Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo

When you plan to visit Tokyo and you wanted to visit Yayoi Kusama Museum; do make sure that you have purchased your tickets in advance through the museum's website! Tickets are not available on the door, and sometimes it is fully booked--so you have to book them way in advance.
The entry is timed and only valid for a specific 90 minute time-slot. 

Nezu Shrine, Tokyo

Ever since I planned my Tokyo trip this 2019, I was aiming for April or early May. Within that period, I knew that the Nezu Shrine will have their famous Azalea Festival (Tsutsuji Matsuri). Nezu shrine is one the city's "most spectacular spring scenes". But then holiday shifted to later...

This Shinto shrine is located in the Bunkyō ward of Tokyo. You can take the train and stop at Nezu, then walked about 700 meters towards the shrine.

Allow me to mourn

I am just gonna interrupt a little bit the travel posts with this one personal post, as I felt a little overwhelmed these past weeks. I lost several friends in short amount of time, one of my friend was ending his own life by committed suicide.  And then my best friend must face the reality of the fact that the word remission is now vague; it's back.

Just yesterday the image of one of my friend pass-away of a heart attack while he was driving; IS haunting me back. It was quiet a mess when we have to say goodbye.

I ALWAYS move on from all sad events in my life; of course! But this time I want to allow myself to move on much slower than I always did.

Ode to the loved ones, I love you, just in case you guys are watching from heaven...

Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo

Opened in 1966, The Idemitsu Museum of Arts is an exhibition hall that is located on the 9th floor of the Imperial Theater Building. When you did a round tour for it's displayed collections, you will arrive at the museum shop on your left near the museum lobby on your right.

The lobby has a huge window that looking down over the beautiful Imperial Garden in Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

Free tea vending machines are available in the lobby and drinking is limited only in the rest area with sofas in the Lobby, which for me is the perfect place I wanted to be after the tour of the exhibition.

Mount Fuji, Japan

At some point along the way while I was 

planning the itinerary for my Japan trip; I wanted to have one day of joining a group tour. So I bought from home a one day tour to Mt. Fuji with combination of Lake Kawaguchi and the onsen experience. Here goes the trip,

Harajuku, Tokyo

Harajuku is an area around Tokyo's Harajuku Station. Harajuku station was opened October 30th, 1906. It is a train line between Shinjuku and Shibuya on the Yamanote Line. Harajuku is the center of Japan's most extreme teenage cultures and fashion styles, but aside from the shopping, it is also offers some historic sights.

The main  point of Harajuku's teenage culture is Takeshita Dori (Takeshita Street) and its side streets, in which lays many trendy shops, fashion boutiques, vintage clothes stores, crepes stands such as Wolfgang Puck and fast food outlets that are trendy these days.

The shops along Takeshita Streets are open daily from 11:00 to 20:00. It is a narrow, roughly 400 meter long street lined by shops, boutiques, cafes and fast food. Because of the street's popularity, it becomes extremely busy and crowded on the weekends. Interesting shops and restaurants can also be found along some of the side streets.