Love on the Weekend

Posting photos from my weekend Shibuya, Tokyo. I loved these shots because - I looked excited to see the popular tourist spots on the weekend. Spell LOVE! :)

I am still sharing my trip to Japan. I have tons of photos that I haven't share and choose the best one to share. Hirap Besh! You can read about my trip in Japan here. I shared some tips too. :D

I deactivated my personal Facebook profile to focus on some things that I have to do. Looks like I am liking it for almost two weeks now. I joined a Mountain Hiking activity last weekend to Mt. Ulap and it was a great adventure. I want more, but maybe after two months. You'll see the updates on my Instagram and Facebook page.

Details:

Scarf & Sweater: Uniqlo | Skirt: Penshoppe | Shoes: New Balance | Bag: Burberry | Coat: Ligh in the box

Leaving you my song of the week:


Have a great day everyone! 
xx,
Jewel

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When In Tokyo: I Didn't Go There - I Lived There!

Hello guys!

Whenever I travel I didn't just "go" to a place and stay there just for the sake of "staying" and "being" there. As much as we are falling in love to these lovely places that we visit and wish that we are living there we can't because we have to leave the place and we only bring the memories with us when we leave. As much as possible, I love living as a local to the places domestic or international.

When we say live we spell "home". Thank goodness for Airbnb.com! I am enjoying living in other places for two years now and believe me I am really liking it. When I was in Cebu I always look for my home in Manila live like I own the place. I always feel at home.

When I was in Singapore, I had a chance to experience how to live there and believe me I learned a lot and had fun even though I was juggling between personal life and work there. I stayed in a condominium in Farrer Road for a month. I will suppose to booked a place in Thailand when I was there for two weeks, but my friend offered a place to stay, but believe me I checked the available units in the same building where my friend lives and geeez! there are available rooms to stay. :)

In Tokyo, I found a private room to stay and in Shinjuku! Screaming because it was really an awesome gem to find. I had a great experience in a hostel in Osaka, but I still want my "own space" where I don't need to mind other people sleeping while me playing my favorite happy songs in Spotify.

So here guys! I would like to share you my home for few days in Tokyo.

Private Room in Shinjuku

I arrived at noon time and I was tired dealing with Google Maps and pulling my luggage to find the place. I was awake since 3AM that day because I came from Osaka. Imagine my travel time: bus ride to Kansai Airport - an hour flight to Narita - an hour and a half train to Shinjuku and more than an hour looking for the place. I paid 1000 YEN for me to check in early because the room will be available at 4PM and I needed to rest because I will meet my friends at night. Guys, It was Friday night.

This is the photo I took when I arrived from my Tour in Mt. Fuji

On my way home from I was thinking where to eat alone that I don't have to deal with the crowd, then I passed by this store and looks like for to-go food!

I ordered Pork Tonkatsu. I had a hard time what to order because there was no English menu and only photos, but hey, Uncle help me out.

After I ate my dinner, I tried my new scarf I bought in Uniqlo and a sweater because I was running out of clothes and the weather was cold.

This is why I need my own space.

In the morning, I was ready to check out, but I am waiting for my friend Yvonne from Narita because we will go around Tokyo for a mini tour. YAY!

This is the cheesecake tart I bought from my trip to see Mt. Fuji and it was so yummy! I enjoyed it with a cup of coffee I brought Kopiko Black.

Enjoying the heat of the heater in my room.

But I was thinking how can I enjoy the hot coffee if my room is warm? So I decided to went out.

Lovely weather!

Don't worry guys, this is only 6th floor and not 28th floor. :D



Don't get fooled, but It was so cold outside. I was just enjoying it.

I have no idea where to go around Tokyo. I loved the chill vibe in this place. Except at night, feels like there's something wrong like in a Japanese horror film. HAHAHA

Good thing I brought my leather sandals from Topshop. Whew! I knew I can't wear this around, but atleast I have something to wear in the common area.

Now I am ready to go out and explore the cities in Tokyo!
Next on my blog. :)

Now finally my secret is out! You can now try to book your first Airbnb experience. You will have a discount when you book your accommodation when you sign up using this link:

www.airbnb.com/c/jdelgado417

Yes, believe me! It will save you a lot. :)

PS: I will leave the city and go out of town for my first adventure this year! YAY!

Have a great day everyone!

xx,

Jewel

Stunning Mt. Fuji Views from 3 Spots

Hello everyone! Finally sharing you my tour I booked care of my friend Rustan. She is working at Yokoso Japan Tour. When she introduced me their packages, I can't decide which package I will get then she recommends this tour code 05522: Stunning Mt. Fuji Views from 3 Spots: Thatched-Roof Farmhouse Village, Lake for 10,800 YEN.

Booking your tour with a travel agency is a hassle free. So at least I get a chance to hop in the bus and look forward to these places. I didn't book any tour in Osaka and Kyoto because I had a friend with me to tour me around which was cool.

I took a lot of photos during of the beautiful sceneries and had a hard time to choose which I will post here. HAHA I guess, ALL OF THEM! 

Early Morning Meet Up

The meeting place is at Hotel Gracery Shinjuku will take me 15 minutes walk from my Airbnb, but it was raining that day of the tour and I got lost a little because it was last night when Rustan taught me where is the hotel located. I was still relying to Google Maps. I made it to the hotel and arrived a few minutes late. Blame it on the rain!

Our tour guide said the travel time is two hours from Shinjuku. Here's the map for your reference.

Off we go! Alone at the back of the bus.

Surprised! The reason why I took a lot of photos because my phone never gets low in battery.

Tokyo 2020

Foggy!

