Sakura Hotel was pleasant. We stayed till 10am before we checked out and the explored Ikebukuro. This was so unlike our usual practice of leaving early. The fact that it was raining heavily made us want to stay in the room till it's time to go to the airport. Our two umbrellas were in pretty bad shape but since it's the last day, we decided to just bear with it. We made our way to Sunshine City where Namja Town is. We were not sure what to expect. So we just paid for the minimum 300 yen for the entrance.
There were no English translation. I think they did not expect many foreign tourists visiting Namja Town. So half the time we couldn't figure out what the displays were about.
There were many of such cat statues around.
Many horror stuff.
Cat + Horror
Japanese olden days favourite pass time; fish-catching.
Our main reason for the visiting Namja Town; ICE CREAM CITY.
Our chocolate ice cream that cost about 300 yen. Expensive but it's for the experience. The ice cream city has at least a hundred of different ice creams on sale.
After dessert, we went to have our lunch at Sunshine City. We settled on this restaurant as it has the least customers. Not so noisy. The food is not bad. Quite a big portion.
Again we were too hungry and gobbled up our food before we remember to take picture of it. This is the display. This was what I had ordered.
(Photo: Maggie)
This was what Kaiyi has ordered. The portion were pretty big so we really stuffed ourselves silly. We could eat Japanese food every single day and not get bored.
After lunch, we had to brave the rain and wind back to our hotel. But before that, we stopped by Hello Kitty shop to have a look. Not exactly our cup of tea but according to our own travel guideline, 凡走过必留下痕迹。The heater in the shop was very welcoming too. We were only had a cardigan thrown over our tee. So it was freezing for us. The thought of going back to the hotel and lugging the heavy trolley luggage to the train station was a little tormenting.
The braved the rain and the wind and finally reach Ikebukuro station safe and sound. We took the train from Ikebukuro to Nippori to transit to the train to Narita Airport. We could not find the counter only a ticketing machine. So we bought the Narita Access Pass for 1,200 yen instead. When we went into the station, I asked a station information counter where to take the train. The lady told us to transit at Aoto for the train bound for Narita. We boarded the Keisei Main Line Limited Express and stupidly alighted at Aoto only to realise that the train that we were on was a direct to Narita Airport. Sigh...we were so disappointed. We were cold and tired and we had to wait for another 20min for the next train. The rain continued to pour, the wind continued to howl, totally oblivious to our plight.
At the airport, the ticketing officer refunded us 200yen each as we took the Keisei Main Line instead. The Keisei Main Line cost 1,000yen per trip. The warmth of the airport welcomed us and also soothe our feelings. We no longer felt sad after checking in our luggage. We felt happier when we were shopping for foodies!
Note:
The Keisei Main Line Limited Express train goes to Narita Airport directly. But it takes about 1.5hrs. Keisei Line is a private line so not every station has it. One of the stations with Keisei is Nippori.
At least we ended our trip on a happy note. Shopping works afterall. Bye Tokyo, I'll be back. I promise.
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