The Crack of Dawn
2023年9月16日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Up at 4:30am for our flight! Super excited! Today's the day...
Most Important Meal of the Day
2023年9月16日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Starting the day with the best bagels in town.
On the Waka Rererangi
2023年9月16日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Free blanket, pillow, and headphones! Movies and games on our personal screen. Window seat for Franks.
But what about second breakfast?
2023年9月16日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Hot cakes and fruit!
11-hour flight!
2023年9月16日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Plane food wasn't too bad! Met a nice Japanese girl sitting next to us on the plane, Hinu. Also managed to watch a bit of the Warriors game while flying above Japan!
$3.50 whiskey and $5 sashimi?!?!
2023年9月16日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
We were so tired from our journey so we literally dumped our bags at the hotel, then stumbled down into the first restaurant we could find. It was delicious! Grilled chicken thigh, grilled pork, andもっと詳しく
Lives up to the hype
2023年9月16日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
First time trying a 7-11 konbini... it lives up to the hype! Soooo many snacks! Frankie's favourite: candy floss in a bag. Luke's favourite: pancakes in a bag. And they still give you plastic bags! 😍
Morning walk
2023年9月17日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Our body clocks were still a bit off so we got up way before any of the shops opened. But found some cute little alleyways on our way to our first attraction ...
Senso-ji Temple pt. 1
2023年9月17日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
You pay 100 yen ($1) to have a lucky fortune drawn. You shake the can and pick out a stick, then you use the number to pick out your corresponding fortune card. If you pick bad fortune, you can tie itもっと詳しく
Senso-ji Temple pt.2
2023年9月17日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
The temple has burned down multiple times, most recently in 1945 during the war. It was re-built in the 80s from 100s of 1000s of donations. There is a secret shrine at the back of the temple that theもっと詳しく
Exploring Asakusa!
2023年9月17日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Ate way too much as we explored Asakusa. There were markets galore and we spent a good 4 hours or so just wandering through as many as we could. Picked up a lot of cool souvenirs for some family backもっと詳しく
Frankie's best find yet ...
2023年9月17日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
We just happened to be walking past this place called Rio Dog Cafe in Asakusa just 10 mins before it opened. Of course we had to go inside. It was really fun and because we were one of the first to goもっと詳しく
Why did the waiter give us a towel?
2023年9月17日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Something strange in Japan is that restaurant waiters always serve you with a damp towelette. It is quite common to see people wipe their faces and necks to refresh themselves. After all, it does getもっと詳しく
Akihabara Electric Town
2023年9月17日, 日本 ⋅ 🌬 31 °C
I didn't take many photos but this is the biggest electronics department store! Each storey is probably the size of 3x JB Hi-fi stores in NZ, and there are 9 storeys in total. There are so many signsもっと詳しく
Train stations
2023年9月18日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
In Auckland, there is only one train line in each direction. In Japan, there is a spiderweb of train lines in all different directions. It is definitely the most efficient way to travel. Luckily thereもっと詳しく
Antique Market
2023年9月18日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Today we visited the Oeda Antique Markets which only occur every other Sunday, although today's was on a Monday due to the public holiday (Respect for the Aged day). Didn't buy much as it was all oldもっと詳しく
Shibuya Crossing!
2023年9月18日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
This morning we visited the famous Shibuya Crossing. It was still early so there weren't too many people crossing but so fun watching everyone. We went to the nearby Starbucks so that we could get aもっと詳しく
Shibuya exploring
2023年9月18日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Spent half the day exploring Shibuya. We wanted to go to a famous shopping mall called Shibuya 109 but it had closed due to a fire the previous day. So we went to Parco instead. Parco was super boujeeもっと詳しく
Today's lunch!
2023年9月18日, 日本 ⋅ 🌬 33 °C
We were trying to find a nice sushi train for lunch today but they were either too far away or too smelly 😭😂 so we stumbled across this place and boy are we glad we did. First, a plate ofもっと詳しく
Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
2023年9月18日, 日本 ⋅ 🌬 31 °C
After Shibuya, we headed to Harajuku to try to find the famous Candy Floss store. We found more than that. The main street, Takeshite Street, was full of markets and really quirky shops. We were bothもっと詳しく
Day 2 complete
2023年9月18日, 日本 ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
Some of my favourite purchases from Shibuya and Harajuku. A Pokemon themed Rubik's cube (could that BE any more Luke?), and my Harajuku Skechers that you can only find in Harajuku.
Back home for aもっと詳しく
Welcome to Disneyland Tokyo
2023年9月19日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Up at 6am for our morning trip to Disneyland. The park opened at 9am so we thought it's probably best to get there an hour early to beat the crowds. Most things I'd read online had suggested this too.もっと詳しく
Space Mountain!
2023年9月19日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We waited about 80 minutes on line for this one. The first 40 mins or so in direct sunlight, then the next 40 mins had shade at least. The ride was incredible! A roller coaster type ride with a steepもっと詳しく
Beauty and the Beast
2023年9月19日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
This ride was more relaxing than thrill, but was definitely no less fun. It was beautiful from start to finish. We were lucky to get a fast pass so we only had to wait about 20 mins, whereas people inもっと詳しく
The Happy Ride with Baymax
2023年9月19日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
This ride had a surprisingly long wait time of 120 mins. Because it was so popular, we thought we'd better buy a fast pass which shaved off about 115 mins off our wait time lol. It was a fairlyもっと詳しく