Our last day in Japan. First stop was Imperial Palace at Otemachi. Lots of walking and didn't get to see any edge of the palace, but the scenary was nice.

Haha, took a number of photos on the flowers and plants to test my old camera. It seems not-too-bad with the close-up shots. Other than this, it was quite lousy. If you have realized by now, the ones with date imprinted were taken using my camera and the rest were taken using WQ's camera. Most of the evening and night shots were without the date, because my camera battery would die by 2pm. I must invest in a new camera before I go for my next trip!

Next stop was Ginza. Personally, I thought the place had been overrated. It seemed like an ordinary commercial street with many boutiques. Went to Fancl to get three of the bi-monthly sets which cost around 10000 yen, around 30% cheaper than that in Singapore (must buy 3 sets, the prices of 1 set or 2 sets isn't proportional). That was my greatest "damage" in Japan, but it was planned. If any Fancl-user is going to Japan, should consider getting some of the things there. Check the prices before you go. Saw shops like Zara, Burberry on our way to the toy shop at the end of the street. 

The toy shop was far more interesting compared to the boutiques (in our opinion). Lots of cute toys. 

After which, it was lunch time again. This time round, we had a good meal at a restaurant opened by a Taiwanese. It was something like steamboat and I thought it was really nice. Cost around 1400 yen per person, quite reasonable as compared to the price in Singapore. I always think the food in Singapore has been unreasonably priced. So even in Japan, we didn't feel that the food there was expensive. 

Stopped by Akihabara to look at the electronics for a while and went back to the hotel to pack our luggages. Not really heavy, but quite bulky cos of the food stuff. We "un-intelligently" spent all our coins at the convenience store in the evening, without realizing that we would need to pay for our breakfast the next morning. In the end, we decided to finish up our milk and cup noodles the next morning.   

The next morning was a rush for Narita Express, then check-in and last minute shopping for souvenirs at Narita Airport. Reached Hong Kong at around 1.20pm and on the way for transit, I managed to get some tibits and magazine for mum (haha, she was so pleased with me).

Hopefully I will be disciplined enough to learn a bit of Japanese before I go Japan again. Really miss the food, the clean toilets and the railway system (especially the express trains and how they managed to optimize the network). Not to forget the cooling weather (I was sweating like mad in Singapore today).