Tokyo Trip Day 1

I shall attempt to blog about our Tokyo trip in 8 posts; we spent a total of 8 days 7 nights in Tokyo. We boarded the plane at 1140pm 30 Sep 09 for the red eye flight to Hello Kitty land. And boy, did we not sleep. Kae was actually asleep but then she was woken up by the shrill cries of another baby. Sigh. So, we could not sleep too and had to entertain her for a good 5 hours. She slept under 2 hours.



We arrived in Tokyo at around 8am in the morning. As we could only check in at around 1pm, we went to check out Takashimaya Shinjuku; we reached the hotel at around 11am. Takashimaya was only like less than 5 minutes walk from our hotel, Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku. This was recommended by a friend who was just in Tokyo earlier this year. The hotel room is small yes, but cosy and warm. The best part about this hotel is that it is just next to the entrance of the Toei Subway line, and just 5 minutes walk to the other major train, bus and railway terminals. Super convenient! And it matters a lot as we have to bring Kae around :)


We had the most delish unagi lunch at Takashimya. You should go try this when you are there. If I recall correctly, it's located at the 14th floor. Apparently, the restaurants at the 14th floor have very good reviews. And the unagi did not disappoint. I had no idea there are so many different ways to enjoy a unagi meal. Hah. How turtle am I.



After lunch, we headed back to the hotel for a much needed nap. The rest of the day or should I say night was spent exploring Shinjuku area. It felt so good to be back in Tokyo after 3 years. And even better to be holidaying again after so damn long.