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September 15, 2016
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Day 1
Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 1:00 PM
🌧 29 °C
Altitude: 18 m
United States Honolulu International Airport 21.331474, -157.92001321°19’53” N 157°55’12” W
Honolulu to Tokyo Narita
September 15, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Japan Airlines JL783 | HNL/NRT
Economy Class
Boeing 767-300ER | JA616J
ATD/1309 | ATA/1625+1
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Day 2
Friday, September 16, 2016 at 6:00 PM
☁️ 24 °C
Altitude: 48 m
Japan Narita International Airport 35.775522, 140.3922435°46’32” N 140°23’32” E
Tokyo Narita to Singapore
September 16, 2016 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Japan Airlines JL711 | NRT/SIN
Economy Class
Boeing 767-300ER | JA618J
ATD/1809 | ATA/0020+1
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Day 3
Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 8:30 PM
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Singapore Queen Elizabeth Walk 1.290373, 103.8528211°17’25” N 103°51’10” E
Formula One Grand Prix
September 17, 2016 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Min dragged my jetlagged ass out for the Formula One Grand Prix. Truth be told, I wasn't interested in the racing or the shopping. I was thrilled to be watch Bastille and Queen (featuring Adam Lambert) which was included in the price for the ticket. More than anything else, I was just happy to be back in a big city doing big city things.Read more
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Day 4
Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 7:00 PM
☁️ 31 °C
Altitude: 70 m
Singapore Bukit Batok 1.355071, 103.7675431°21’18” N 103°46’3” E
My Father's 80th Birthday Celebration
September 18, 2016 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
The purpose of this trip was to celebrate my father’s 80th birthday. The family is pictured here at the restaurant where we celebrated his birthday.
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Day 7
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
☁️ 34 °C
Altitude: 18 m
Singapore Marina Bay 1.283523, 103.8607031°17’1” N 103°51’39” E
Random Wanderings Around Singapore
September 21, 2016 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
Here are some pictures I took while wandering. Some pictures were at Marina Bay Sands, and others were in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
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Day 11
Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 10:00 PM
☁️ 27 °C
Altitude: 24 m
Singapore Singapore Changi Airport 1.362006, 103.9905331°21’43” N 103°59’26” E
Singapore to Tokyo Haneda
September 25, 2016 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Japan Airlines JL36 | SIN/HND
Economy Class
Boeing 777-200ER | JA711J
ATD/2151 | ATA/0533+1
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Day 12
Monday, September 26, 2016 at 6:00 AM
🌫 22 °C
Altitude: 20 m
Japan Heneda Kūkō Dai Ichi Building Eki 35.550541, 139.78454635°33’2” N 139°47’4” E
Arrival at Haneda
September 26, 2016 in Japan ⋅ 🌫 22 °C
On my prior layovers, I used Tokyo Station or Ueno Station as my base of operations and traveled by train between Narita and Haneda. This time around, I tried something different; I took the airport limousine bus and used the Tokyo City Air Terminal (T-CAT) as my base.

Departing Singapore on Sunday night, I landed at Haneda early the next day. After clearing immigration, I took the 6.40am bus to T-CAT and arrived there around 7.20am. The bus terminal was quiet and mostly empty. I followed the signs for the left luggage counter and found that they opened at 8am. Crap. Should I wait? Hell no, not with Tokyo beckoning! Fortunately, I found lockers one level below. But, these lockers accepted coins only, and not Suica cards. There were larger 600 yen lockers and smaller 200 yen lockers. I did not have 600 yen on me. I did have 200 yen. I deposited 200 yen in the slot, opened it, and breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that my bag could fit in there. I think the left luggage service would have cost 700 yen, so I saved some yen.

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Day 12
Monday, September 26, 2016 at 7:00 AM
☁️ 24 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market 35.663041, 139.77022235°39’47” N 139°46’13” E
Tsukiji Market
September 26, 2016 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
My first order of the day was to get some sushi(!) for breakfast at Tsukiji. T-CAT is linked by an underground tunnel to Suitengomae subway station, and from there it was a quick subway ride with one change of trains to get to Tsukiji.

Unfortunately, most of the wholesale seafood action was over by the time I got to Tsukiji and most of the crowds were now milling around the outer market. This is where I committed an amateur traveler fail. I thought the two most popular sushi outlets - Sushi Dai and Daiwa Sushi - would be fairly obvious to spot as they would have the longest lines. Well, there were dozens of sushi outlets but none had long lines by the time I got there. I should have thought to find out the Japanese characters for these two outlets so I could identify them.

After some wandering around, I settled on the one that appeared busiest. There, I ordered a rice bowl with maguro (tuna), crab, uni (sea urchin) and ikura (salmon roe). It was odd eating sushi this early in the day but it was good stuff and it hit the spot.

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Day 12
Monday, September 26, 2016 at 11:00 AM
☁️ 27 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Japan Kōkyo Gaien 35.682629, 139.75944335°40’57” N 139°45’34” E
Imperial Palace
September 26, 2016 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
After a bit more wandering around Tsukiji, I took the subway to my next destination. As I was scheduled to have lunch with my UCLA classmate Shiori near Tokyo Station, I wandered around the nearby Imperial Palace East Garden before meeting her.

I had a very pleasant lunch catching up with Shiori. I was a little surprised by how much English and Mandarin I heard at the restaurant.

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Day 12
Monday, September 26, 2016 at 1:00 PM
☁️ 28 °C
Altitude: 32 m
Japan Ueno Park 35.715047, 139.77333935°42’54” N 139°46’24” E
Ueno Park
September 26, 2016 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
After lunch, I took the subway to Ueno Park, which turned out to be a very pretty urban park and I had fun exploring the shrines, temples and lake.

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Day 12
Monday, September 26, 2016 at 3:00 PM
☁️ 28 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Japan Tokyo Sky Tree 35.710006, 139.8106635°42’36” N 139°48’38” E
Tokyo Skytree
September 26, 2016 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
It was 4pm when I was done at Ueno Park. I was hot and sweaty, and all I wanted to do was find an onsen, but I knew the two hours I had left before my 6pm bus to Narita would not be enough to justify going to an onsen. So, I decided to go to Tokyo Skytree.

The Tokyo Skytree is located in Asakusa. It was snazzier than the Tokyo Tower, but it lacked the old school charm of Tokyo Tower. Entry to the 350 meter platform cost around 2,100 yen. Entry to the 450 meter platform costs more. In hindsight, I should have opted for the 450 meter platform as it probably would have been less crowded. Regardless, I spent a pleasant hour in airconditioned comfort enjoying panoramic views over Tokyo. Unfortunately, it was hazy that day so I couldn't see Mt Fuji.

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Day 12
Monday, September 26, 2016 at 8:00 PM
🌫 24 °C
Altitude: 48 m
Japan Narita International Airport 35.775455, 140.39219735°46’32” N 140°23’32” E
Tokyo Narita to Honolulu
September 26, 2016 in Japan ⋅ 🌫 24 °C
Japan Airlines JL784 | NRT/HNL
Economy Class
Boeing 767-300ER | JA616J
ATD/2101 | ATA/0932

From Tokyo Skytree, I took the subway back to T-CAT, retrieved my bag, and boarded my bus to Narita which took about one hour. Before boarding the bus, I had to buy one last Pocari Sweat from the vending machine.Read more
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Day 12
Monday, September 26, 2016 at 8:00 AM
☁️ 24 °C
Altitude: 18 m
United States Honolulu International Airport 21.331474, -157.92001221°19’53” N 157°55’12” W
Home!
September 26, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
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Trip end
September 26, 2016