Ultra Japan'15 - Part 1
The only word to describe my Japan trip – AMAZINGGGGG! The
main intention of our trip was for Ultra Japan so we are unable to choose
Sakura blossoms period (it’s a shame, oh well). Turned out I truly fell in love
with this country. I’ll definitely revisit again to explore more places at a
leisurely pace.
Our approximately two weeks’ trip started in Tokyo, moving
on with Kyoto and we flew back from Osaka. It was a little bit rushing here and
there for Kyoto and Osaka itinerary, we basically took a day hustled several Kyoto
sightseeing and it was clearly not sufficient. Plus, 3 full days of Ultra Japan
had taken a toll on us. We were unable to drag ourselves up early as according
our plan.
The boyfriend already went Ultra Japan 2014 and we decided
to give it a go at the hostel he stayed the previous year – Khaosan Tokyo
Laboratory & Khaosan Tokyo Samurai which are by walking distance to quite
some railway stations. If you’re wondering the difference, there are actually quite
a number of Khaosan Hostel branches in Tokyo with different fun themes and
whereabouts. Also, by referring to their homepage, they do have divisions in
Kyoto, Osaka, Hokkaido and so on. I have not try hostel in any of my previous
trips before as I always prefer privacy and comfort throughout my journey. If
you have similar concerns as me, ‘fret not. Khaosan offers wide range of room
selection whereby you could always book the private room for two or group
booking with your own bathroom (AWESOMEEEE!).
We were satisfied with our stay in Khaosan Tokyo
Laboratory. We booked a Deluxe 3 Bed Private Ensuite with a comfy bunk bed. Surprisingly
it was rather clean, well, prolly not so spacious but that doesn’t really
bother me. We stayed for 5 days and it costs us JPY51000 which is around RM1750
(around RM117/pax per night). You might want to avoid Khaosan Samurai as the
place is somewhat worn out and dusty.
Khaosan
Tokyo Laboratory
2-1-4 Nishi-asakusa, Taito 111-0035, Tokyo Prefecture
18 Sept – Disney Sea.
Purchased e-Ticket on the Disney website: 6900yen/pax.
Simply dream comes true. And you get to purchase beers
here, HALLELUJAH to most alcoholics. HAHA! Big highlights to their classic
Disney stars parades and shows on the waters of Mediterranean Harbor,
especially the enormous water screens, lasers, lights, fires, fireworks and
everything magnificent to make the show beyond fantasy. No pictures or videos
could do the parades and shows justice. You just have to experience it yourself,
I swear I was literally blown away. Please
feel free to drop your queries if you want to know about fastpass and some shows
that need a lottery as it got us quite confuse as well.
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| Our dinner at Disney resort. We literally can't feel our legs. |
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| Perfect buddies that made the whole Disney experience even better. |
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| We wanted to leave in the middle of the show and they made us stay in front of every audience. HAHAHA! |
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| Mermaid lagoon. |
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| Beautiful sunset. |
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| Welcome to Aladdin's world. |
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| New York city. |
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| Fantasmic! |
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| We had some shopping spree in GAP Disney as well. |
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| EXCITEDDDD! |
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| Water ride with bae. |
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| Ice cream in one of these cold days don't care! |
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| This girl has to have one of the most flawless skin I've seen. |
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| Head gear is a must! |
I got too excited I totally ditched my camera, which
explained not much pictures to share. My bad.
19 –
21st Sept – Ultra Japan
It was held in Tokyo Odaiba Park. Reachable easily by
railway lines. This is my first time with Ultra music festivals. I was
literally blown away by the crowds, the venue settings, the perfect weather and
the cleanliness compare to DWP. However, I was expecting more on the stage set
and lineup wise which is way too overrated for the price we paid. Anyways, the
crowds and perfect weather made up for everything. Besides, Japanese are really bold and
distinctive in their own costumes, which some are pretty jaw-dropping. Don't say I didn't warn you as I had quite some disturbing culture shock. Oh well,
it’s Japan after all. And I'll update more details regarding Ultra Japan in the subsequent post.
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| A cool restaurant for supper after Ultra. Intro by Steven, who works in Japan for years. Karaoke and dine in yay! |
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| One of the best sashimi we had. It literally melt in my mouth. |
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| The sunlight is perfect for selfie. |
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| Tokyo Odaiba Ultra Park has to be the best venue for music festivals ever! All of our friends coming from different countries meet up at the park and start drinking before we go in the venue. Relaxing in the sunshine, drinking a huge range of Japanese beers and liquors with the best rave crews in an urban park close to various tourist attraction and several malls (YAY!), , ahh, what can be better than this? |
Ultra Japan starts early afternoon & last set wrapped up at around 9PM. We moved on to the, say, most happening and biggest club in Tokyo – ageHa. I know we do not have to pay for cover charge back at Malaysia if we were to pop bottles, however on the contrary, we had to pay 3500yen/pax (slightly cheaper for ladies/gentlemen I couldn’t recall) regardless you’re popping bottles. However, you’re entitled with a glass of drink and any further purchase would have to be done in the bar inside the club.
ageHa
@ Studio Coast
Address:
2-2-10 Shinkiba, Koto 136-0082, Tokyo Prefecture
Access:
4 walk minutes from Shinkiba Station ( JR line, Tokyo Metro, Rinkai line)
There
are free shuttle bus from Shibuya during the whole night.
BERG
And WEST
Japan,
〒106-0031 Tokyo, Minato, 西麻布１丁目１０−１１
Decent underground club that I really dig. Two floors with
1000 person capacity, phenomenal sound system, lasers, smoke machine and an
impressive interior design. LOVE IT! Also, cover charge is compulsory.
All of the Tokyo clubs are ongoing till late midnight at
5AM, well now we’re talking. Not only this, the coolest part was the crowds (mostly ravers after Ultra Japan) dancing to the music pumping from the speakers of some random modified cars. AWESOMEEEE!
22nd
of Sept – Asakusa temple
Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple
dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon. We spent our day strolling around Asakusa
sightseeing, sort of give ourselves a break from the ongoing wild parties for
consecutive 3 days that had certainly taken a toll on us. That means, food/snacks
hunting! For a matcha/green tea fanatic like me, Japan is absolutely a heaven
on earth!
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| There are so many types of Tokyo Banana in Tokyo, but you can only get the one with chocolate filling here, which IMO taste the best! |
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| We lost count of how many stations we went through just to fulfill the boyfriend's dream - LALA Land. |
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| Fave drink whenever I need some hydration. |
Too many pictures and words to cram in a post. I shall
continue the rest in part 2 instead! Hope you lovely earthlings enjoy this post
that I’ve been working on for days! <3
Till then!
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