Our one and only encounter with the Tobu-Tojo line for this trip. We can access to many railway lines at Ikebukuro, very convenient!

We took this special bus when we reached Kawagoe, an edo-period theme park. The bus brought us around the essential tourist spots, which mainly consisted of buildings from the edo-period and temples. There are some modern buildings along the way too.

We were quite lucky that day, and managed to enter the Festival Museum free of charge as it was their festive day. I don't really understand much from the visit as most of the instructions and captions are in Japanese. And the latterns and dolls gave me an eerie feeling.

The streets were commercialized. Most of the shops are selling dolls and local products. Quite a good spot to get souvenirs.

One can't possibly miss the clock tower, a symbol of Kawagoe dating back to the edo-period. We managed to hear the bell ring at noon. Inside the clock tower, there are several spots for people to make wishes (haha, we saved some one dollar yen coins for this).

Went back to the city area for lunch. I enjoyed this meal, around 2000 yen for two person. We finished every single dish in the bento set.  I like the ice-cream.

Next to it was a 100-yen shop (in fact, each item costs 105 yen).Only bought a few of the more interesting items, which we thought we won't be able to get in Singapore. Don't be surprise, although WQ and I are quite thrifty, we tend to be relatively generous when it comes to getting gifts for family members, colleagues and friends. In fact, a significant portion of the money we spent during the trip (apart from accomodation, tickets to places of interest, air tickets and transport) are on gifts for others.

Went back to Ikebukuro to transfer train to Roppongi. I had been anticipating the trip to Asahi TV station where I can get some of the Doraemon merchandise. It was the greatest motivation throughout the day as I was quite tired from all the walking and lack of sleep.

We were both quite disappointed with the small collection. Only managed to take a few photos. At the end, I almost scream out loud like Stitch!

Difficult to find a restaurant at Roppongi and I was too tired to visit Tokyo Tower (sorry WQ!). Went back to Ikebukuro to have dinner at a restaurant which is similar to Saizeriya. It is near to our hotel and the variety of food is pretty good!