First Spot: Fujikawaguchiko Town

We were in the area of Lake Kawaguchi, but we went first to see the autumn leaves. The weather was a bummer and I can't deal with the mud. There were  big groups of tourists who were also in the area. 

Fuji Kawaguchiko Autumn Leaves Festival will be held from November 1st to 23rd in Fujikawaguchiko Town amongst the beauty of the colorful maple trees. Nightly light up of maples trees along the road and at the main festival area until 10pm. Enjoy local food, drink, produce and specialty stalls; arts and crafts, and weekend events. Also special mini traditional village replicas lit up at night. Very romantic atmosphere. (source)

First selfie outside.

Closer look of the leaves

Hello! Can someone take photo of me? huhu LOL

Beautiful!

Fine, I attempted to take self-portrait sitting on that chair, but it was failed. :(

So I looked for other options where to put my small tripod, but photobomber is photobomber.

There were shops for souvenirs and food stalls in the area.

Nashigawa Autumn Leave's Cloister

Big Japanese maple trees, over 80 years old, are planted in row for 150 meters. The place is the main venue of “Autumnal Leaves Festival” from late October through mid-November. (source)

Most of the tourists didn't go on this spot. This is the north side of Lake Kawaguchi. That day was raining with strong wind and cold, but who cares?! I went there to explore and enjoy the view.

I walked and found a post where I can put my tripod and take self-portrait with 10 seconds timer.

Test shot 5 meters away from the camera.

So I went far, but there was a strong wind and I was afraid that my mobile phone might fall! I was caught running towards it. HAHAHA It was never easy guys!

Finally decent shots for OOTD. LOL

Jacket: Giordano | Pants: Forever 21 | Shoes: New Balance | Bag: Burberry | Scarft: from HongKong

Umbrella borrowed from my Airbnb host

UGH. Weather, why so gloomy?! 

The other side

I found another chair in the middle.

Time is up! I only had 15 minutes left and have to go back to the bus parked a little bit far. Also, I got hungry and thirsty, but it was almost lunch time, so I just bought a bottle of water.

Cute

Moymoy

Finally bottle of water!

Back in the bus with frozen face and dry lips.

We were transferred to other side for our lunch in this building.

LUNCH!

While we were eating our tour guide gave us our own map and ticket to the Ropeway Station.

Second Spot: Mt. Kachi-Kachi Ropeway

View of Lake Kawaguchi and the foot of Mount Fuji.

The ropeway reaches the summit in three minutes, and from the observation area at an elevation of 1,075 meters there is a 360 degree panoramic view of Mount Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi, and on fair weather days even the Minami Alps (Mount Akaishi and Mount Arakawa) are visible. (source)

Unfortunately, there were no glimpse of Mt. Fuji (insert crying emoticon here) because it was raining the whole day and also foggy. So I guess it's a sign to go back here again. 

No clearing like us. CHAR!

No idea with this should I wish for something?

Sino ba may hugot dyan? Bato na!

Finally! Someone asked me to take a photo of her so she took a photo of me in return.

No view so I decided to go down.

Cable car

Saw this Cheesecake store. I love cheesecakes! I was heartbroken not to see the Mt. Fuji so I bought some to eat when I get home.

I bought cheese tarts!

Then I checked out the souvenir shop at the first floor of the restaurant where we had our lunch.

Not much interesting stuff to buy so I went out.

I went back in bus to take off my jacket even if it was cold.

Life saver: Self-Timer YAY!

Cool cars 

Stunning view of Lake Kawaguchi. I wished the weather was good.

Lake Kawaguchi is located in the border Fujikawaguchiko and Minobu, southern Yamanashi Prefecture near Mount Fuji, Japan. It is the second largest of the Fuji Five Lakes in terms of surface area, and is located at the lowest elevation. (source)

Beautiful lake. So tried to take a selfie so I can also be pretty. JK! Chaaaarot!!

Third Spot: Saiko Iyashi-no-Sato Nenba

Saiko Iyashi-no-Sato Nenba have a stunning view of Mt. Fuji. 

Saiko Iyashi-no-Sato Nenba is used to be a thatched-roof farmhouse village in Nenba district near Lake Saiko. It was, however, devastated by a typhoon about 50 years ago. In an effort to restore the village from the catastrophic disaster, 20 thatched-roof farmhouses are now at its original location. (source)

Time to explore!

One of my favorite photos and included in Huawei P9 Exhibit in Greenbelt 3 last November.

The map of the Farmhouse Village

There were few people went inside the museum so it's time to go out.

I saw the Singaporean girl who is also a solo traveler. 

Another failed self-portrait because the rain starts to fall. RUN!

Then I managed

Ok. The rain poured again.

I went inside this shop that offers Kimonos for rent for 500 YEN. 

Self-timer whenever I get a chance.

I was supposed to put my tripod on the rail, but I don't want to gamble.

Para-paraan talaga gurl!

Going back to the bus

Dahon lang ang labanan!

I want to buy food but

My reliable pocket wifi Flytpack! Read my review here.

Two hours back to Shinjuku

Arrived in Shinjuku at 6:30PM

Ended my trip with this view. 

Whew! That was a pretty amazing tour. The weather didn't stop me from having fun. Even if I am alone, experiencing all these makes me become a storyteller when I get back home. As of now I still don't have plans where to go this 2017. We'll see where my life takes me this year. Planning to create a dream board for my plans this year.

Thank you Rustan Hashimoto for booking this tour. 

If you are planning your trip to Japan, check out their website:

Yokoso Japan Tour

http://www.yokoso-japan.jp/en/index.htm

if you want to know the details of my tour click here:

http://www.yokoso-japan.jp/en/05522.html

Hope you enjoyed my photo diary. All photos taken by Huawei P9.

More posts soon!

Have a great day everyone!

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