Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Mom's bein' all MOM again... LOL
I'm back at home for the day and my mom just got back from some RN seminar/expo. After showing me her stash of free swag, she was like, "Oh, make sure you give me all your contact information of your travel buddy and your hotel in Japan." LOL Hide, my mom's gonna have your number. XD
Anyway, here's the last part of TEH plan. The Twins' last day together will be in YOKOHAMA!!!
Wednesday – May 9
8:00 AM – Meet at Shinagawa Station west exit on 2F.
By train: Kim’s route = Akihabara>Shinagawa via JR Yamanote (15 min, 160¥)
Hide’s route = Meguro>Shinagawa via JR Yamanote (7 min, 150¥)
9:00 AM – Arrive in Yokohama.
By train: Shinagawa>Ishikawacho via JR Keihin-Tohoku Negishi Line (36 min, 450¥)
Sightseeing spots: Chinatown, Daska
1:00 PM – Leave for Shin-Yokohama Station.
By train: Ishikawacho>Higashi-Yokohama>Shin-Yokohama via JR Keihin-Tohoku Negishi [transfer to Yokohama Negishi Line at Higashi-Yokohama] (23 min, 210¥)
Sightseeing spot: Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
3:30 PM – Leave for Minato Mirai 21.
By train: Shin-Yokohama>Sakuragicho via JR Yokohama Negishi (15 min, 160¥)
Sightseeing spots: Landmark Tower, Yokohama Maritime Museum, Queen’s Square, CosmoWorld
10:00 PM – Go home.
By train: Yokohama>Shinagawa via JR Tokaido Line (17 min, 280¥)
Kim’s route = Shinagawa>Kanda>Ochanomizu via JR Yamanote [transfer to JR Chuo at Kanda] (18 min, 160¥)
Hide’s route = Shinagawa>Meguro (7 min, 150¥)
TEH PLAN... It's downloadable! Hide, THIS one is the final copy; I just made minor edits.
Posted by Kimuuu at 3:30 PM 2 comments
Tags contact info, day five, detailed itinerary, mom
This one's a crazy long AND FUN(!) day
I've officially finished our Plan for Invasion.
Tuesday will be hella fun cuz one of our stops will be Odaiba, which was featured prominently in the Hello! Morning episode that aired Novemer 12, 2006. Yeah, I know I sounded REAL geeky right there. XD Not only but also, Joypolis is in Odaiba. Another H!M ep had a segment that featured Joypolis. We HAVE to ride the same ride Yossie and Miki rode in that episode: Halfpipe Canyon!!!
Tuesday – May 8
8:00 AM – Meet at Hamamatsucho Station at the north exit.
By train: Kim’s route = Akihabara>Hamamatsucho via JR Yamanote (10 min, 150¥)
Hide’s route = Meguro>Hamamatsucho via JR Yamanote (12 min, 160¥)
Sightseeing spots: Zojoji, Tokyo Tower.
10:30 AM – Leave for Ginza.
By train: Hamamatsucho>Yurakucho via JR Yamanote (4 min, 130¥)
Sightseeing spots: Sony Building, Apple Store, Yoshinoya (cheap lunch), Hakuhinkan Theater and Toy Park
3:30 PM – Leave for Odaiba.
By train: Shimbashi>Daiba via Yurikamome (15 min, 310¥)
Sightseeing spots: Odaiba Seaside Park, Little Hong Kong, Joypolis, Palette Town, Fuji TV Studio, Museum of Maritime Science
10:30 PM – Go home.
By train: Kim’s route = Daiba>Shimbashi>Ginza>Ochanomizu via Yurikamome [transfer to Tokyo-Metro Ginza Line at Shimbashi, then to Tokyo-Metro Marunouchi Line at Ginza] (Daiba>Shimbashi: 15 min 310¥. Shimbashi>Ochanomizu: 13 min, 160¥. Total: 28 min, 470¥)
Hide’s route = Daiba>Shimbashi>Meguro via Yurikamome [transfer to JR Yamanote at Shimbashi] (Daiba>Shimbashi: 15 min, 310¥. Shimbashi>Meguro: 14 min, 160¥. Total: 29 min, 470¥)
The final day of the Twins' Invasion will be posted tomorrow!
Posted by Kimuuu at 12:06 AM 2 comments
Tags day four, detailed itinerary, Hello Morning, Joypolis, Odaiba
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
SSA Seating
HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE!!! Yo, you said you were in section B-2 or something? You've got a REALLY nice seat for the graduation show! 
I'm in B-1 for the afternoon show. I have yet to find out where my seat is for the evening show.
Posted by Kimuuu at 1:28 PM 2 comments
Sunday, April 22, 2007
*glare*
Okai, I'm not telling anyone else I'm going to Japan for this concert. And if any one else asks if I'm going there alone, I'll just say "yes" and leave it at that. Please don't take offense, Twin. <3 But I always get funny looks when I start explaining who you are and the whole MM concert thing. Whatever. They can blow me. I'm gonna have a great time in Tokyo. 
Posted by Kimuuu at 10:37 PM 2 comments
Tags whatever
This one's a crazy long day
Monday – May 7
10:00 AM – Meet at Ikebukuro Station east exit.
By train: Kim’s route =Ochanomizu>Ikebukuro via Tokyo Metro-Marunouchi Line
(11 min, 190¥)
Sightseeing Spots: Namco Namja Town, B: Lily-Rose
2:00 PM – Leave for Shinjuku.
