From now on, I'll be having on-job-training in Furukawa Plant. Riding on Shinkansen(bullet train) at 300km/h, I reached Furukawa(395km away from Tokyo) in approximately 2 hours. After some briefing, I was brought to my new dormitory, 5 minutes away from the factory.
Yoshun-ryo, the name of my dorm.
The Lobby.
My Room Number: 304
The lounge.
View from my window.
Another view.
At -2 degree Celsius.
After 6 weeks of Japanese lessons, here comes the end of our class. Today we have our farewell dinner with all the teachers and students. After today, we will be sitting for a test next week and then I'll be going to Furukawa.
My sensei and my shy friend.
A toast with another teacher.
Students have to behave like students even in the dinner.
All the students in single file. (Sorry for the blur pictures)
The last destination is Tokyo Tower. Tokyo Tower is a communication tower located in Shiba Park, Minato. It is the tallest self-supporting steel structure in the world, the tallest artificial structure in Japan and 20th tallest tower in the world. The height of the tower is 332.6m. The tower acts as an antenna for television and radio broadcasts. On the ground, it has a 4 storey of shops. There are 2 type of observation decks. They are 2-storey Main Observatory located at 150m and Special Observatory at 250m.
We can see the tower even from the train station.
On the way to the tower, we passed the small gate.
Then the big gate.
Behind the gate is a temple. Zojoji Temple.
Bigger view of Tokyo Tower from the temple.
At the bottom of the tower.
We took the stairs to the Main Observatory and upon reaching the top, we received a certificate. You can look down from the small square transparent platform.
The view from the top.
And the view when you look down.
After getting some postcards and photos, we went back down and the tower was lighted up. We had to go back to the Tokyo Station by 5pm. So, here ends the Tokyo Orienteering 2008.
Sayonara Tokyo Tower.
Next is Tokyo National Museum. Tokyo Nation Museum was established in 1872 holding over 110,000 objects. This museum also conducts research but what research? I don't know. The museum is located in Ueno Park in Taito, Tokyo. It has 4 main buildings: Japanese Gallery; Asian Gallery; Gallery of Horyu-ji Treasures; and Research and Information Center. Well, we, of course go for the Japanese Gallery.
The ticket kiosk. Everything is automatic.
The Japanese Gallery.
Wares and sculptures.
And game boards too.
Sensoji Temple a.k.a Asakusa Kannon Temple is located in Asakusa, the center of the low town. This temple was completed in 645, making it the oldest temple in Tokyo. From Tokyo Station, take JR Yamanote Line to Kanda Station. It is approximately 2 minutes and the fare is 130 yen. Then, transfer to Ginza Subway Line for Asakusa Station. This trip takes approximately 10 minutes and the fare is 160 yen.
This is obviously the main gate to the temple.
(From left) Srdinko Milan(Czech), Chen(China), Yoshida-sensei, Tosaki-san and Kendrick.
Street beyond the main gate. Plenty of Japanese arts and crafts.
Machines everywhere. Even in baking "chicken-egg-cake".
Now we've reached the main entrance to the temple.
Inside the temple. People busy praying, I busy taking pictures.
Wooden village adjacent to the temple.
This week I went to Roppongi again but different place...of course. My friends and I went to Roppongi tallest tower, the Mori Tower. It is located at the heart of Roppongi Hills. We went to a club located at 52nd floor.
This is the Guy Perry Man's Club. This is a high-class club where only members are allowed to come in. Lucky, I got the membership card from a guy who was leaving the place. Else, I'll have to pay 3500 yen to become a member.
Seamus and I. We will be going to the same department soon.
Thumb-up guy is Noam. He is an English teacher and he was here teaching English for 4 years. Now he's in Human Resource Department and he's a good dancer. The white shirt guy is Damien. He will be going to Furukawa with me as well. See the guy behind us.
He was quite pissed off for a reason we never know.
Eric, the man with hundreds of funny faces.
The view from 52nd floor.
A cute Japanese guy. He posted for me to take this picture. But my camera is not good. I got to see him only at the end of the night. Well, I guess I have enough with Roppongi. I should be going other new places instead of coming back here again.
Roppongi (六本木） is a district of Minato City Ward of Tokyo, famous for its night life and two large new building complexes, Roppongi Hills and Tokyo Midtown. At first, we went to an Irish Pub which was kinda expensive. A pint of beer costs 1000 yen. Almost RM35 per pint. Then, we went to a Halloween club. This club is very "special". The waitresses dressed like bees, cupid, etc. The special thing was the waiter...dressed up on red T-back underwear with see thru 1-piece shirt. It was so disgusting that I couldn't even take pictures of them. Then, I met a fatso in Ironman suit. Very the big tummy and his suit's colour was faded. I was so disgusted that I left that place and walked around alone. Look at the time, it's 4 a.m. in the morning. Muahahaha. Another hour and I can go home jor. Train starts at 5.15 a.m.
Entrance to underground shopping mall and train station.
The street at 4 a.m. Not so many people? Be surprised.
This is one the streets with pubs and clubs.
24-hours bookstore. For lost travelers.
Inside bookstore.
On the way home. Going to get into hot soup when ryookan-san see us.
