeper shouted to us to stop shooting, if we were not gonna eat there. Anyway, we were planning to try such kind of shop, so approached the table and sat down. Ordered 2 bowls of noodle. Really taste good, and not expensive. We then took several photos and left.
Hanging around for quite a while, we headed back to hotel to take some rest. And ready for our visit to Totoro's home on the other day.
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