Japan trip - Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka

We just came back from vacation in Japan. We spent about ten days there. Of course there were two days we were in the flight. On the first day of arrival, we stayed in our friend's house in Kyoto. The second day we travelled to Hakone. This was followed by a trip to Tokyo's Ghibli Museum and Tsukiji fish market. After Tokyo, we travelled back to Kyoto and made day trips to Himeji, Hiroshima and Miyajima. We also made a quick stopover in Nagoya for the Maglev railway park. The last four days we explored some tourist sites in Kyoto, Universal Studios Japan (Osaka) and Osaka Castle. The kids enjoyed themselves very much in the railway park as well as the Universal Studios. We spent about RM13k for this trip (all expenses included).

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The wedding of ....

This wedding has some similarity with ours but, by comparison in every detail, each is still distinctly unique.

Day 2: A visit to some of The Tokyo Toilet project

On the second day of my trip, I decided to visit some of the public toilets under The Tokyo Toilet project. The idea was inspired by the film Perfect Days . Since the public toilets under this project are scattered around western side of Tokyo, I visited a few in Shibuya area, which are quite close to each other. One notable location is Yoyogi Park. One of the highlights of these designer toilets is the transparent toilet. Its transparent glass walls will turn opaque when the door is locked. This feature is based on the electrochromic effect. However, this feature is unavailable during late autumn and winter, which coincided my visit. The key takeaway from this visit: an eye opening experience about toilet culture and social inclusivity. Yoyogi Park The transparent toilet Another transparent toilet in community park The park in Yoyogi Hachimangu Shrine Another view of the park Mushroom design public toilet

Trip 01-06: Day 8-9 (The end)

Day 8-9 (13-14 May) We proceed to Thailand in the morning. The immigration process was the easiest. We crossed the river by boat and reached Chiang Khong (the border town of Thailand). Then a mini van to Chiang Mai. Arrived in Chiang Mai about 4pm. Looked for a cheap room and then had an excursion around the town. The next day we will depart and back to M'sia. It has been a pleasant trip for the whole week. Laos is a beautiful and peaceful country with abundant of unspoiled forest and mountains. Now we have to get back to our real life. End of the trip.

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