Day 7 of University Graduation Trip, Fujisawa on May 6, 2017

Seventh day of our graduation trip in Japan, and my last day in Tokyo.
The plan of the day was to visit Fujisawa and Kamakura, once the capital of Kamakura Shogunate.

Breakfast

BreakfastFrozen food from convenience store.

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Day 6 of University Graduation Trip, Tokyo on May 5, 2017

Sixth day of our graduation trip in Japan.
After yesterday’s Digimon Tour, today we went back to our roaming of the city of Tokyo. We ended up visiting Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Akihabara, Sensō-ji Temple, Sky Tree (didn’t go up there), Ginza and Shibuya.

Breakfast

BreakfastCold noodles from convenience store.

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Day 5 of University Graduation Trip, Digimon Tour of Tokyo on May 4, 2017

Fifth day of our graduation trip in Japan.
The friends that were staying in the same apartment with me in Tokyo all expressed that they weren’t very much into Japanese animations. After some brief discussions we found that our common ground was only “Digimon Adventure”, so we decided to carry out a “Digimon Tour” of Hikarigaoka and Odaiba.

Shinjuku Street

Shinjuku Street

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Day 4 of University Graduation Trip, Tokyo on May 3, 2017

Fourth day of our graduation trip in Japan.
The plan of the day was to fly from Osaka to Tokyo in the morning, then visit some sites in Tokyo for the reminder of the day.

Namba Sennichimae Food Street

Namba Sennichimae Food StreetNamba Sennichimae Food StreetSome of the few photos taken in Osaka on that day.

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Flight Log of All Nippon Airways Flight 22 from Osaka Itami to Tokyo Haneda on May 3rd, 2017

May 3rd, after spending three days in Osaka and its surrounding cities, we were heading for Tokyo.
So we arrived at Namba Station at 0855 in the morning to the airport bus to Itami Airport.

Buildings in Downtown Osaka

Buildings in Downtown Osaka

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Day 3 of University Graduation Trip, Kyoto on May 2, 2017

Third day of our graduation trip in Japan.
The plan of the day was to visit the historic Japanese city of Kyoto. Among the sites to see were Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkaku-ji. There was so many to see in Kyoto that we knew in advance we won’t be able to cover them all, so we just took our time touring the city.

Breakfast

BreakfastFrozen food from convenience store. I studied for very long how to heat this up, the result was that I should put this directly on stove (surprise that the tin foil won’t burn through).

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Day 2 of University Graduation Trip, Osaka on May 1, 2017

Second day of our graduation trip in Japan.
The plan of the day was to visit the sights in Osaka City, returning to our apartment for a party dinner, followed by Japanese-styled spa in the evening.

Since we won’t be travelling much in Osaka City, my friends generally got up late today.

Streets of Osaka

Streets of OsakaStreets of Osaka

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Day 1 of University Graduation Trip, Nara on April 30, 2017

First day of our graduation trip in Japan.
The plan of the day was to visit Nara, a city of ancient architecture and wild deer.

Breakfast

BreakfastCold Noodles as I was praising the great Japanese convenience stores.

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Day 0 of University Graduation Trip, Osaka on April 29, 2017

Despite that I mentioned in the last post, that the immigration lines at Osaka Kansai Airport were ridiculous line, so it was half past 8 in the evening when we reached our Airbnb apartment near Kuromon Ichiba Market. But since we were university students and this was still early in the night for us, so we decided to take a walk in the surroundings and there came this post of the 0-th day of our Japan trip.

Namba Streets

Namba Streets


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Flight Log of All Nippon Airways Flight 980 from Beijing to Osaka Kansai on April 29th, 2017

Chinese Labor Day Holiday in May, 2017. After discussions with my undergraduate classmates, we decided that this should be the time for our graduation trip, and we chose Japan as our destination.
During the reservation process, we found that All Nippon Airways (ANA) could offer us a relatively cheap Japan domestic legs in its return tickets, so we chose an itinerary of Beijing – Osaka – Tokyo – Beijing with ANA, the first leg of which is NH980 from Beijing to Osaka.

Interior of Beijing Airport T3

Interior of Beijing Airport T3

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