Thursday, November 17, 2011

Land of the Rising Sun Part 2 : First Time in Japan

As mentioned in Part 1, I depart for Narita on 04/11/11..So I safely landed at Terminal 2 on 05/11/11 around 07:30am (GMT +09:00)..

This time, I will stay at my cousin's house since she is studying here. My bad, I forgot to write down my cousin's address therefore I had difficulty in fill in the Disembarkation Card but the address is in my FB Inbox. The staff there insisted for me to fill in that before Q'ing..Thus what I did is straight away Turn On WiFi in my Galaxy Tab and luckily there were WiFi available BUT u have to pay for it! To be used in just Narita, for 24hours, I have to paid ¥500 using my credit card and voila!
(But please dont forget to call upon your Credit Card Provider to open the access first,provided yours is not open yet.As I know, Maybank Ikhwan, RHB Travel Money&Visa already open the access but for Bank Islam MC&Visa,I called them to open the access before take off)

After clearing the customs, I went straight away to SoftBank counter, just outside the Arrival Hall.Since my Nokia N8 is supporting 3g, thus I just rent the 3g sim card for ¥105/day. Mind you,they will pre-charge your credit card ¥40,000 for security which later will be released back. I got back my ¥40,000 nearly after 2weeks.

After got the sim card I called my husband straight away to inform him that I have safely arrived and we agreed to meet up at Tokyo Station. At that time he was in Shinjuku, all the way from Nagoya using Night Highway bus by Willer Express.

I went to JR Counter to buy Suica and N'EX for me and Suica Card for my husband.N'EX stands for Narita Express, a train that provides access from Narita Airport to Major Urban Stations.If u are from Haneda Airport, then Suica and Monorail will be suitable.

To be eligible for Suica & N'EX, u must hold foreign passport. It is BEST if you bought the Round Pass but since the N'EX is only valid for 2weeks time so I have to choose the one-way pass instead for the price of ¥3,500 and the other Suica for ¥2,000. Dont forget to use the N'EX first from Narita to any JR East station in the Designated Tokyo Train Interval, the yellow area on the map.

The N'EX is as follow (sorry for the blur image)


The colourful Suica is Mine and the 1 with Penguin is for my Dearest Hubby



Since the N'EX is reserved seat, therefore make sure u board on the right train on the right time, as stated in the N'EX Ticket



Every Car has luggage space so I put my


there.. then, please have your seat...

Enjoy the information shown:


Read the Guide:


And feel free to buy any Food & Beverages u like..I only choose coffee (if I am not mistaken for ¥390) since there's no HALAL food..urghhh, I'm so hungry..


Along the way I called my Mom and told her I was safe and ask her to Pray so that Allah grant me to bring my Parents here someday.. InsyaAllah...

And after 53 minutes, I have arrived @ Tokyo Station..Alhamdulillah & Yiehaaaa!!

After having where-are-you;I-am-here-but-I-cant-see-you moments, finally I met my Husband!!

Before heading to the Hotel, we went to JR East Information Center to buy Universal Studio Japan Tickets. Price for 1-Day for 1 Adult is ¥6,200. We bought them early since we will be going on weekends and people know how crowds are on weekends!

I am gonna stop here since it is already too long..I'm tired..

So, for now

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