11 Jan 2011
Our First Day in Japan - the land of rising sun
XL's comment of the day: Cold.
I stared at XL's glossy lip while he mutter the word "cold" , I couldn't help but to laugh... He really looked like he had just ate some very oily stuff...
Yup, Tokyo's really cold, especially this morning when we first step out of the hotel. Not as cold as I thought though.. The heat tech wear we bought from Uniqlo is really good! Kept us warm in this cold morning..
We reached Narita in Malaysian Airline yesterday morning. The flight with MAS was surprisingly pleasant, except for the strange Malay music they keep playing during the flight to KL. Reminds me of the Indonesian Spa Music... Nevertheless, the food they serve are quite nice.. I like the supper snack, 2 burgers.. Yummy!
We can't check-in when we reach hotel in the morning, so went for lunch. Lunch is recommended by Bib, Sukiyaki Lunch Buffet for 1260yen. The rice is too nice, we din had much meat.. Wasted.. But still very value for money!
Then we went Uniqlo to buy the heat tec wear n leg warmer. We were skeptical at first coz it's so thin, but since Bib recommended it, we bought one each to try. This morning walk to station proves that it's really works!
Then we proceed to Harajuku for shopping. Harajuku is a bit like Taiwan's 五分铺, more stylish boutiques and not so messy. Cool-looking jackets are easily 1500yen..too bad I dun need any... There are sale everywhere, maybe coz winter ending soon. Felt sad I dun need any winter clothes in Singapore..
We were there mainly for the legendary chicken wing Bib recommend... However, its opened only at 5pm.. So to kill time, we had sushi and walked the street outside the restaurant maybe hundred times... Maybe we had too high expectation of the chicken wings, it's not as legendary as we thought it'd be... But we both like the salt grill Yakitori A LOT. Nice!
12 Jan 2011
Now were are on Shinkansen bullet train Aomori. Bought breakfast from Family Mart while we were on our way to the station. 因为赶时间随便买单饭团，竟然也好好吃！更恐怖的是我们也买了瓶装的温奶茶，竟然在那么冷的天气，一小时后还是温暖的！
因为火车线真的太多又好乱，一路上也问了好多人，也不像他们说的鸡同鸭讲。我们都很顺利地坐在通往雪的地方。有下雪的青森，是不是会更冷？带着又困又兴奋的心，乘着飞快的火车；完全像我们在赶火车时，穿着神奇Uniqlo的衣服的身体是热的，被风吹的脸和手却是冻着的：矛盾。
火车穿过一个又一个城市。我们像穿过时空隧道，从每个隧道冒出，就看到不同的风景：可以是一块块的稻田，可以是高楼大厦，可以是长满树的山川，也可以是铺满雪的山岭。虽然睡眼惺忪我舍不得合眼，身边的XL却已睡得在打呼了。。。明明进隧道前是青树蓝天的，出隧道时却已飘着大雪，一块块的田都已是白白的了！这些神奇的画面，睡着的XL完全没看到！可惜可惜！最后窗外一片都是白的，地上是厚厚的雪。。。心从按耐不住的兴奋变成忐忑。。外面到底该有多冷啊！？我看着都觉得好冷！
13 Jan
XL: 雪中泡澡，爽！
Our first experience of Onsen in Japan! There are indoor and outdoor hotspring. It's really cool to be in hotspring naked while it's snowing heavily.
The dinner though it's the cheaper buffet, is already very exquisite. 奢侈的享受！
We are now on train to Noboribetsu, going to stay in traditional tatami room and Onsen!
The snow-effect:
I slept at about 8pm after dinner yesterday, woke up at 6.30am and still feel sleepy. (set the alarm at 630 so can go Onsen again.. ) 看着白茫茫的雪真的会让人很想睡。天是白的，地是白的，屋檐是白的，树也挂着一粒粒的雪球，加上被风吹乱的雪花；那片风景也许太平静，也许太美，不知不觉就睡意浓。我现在就这样被催眠了。。。
14 Jan 2011
XL's comment of the day: pain pain... :( 第一次在雪中散步，好浪漫哦！
Haiz.... Noboribetsu is quite disappointing in a way... 1st I thought we'd have traditional Japanese dinner, but we end up having buffet dinner.. 像是从天堂掉入人间。也不是不好吃啦。。只是期望越高失望越多吧。。更何况我们是舟车劳顿，经过无数次的火车延误，晚上7点才到的。对，7点已经是很晚了。这里来说，7点已经像是9点。
第二天早上，在所有失望后带着平常心进行我们的第一次雪中探险：地狱谷。天气很好，被硫磺烟包围，风景也蛮漂亮的。 我们最后在火车站附近随便吃的午餐又便宜又好吃。登别也没想像中那么糟嘛。
17Jan 2011
XL: 他人笑我太疯癫，我笑他人看不穿。我们已在北海道待了四天了，还不是还好好活着。哼！
到札幌后好赶又有头疼。。。一晃眼就这样离开了。。。现在坐在离开札幌火车最前面的位置。今天天气真好，天蓝蓝的，阳光暖暖的。。。这应该是几天暴风雪过后的福气吧！
这几天几乎都是：只要坐在餐厅里，望着窗外，我就觉得我们像是活在音乐玻璃球里的世界，有人一直摇着玻璃球让雪花一直一直飘着。要踏出真实世界时，就像要作战一样，穿上一层层的盔甲。踏出的那一刹那，迎面的是放肆飞舞的雪球，拼命地打在身上。有时老天爷心情好，温柔地下着雪花。在那样珍贵的时候，我们就必须倚偎彼此浪漫地散步。因为不知道何时雪花就会变成无情的雪球了。。那么多天走在雪中后，我的结论是：下雪和下雨是一样的。只是形态不同。下雪着的风景比较美，下雪后的世界白白的，也比较美。美是有代价的，我们必须忍着寒风刺骨的天气。
对，世上是没有白吃的午餐。滑雪也一样：要感觉自由自在滑下山的快感，必须辛辛苦苦地穿着厚重的鞋上山。
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