Picturesque Japan

Hello, travelers. This is  Kumi .   Picturesque Japan  Blog welcomes you to Odaiba and Asakusa. This is about a tour I held for my friend, David, and his friends. We started our tour from Akasaka (*not Asakusa), took Ginza line to Shimbashi station, and now we're taking Yurikamome line  to Daiba station. This is Yurikamome line. Isn't this train cool? The building behind us belongs to Fuji TV. "Oh, wow! Statue of Liberty!??" They all got very excited because they live in NYC. Even though now she's a replica, we once had the true Statue of Liberty of Paris here from April 29, 1998, to May 9, 1999, as a part of "Year of France in Japan" events. After the event, the lady went back to Paris, but we got this authorized replica lady made at the Foundry de Coubertin, France. She's been here since 2000. Lunchtime!! Yay!!! We enjoyed the all-you-can-eat buffet. OCEAN CLUB BUFFET https://www.odaiba-decks.com/shop/tenant/oc...

Hello, travelers. This is  Kumi .   Picturesque Japan  Blog welcomes you to Hakone. This website will be very helpful when you visit  Hakone . http://www.hakonenavi.jp/english/ We started our Hakone tour from Shinjuku station which is certified as the world's busiest station by the Guinness Book of World Records. The official site says "An average of 3.64 million passengers per day pass through the station." http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/busiest-station Anyway, at Shinjuku station, we bought  Hakone Freepass and got on the express train called Romance Car  at 8:53. http://www.hakonenavi.jp/english/freepass/ People are rushing to work while we are relaxing on a luxurious train. Feeling privileged. :P We arrived at Hakone-yumoto station at 10:36. Then we got on the Hakone Tozan Bus  at 10:48. What a perfect timing! http://www.hakonenavi.jp/english/traffic/transportation/tozanbus/ After 30...