The beginning of the love affair....

I love Japan, especially Tokyo, Japan and Kyoto, Japan. I think it's all started because of those Japanese dramas (think Heaven's Coin, Long Vacation, Love Generation and etc). Exciting plots, pretty gals, cool guys, the sound of the language, the almost artistic appearance of the words and the theme songs that keep running through my head.

(Photo from Love Generation.. I even bought the glass apple before =))

(Long Vacation.. I really like the OST.. )

(Think this story was rather sadzz)

These are the things that made me enchanted with Japan since my teenage years. Due to the perceived high living standards in Japan, I only started my tours to Japan a few years back but my love affair with Japan has never ended since then.

It was also my first free & easy trip that lasted for 1 month. The year was 2006. That time, I was trying to decide for the next holiday destination that was both economical yet fun. One of my colleagues had been relocated to Tokyo and a friend suggested that we could save some costs on accommodation if we stayed with him for a while. This also helped that it happened that there was an air fare promotion to Tokyo at that time. So we did not have a hard time concluding on holiday venue. With the free accommodation in mind, we decided to maximise our stay there – one month (that is the maximum stay allowed by our air tickets).

See below for some photo during my flight to Japan and upon arrival.

(My flight took us from morning till sunset)



(YY and Missy with their heavy backpacks)

I must say that I enjoyed myself so much that Japan becomes a destination for annual trip since then. I am not the only one. I can safely say that about two-third of my friends who made 2 trips to Japan within 3 years. Why is that so? I have no doubt that the nice food, friendly people, clean environment and good shopping have to do with it :)