By train: Ikebukuro>Shinjuku via JR Saikyo (6 min, 150¥)
Sightseeing Spots: Don Quijote, Shinjuku Koma Theatre
3:30 PM – Leave for Harajuku.
By train: Shinjuku>Harajuku via JR Yamanote (4 min, 130¥)
Sightseeing Spots: H!P Store Harajuku*, Meiji Jingu Shrine, Yoyogi
*Along Takeshita Dori
6:30 PM – Leave for Shibuya.
By foot: see above map
Sightseeing spots: H!P Store/Museum Shibuya, Hachiko Statue, Center Gai
11:00 PM – Kim goes home.
By train: Shibuya>Yoyogi>Ochanomizu via JR Yamanote [transfer to JR Sobu Chuo at Yoyogi] (20 min, 160¥)
Posted by Kimuuu at 12:48 AM 0 comments
Tags day three, detailed itinerary
Friday, April 20, 2007
Plan for TEH DAY
Sunday May 6, 2007. *sigh* It will be so great, and yet so very sad.
Anyway, here's the plan. Not much to it since it's basically concert day. Hopefully Hide will post her plans for Sunday afteroon with Commie. I'll be at the afternoon concert while they run amok in Saitama. LOL!
Sunday – May 6 ***GRADUATION DAY***
9:30 AM – Meet Hide and Commie at Akihabara Station exit 2 at the wicket gates (west side).
10:45 AM – Arrive at Saitama Super Arena
By train: Akihabara>Saitama-Shintoshin via JR Keihin-Tohoku Negishi Line (41 min, 450¥) OR Akihabara>Ueno>Saitama-Shintoshin via JR Keihin-Tohoku Negishi [transfer to JR Takasaki Line at Ueno] (36 min, 450¥) OR Akihabara>Akabane>Saitama-Shintoshin via JR Keihin-Tohoku Negishi [transfer to JR Takasaki at Akabane] (35 min, 450¥)
11:00 AM – Meet erilaz* at Keyaki Hiroba (Keyaki Tree Square)
By foot: Take the pedestrian walkway from the Saitama-Shintoshin Station to get to Keyaki Hiroba.
Yup. That's about it.
*This is the guy who got me my FC ticket for Yossie's graduation concert. Woohoo!
Sorry this couldn't be a more interesting post. My laptop/browser/internet/EVERYTHING is being absolutely fah-king-we-todd-ed.
Posted by Kimuuu at 1:23 AM 2 comments
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Plan, chat, susbend, repeat.
That seems to be how Hide and I have been creating our detailed itinerary for Teh Invasion. LOL
Note: I originally had Hide's routes as well, but she has since informed me that she will be changing locations. :fear:
Saturday - May 5
12:30 PM - Meet in Asakusa at Kaminarimon (the start of the Nakamise Arcade).
By train: Kim’s route = Akihabara>Asakusabashi via JR Sobu Chuo (2 min, 130¥)
Sightseeing spots: Kaminarimon, Nakamise Arcade, Sensoji, etc.
3:00 PM – Leave for Ueno.
By train: Asakusabashi>Akihabara>Ueno via JR Sobu Chuo [transfer to JR Yamanote at Akihabara] (10 min, 130¥)
Sightseeing spots: H!P Store Ueno*, Ameyoko
*Ameyoko Center Bldg 4F
5:00 PM – Arrive in Akihabara.
By foot: (Ignore the "start" and goal" labels, we're actually walking FROM Ueno TO Akihabara)
Sightseeing Spots: DUTY FREE ISHiMARU
10:00 PM – Meet at Shinjuku Station’s east entrance.
By train: Kim’s route =Ochanomizu>Shinjuku via JR Chuo (10 min, 160¥)
Sightseeing spot: Kinswomyn
3rd Floor Daiichi Tenka Building, located across from Club Zip and Books Rose.
Day Two of Teh Invasion (the most important day!) will come tomorrow... ;)
In other news, I just called the optical shop to see if my glasses have come in, as it's been 2 weeks since I've ordered them. The manager told me that my awesome Yossie glasses are back-ordered and might take days or even WEEKS before they come in. :*( At the very least, my other pair will still be sent in regardless of the other's availability. The manager will call me back after 5 PM today after they get another shipment in. Let's hope I get at least ONE of my new pairs in before the trip. :P
Posted by Kimuuu at 3:23 PM 2 comments
Tags day one, detailed itinerary, glasses, itinerary, saturday
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Just for Fun
When I first started planning for this trip, the first thing I researched was the Tokyo railway system. Why? I grew up with this:
Ah, the good ol' SIMPLE DC Metro. Five lines that stretch across the DC metropolitan area (Woohoo MD-DC-VA!).
Now I deal with THIS:
and a bit of this, too:
Apparently, there are SEVERAL different rail systems in Tokyo. However, upon further reading, I realized that the Yamanote line on JR East would be our main link around Tokyo. Though the first map I posted up there scared the bejeezus out of me when I first saw it, it doesn't bother me since I only have to focus on this part:
You might notice that most of our sightseeing spots are located around this line, such as Shibuya, Ueno, Shinjuku, etc.
So yeah, riding around the metro in Tokyo should be an adventure whether we get lost or not. LOL.
For more information about the Tokyo subway:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Subway
and the Yamanote Line:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanote_Line
If you can, please share any interesting Tokyo subway stories or tips!

