Saturday 27 December 2014

Jen Hotel

One of the latest new addition to Orchard Road.
We decided to celebrate Christmas & Boxing day here.

The view is superb 
Like the touch screen lift

View

Good size room

MBS view

Room card

Pool

Not crowded


Night view from room

Day and night views

Wednesday 3 December 2014

Mt Takao from Tokyo Shinjuku Station part 1

A day spent hiking
   
Brochure in Japanese
Mt Takao is easily accessible from Tokyo city.  We took the KEIO line which took less than an hour to reach the foot of the mountain. There are many ways to hike up the mountain with various levels of difficulty.
The base station for start the hike
You can ease the way up by choosing one of the 2 type of cable cars. The first one is the one you are seeing below. The other type is chair lift. Both send you half way up the mountain.

Mt Takao from Tokyo Shinjuku Station part 2

You can visit this place in different seasons and enjoy the beauty.

Most visitors eat this 3-fortune bun here
Comfort food in the cold weather

Beautiful autumn leaves
 You can also try this famous super long hotdog.






At the peak of Mt Takao, if you are lucky, you can catch a glimpse of Mt Fuji.
 
At the peak background is Mt Fuji