A lot of wonderful sightseeing in Tokyo. And one of them is Asakusa – the retrospective streets relate to the time when Tokyo was once called Edo. If you happen to visit Tokyo, and you like some kinda of traditional attraction(temples, pagoda,shopping arcade) then Asakusa may be the choice! 😀
Asakusa is famous for the sensoji temple, buddhist temple. It’s quite near to the Asakusa subway station, it’s 5 min walk fr Asakusa subway Station on Tobu Isesaki Line North Exit / 8 min walk fr Asakusa subway station on Ginza Line exit.
The temple was the oldest one in Tokyo, the original construction destroyed in the air raids of 1945, and current one is the reconstruction built in 1960. 🙂 Once through the gate, we’re on the way to the temple, but.. this way will be so interesting, because we’re in Nakamise Shopping Arcade – both sides of the 250m street lined with colorful store. You can buy some omiyage-s, Japanese stuffs. 🙂
A tips on bargaining-type buyers, we can’t bargain here, if only we bargain, the sellers are too polite and kind, saying “gomen ne..”, (instead, you can enjoy a 5% disc or called free of 5% tax as foreigner). Fyi, foreigner can claim the 5% tax free by showing the passport while shopping in the malls. I am not so sure if this works in all the shopping malls, but i just experienced accompanying someone buying burberry(many women’ foreigner likes to purchase this brand in Japan because it’s cheaper here). Initially, you’ll pay as much as the pricelist, but then you can go to the counter for claiming 5% free of tax, it’s quite a number actually!
As for me, I walked all through the shopping arcade-finding the wanted-items also remembering the cheapest price. Then, entering the temple, finally bought yukata set, a pink one, 🙂 (three pieces set : yukata, yukata obi- the ribbon one tied on behind, and the wooden slippers called geta), and also buy the kawaii neko. 😛
The trip’s not over, the next destination is Odaiba. 🙂
is it yukata u mention on ur last post??? aih aihh.. ayo donggg… coba di pake.. jangan foto mentahnya aja.. hehehe..
eh brp an tuh??? *tring tring?*
udah 3x ke asakusa ni. udah merasa bosan =))
liburan desember ke tokyo ga ya…
kejaaaammm..huhuhuhuuu..mau donk di cariin hotel termurah disana :p..sumpeh deh lama mau ke jepang tp dah jiper duluan yg kt org2 jepang itu muahaaalll :p
Gile ye, tempelnya jd kek orisinil lg ya ;)..sekilas jd kek taman jepang di Londo tepatnya di deket Groningen.
Ih amit2 gw sirik abis niiiyyy mmmhhuahahahahahh :p
Say, gw dah invite lg ya. Belom mau ngeblog msh suram hatikuw 😦
aaaaaaaaaaaa… cantiknyaaaaaa….
aduwww potonyaaa bikin saya jatuh cinta *lesbian mode on* mwakakakakaka
eh waktu g beli yukata di asakusa, kan g nawar tu, tus yang jual bilang, karena g foreigner jadi harganya di diskon 5% gitu.. semacem tax free gitu.. jadi ya lumayan lah jadi brp ya waktu itu g beli 3000 an Yen ya.. lupa 😀 hehehe.. tapi lupa beli ribbon nya :((
Huwaaa.. jepangggggggggggggg… 😀
doooh jadi pen ke jepun niy,….moga-moga catering banyak orderan,.. buat modal ke jp
*rakus mode on* ckakakakak
great review!
asakusa…one of my favorites of all time :D.
brarti kalo liat header di blog gw itu pasti tau itu pagoda yg dimana 😛
@ci-v : yes, it’s xixixixi.. senengnya punya yukata, mo dibilang sprey kek, sarung kek.. harganya 6000yen kurang dikid. sayang sih, tp pengen.. ya sudah, beli sajah daripada kebawa mimpi. 😀
@jonijpn : buset, 3x? ya udah ke tokyo ajah.. odaiba udah blom? tokyo tower? 😛
@yulia : ada kok, pake ala backpackers mao ga? sekamar 7 orang, ranjang bertingkat, kekeke.. harganya 2000yen kali. hohoho.. hotel murah banyak kok di asiatravel.com, atau dari internet gitu jeung.. cuman ya fasilitasnya standard ya. 🙂
@riep : cantik temple nya atau cantik guenya? kekekeke..
@epi : ini juga kenapa jatuh cinta? jatuh cinta ama poto gua? hahahaha
@ceemot : eh iya emang.. maksud gua nawar gila2an kaya belanja di mg2, minta separoh atao 1/3 harga gitu. disitu emang ada disc 5%buat foreigner.
Kalo mo beli tas bermerek, misal blueberry, atau kamera, di toko yg rada gede, kalo nunjukkin paspor, juga bisa free tax, potongan 5%.. lumayan khan.. 😉
@anung : huaaaa.. anunggg.. 😀
@satelite : amen.. amen.. moga orderan ngalir terus .. 🙂
@soyuz : haha, your favorite? why??? iya, header pagoda asakusa ya? hahahaha
odaiba udah 2x, sekali temenin ww. tokyo tower sih “baru” 1x, wakakkaka…
mahil juga ya.. huhuhu.. tp iya sih.. (mana bagus pula.. kyaaaa…) drpd kebawa mimpi yak haahha kalo emang masih bisa hayo aja.. 😀
hoo.. jadi kesimpulan tips nya belanja disitu adalah: bawa passport & tunjukkan lah.. dapet d disc 5% ya? 😀
soyuz : kalau asakusa fav kamu, aku lebih prefer odaiba, I love odaiba.
maren liat2 inet tiket ke jepang..kekekekekk..ada yg dr 800 euro sampe 4000an :p
hotel di tokyo ternyata ada yg murah ya, satu ranjang (ya amplop bhsnya..ranjang..:p) 20 euro/malam..hihihihiii..tetep msh mahal bwt gw, secara perginya bertiga 🙂
Tp teng kyu infonya ya, tar gw cari2 lg deh 😉
@jonijpn : oh, odaiba is my fav.. duh tempatnya kireiiiii.. kimochi ii naaaaa..
kalo baca pacar, kayanya lebih okeh lagi, malem2 di pantai angin bersemilir, plus pemandangan indah.. 🙂 tokyo tower, gua ga keburu peginya, :((
@ci-v : iye, mahal jg, kemaren sempet mikir mo beli ga ya.. mikir lagi, belinya cuman satu doank kok, ga bakal nambah lagi, mumpung lg di jepang, hehehehe..
mmh.. tergantung toko jg sih ci.. biasanya kalo toko2 gede, apalagi yg banyak gaikokujin(foreigner) hrsnya bisa.
@juanda : haha, sama dhe kita.. 😛
@yulia : iya.. ada yang murah khan?? hehehehe.. ke jepangnya pas spring ajah indah.. indah.. indah.. 🙂 taon depan, jadi masi bisa nabung 9 bulan lagi toh 🙂
@sakuralady: iyah favorit. nuansa tradisional nya ama view waktu malem dari sumida river. bagus buat poto.
@juanda: odaiba blom sempat kesana sih. ini udah merencanakan kesana sebelum sibuk ama kerjaan lagi 😀
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