DAY 7 in TOKYO: Heading to Shibuya!

Day 7:

• Head to Shibuya and walk around Shibuya

• Lunch at Maidreamin's Digitized Cafe and Dining Bar

• Check-in airbnb apartment

• Explore Ginza

• Dinner at Vampire Café

And it's time to leave Odaiba and head to Shibuya!~ We pulled our luggage all the way to Tokyo Teleport station... Grand Pacific Le Daiba does provide shuttle bus to the train station but it starts rather late; at 11plus I think, but we want to arrive in Shibuya earlier! From Tokyo Teleport station, there is a direct train to Shibuya station!

When we arrived at Shibuya station, we were lost at the station.. >.< So confusing, so many people and we still have our luggage to pull around! Since it isn't the check in time for our Shibuya airbnb apartment, we left our luggage in the lockers at Shibuya station; after we finally found where the lockers are... There are limited large lockers but luckily we found 1 for my friend's larger luggage. I took a medium size for my luggage and we each took another small lockers for the rest of our barang barang.

Finally, it's time to explore Shibuya and have our breakfast!!

Shibuya!~~

Our breakfast at  Ichiran Shibuya (一蘭 渋谷店). For detailed directions & review, read >>here<<.

Store front

Located at basement

Entrance

Vending machine to buy your ramen

Order sheet to indicate your preference

Booth seat

Ramen and tea!

We managed to avoid the lunch crowd and get seated in Ichiran within a few minutes. It's our first time using vending machine to buy ramen and we were a bit confused at first :/ I like the booth seating though. You can even open up the partition between your friends! I really like Ichiran's broth; it's very rich and flavourful!

After lunch, we headed to Disney store; just looked around and didn't buy anything since we had our fill of Disney stores, but this Disney store has a nice design.

Store front

Pretty interior

We also took a Purikura at Adores game centre in Shibuya! :D

We also shopped at GU at Parco! We bought matching shirts! Just different in colour! :D After much shopping and walking, it's time to visit a maid cafe! Our first experience! :D Read >>here<< about a more detailed post on our dining experience in Maidreamin's Digitized Cafe and Dining Bar!

Down the stairs we go~

Interior of Maidreamin's

Omelette and rice

Rabbit parfait!

It is definitely a unique experience, but I think one visit to a maid cafe is enough for me! ;P After all, there target market is aimed towards guys!

Finally, it's time for our check-in time! We met our airbnb host to collect and make payment for our Ghibli and Doraemon museum tickets. Then it's time to take our luggage from the lockers and drag them to our apartment! I led the way wrongly at first though, didn't see the direction clearly enough since I was busy pulling my luggage, but the apartment is actually a short walking distance away from Shibuya station. There are lifts when needed as well. There are also a lot of drinks vending machine on our way to the apartment and these machines are used for my daily morning coffee ;P

Some photos of our airbnb apartment. Read >>here<< for my detailed accommodation reviews!

We were greeted by this picture once we opened the door

Shower and toilet are separated

Small kitchen area

TV and desk

Information book made by host

Towels and hairdryer provided

Small snacks given!

Our rest place for the next few days~

Finally, we don't need to pull our luggage around anymore!! After chilling a while, we travel to Ginza! I wanted to visit Itoya and stock up on my card-making materials! :D Itoya is a must-go place for people looking to buy crafts materials. Though not very cheap, the crafts items are of good quality and everything is arranged and displayed nicely.

Ginza at night

itoya!

It's time for dinner at Vampire cafe!! Next theme cafe during our trip! :) Read >>here<< for my detailed review of dining in Vampire cafe

Store front

Greeted by grim reapers >.<

Appetizers

Salad

Steak

Dessert

 Even the toilet is themed by the way. I was too creeped out to look into the mirror >.<

Bloody sink

And... that's the end of Day 7!

To Day 8!~

JAPAN THEMED RESTAURANT: Maidreamin's Digitized Cafe and Dining Bar

Maidreamin's Digitized Cafe and Dining Bar is a maid cafe and this cafe is decorated to have a video game look. Maid cafes are popular in Japan and you can find 'maids' holding their store's poster along the streets to attract customers to their stores.

I had always wanted to try out dining in a maid cafe, but during my previous trip to Osaka, my friend and I were too intimidated to enter since the cafe was rather crowded. This time round, I have made a reservation in advanced and since we can't see the inside of the cafe without entering, we managed to make our way inside!

A maid outside the building

Down the stairs we go~

The store was quite empty when we were there, which is good for us! There were 2 single men and one pair of Caucasian couple inside. We were brought to our table by a maid and she will be our server. She gave us rabbit ears headband to wear and helped us to take a photo of us as well.

Interior of the cafe

Video game wall designs

Cool lights

We were supposed to call the server some cute name when we were ready to order but we were too shy.. >.< Anyways, when we were served our food, we were supposed to repeat what our maid says which I have no idea what it means ;) Apparently you can pay to take a photo with the maid as well. Can't remember how much it costs, but we felt that it's a bit costly for us.. so we didn't take the photo.. since we only have limited money... >.<

We shared this dish! So cute!! The maid drew the cat using tomato sauce when she brought the food to our table. The food tastes average only though. The rice a bit too sticky for my liking. 

Rabbit ice cream for dessert! There's cornflakes inside. Tastes ok.

Overall, it was a nice and unique experience! The food is average and as you know, themed cafe are known to be more pricey as well. I think it was still worth the experience though! Not something you find in Singapore anyways~ The maid was also able to communicate well enough in English with us.

Cover charge: 500 yen/hour + minimum 1 order each

Map: Near Shibuya station


Opening hours: 1pm till late