Day 12:
• Go to Ghibli Museum
• Head to Shinjuku
1. Shinjuku Gyoen
2. Dinner at Sengoku Buyuden
Time to head to Ghibli Museum! Note that tickets to the museum needs to be purchased in advance as tickets are not sold there! Our kind airbnb host had bought the tickets for us! Click >>here<< to read on the reservation arranged prior our trip!
On a side note, we finally spotted hachiko even though we have been staying and walking pass Shibuya station for a few days.. >.<
Hachiko!
Shibuya crossing~
We went to have breakfast at Gontran Cherrier Tokyo at Shibuya. (The Shibuya outlet is now closed, but you can visit the Shinjuku branch!)
Store front
Our breakfast!
Coffee~
While we were walking back to Shibuya station, there were promoters giving out samples of shampoo & conditioner!
Samples!!
To reach Ghibli Museum, you need to take a bus from Mitaka Station South Exit, Bus stop #9 (320 yen for round trip).
Bus timetable
Our bus to Ghibli!
Entrance
Tickets!
Cool tickets to watch a short clip in the museum!
The museum is quite small and honestly, I do not know quite a lot of the characters there >.< After finishing the exploration of the museum, we joined a rather long queue to dine in the Straw Hat café in the museum. We had a satisfying meal in the cafe despite the long wait. We joined the queue during lunch timing though, perhaps if you ate earlier or later, the queue might have been shorter? We saw quite a few people deciding not to join the queue cause there were too many people.
Menu
Our lunch orders~
We traveled to Shinjuku Gyoen next to see if there are still sakuras around! The garden is a bit of a walk from Shinjuku station!
Entrance to Shinkuju Gyoen
Tickets bought from a machine kiosk!
Pretty cherry blossoms on the ground~
There were quite a number of people chilling and picnicking there. We just walked around for a bit and went toward Shinjuku station for our dinner! We took a purikura first of course!
The effects are awesome~
Look at the clock!
For dinner, we visited a samurai themed restaurant, Sengoku Buyuden. For my review, read >>here<<
Seating area
Menu
Lighted drinks!
Appetizer
Sashimi goodness!
Beeeeef~
Chickeeen~
Back in our apartment, we still have Pablo to eat!! We bought the mixed fruit version this time!
YUMMY!
And strawberries to eat!!
And... that's the end of Day 12!
