The world’s largest ferris wheel is here in Odaiba with the height of 115 metre above the ground. It costs 900 yen to sit for a 16 minutes ride to see the view of Tokyo from 115 metre above the ground. At night you see beautiful lighting effect on the ferris wheel which will change colour every few seconds. Enjoy the photos by clicking the link below.

Ferris Wheel in Odaiba

Odaiba is a popular tourist attraction in Tokyo City. I went there last Saturday to check out the place. It is a very interesting place with few attractions you should not be missed. In previous posting, I got mentioned about the original Statue of Liberty in Odaiba. I went to see it in close-up view. It is the original Statue of Liberty made in France long time ago and the New York’s Statue of Liberty was built based on this original statue here in Odaiba.

Odaiba is located on a man-made land or reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay. Some big organization like Shell and NHK are located here. There’s also an indoor theme park called JoyRide Sega in Aqua City Mall. From the Aqua City Mall, you have a vey nice view of Rainbow Bridge which connect Odaiba with the mainland. In coming postings, I will write about attractions in Odaiba. For now enjoy some pictures of the some beautiful view in Odaiba.

Odaiba

Last weekend was my most busy weekend in Japan. I went to Odaiba on Saturday and Asakusa on Sunday. Odaiba is a very interesting place with few attractions that you should not miss out when you come to Japan which are the Toyota City Showcase, Ferris Wheel (World’s LargestFerris Wheel), History Garage and Venus Fort. In the coming postings, I will write about these 4 attractions. Asakusa is a religious place where the famous Sensoji Temple is located. I will write about Asakusa in coming posting.

It has been raining these few days here in Tokyo. The rain here sometimes can last for one whole day from early morning to late night. To stay in Japan, you must always know the weather condition everyday before you step out from your house. In Japan you going to do a lot of walking either to work or travel around. So if on that day it’s going to rain, it’s better to have a umbrella with you. I every night check the weather forecast using the Yahoo Widget before I go to sleep. The weather here is cold now due to the rain and temperature can drop until 14 celcius at night…. I almost freeze to death hahaha….

Last Sunday, I went to Shibuya with my friend to take a look how is the fashion in Shibuya a.k.a. Fashion City. Shibuya was packed with people and mainly ladies who came down here to hunt for cloths. The popular landmark in Shibuya is the Shibuya 109 building. In this building, you can find all sort of ladies fashion like accessories, shoe and cloths. I went inside the building and all I can see is ladies shopping for cloths. Here you can find a lot of beautiful ladies.

For guys, you can go to Shibuya 109-2 building to find guys fashion. You have to go up to 5th and 6th floor to find guys fashion shop.

How to go to Shibuya: Take the JR Yamanote Line in Tokyo. As long as you able to take this line, you can reach Shibuya because this Yamanote Line circle around Tokyo City. So you won’t get lost.

Shibuya

When I first arrived here, I was suprised on how Japanese drives behave when on the road. If there are pedestrian trying or wanted to cross a road (using zebra crossing with no traffic light available), cars have to give way to pedestrian to cross first. It is a good practice to give way to the elders or the young ones to cross first. Now I feel safe crossing the road here compare to Malaysia where I have to look left and right many times before I can cross a road. I wish Malaysia also can practice this practice to make the roads safer to pedestrian.

I walked around the backlane around my area last few days. Most houses don’t have compound like what we have in Malaysia and don’t even have parking lot in the house.

Houses In Japan

In Japan, most of the optical shop provide free spectacle cleaning service. It is so simple and is self-service. They will put a small device outside their shop. You just have to soak your spectacle into the water in the device. Then press a button to activate the device and it will do the cleaning. After 1 minute, the device will stop. You just take out your spectacle; soak it inside clean water and wipe using tissue paper. Here you go…. your sparkling clean spectacle.

Today I ate Tempura for lunch in tempura restaurant and cook spagetti with tomato sauce myself at home. I like the tempura here because it taste nice and is fresh… They only fry the tempura after you order it. The tempura set I ate today just 500 yen which is the cheapest. They got a lot of varieties including vegetarian set. Below are the pictures of my meals…. hehe.

Last Sunday I went to Akihabara with my friend to buy some electronics. When we got out from the Akihabara train station, we saw a group of people gathered at one place and taking pictures. I was very curious what is happening there and I thought got famous people in town. One of the Japanese guy was talking in Japanese language (which I don’t understand) trying to promote something. So I try to squeeze in to see who is in the town.

Then I was shocked when I saw there are 3 Japanese girls there promoting their own adult video. My friend said it is just bikini video and not porn. I also think that it is just bikini video. I come from Malaysia where the culture and law doesn’t permit the people to do this kind of thing. This is the first time I saw it and I was shocked (culture shock).