DAY 29
disneyland day! more buns and more apple vinegar for breakfast. made it down to disneyland but the weather was still super hot. before going in, we checked out the mall that was right beside the maehama station and we found a supermarket in the basement. after ystday's lousy experience dining in disneysea, we decided to sneak out halfway for lunch. there was also a konbini at the station and we each got an ice cream before going in.




crowds everywhere. there was water parade but this one's on land and we observed from a distance, preferring to take shelter under a tree. there were long queues everywhere and all the fast passes were gone by 1pm. so we didnt take rides more than once, except space mountain which we took twice bcos it was such a windy ride!




lunch was at the mall beside the station where everything looked appetising and MUCH cheaper than inside the park. we scouted around a little before deciding on the itallian stall and ordered a pasta set and baked rice, topped with a bluebery dessert. after which we went into the supermart to search for food and ice cream before deciding on an entire tub of cookies and cream ice cream. as we walked out into the heat, diggin into our ice cream tub while ppl around us were munching on their 300Y mickey ice sticks, was such a bliss.


we decided to leave after the 4pm parade bcos i have much shopping to do and we both yearn for a hot steamy bowl of ramen before we return to singapore. besides, i was pretty sure that it would rain later on as the skies began to look dark. along the walkway toward the station, there were mini statutes of disney characters and we posed beside them for more snapshots.




originally, we were heading to ikebukuro for either nobunaga or bomb. but along the way, a sudden thought occured to tobias tt we might be able to find ippudo (the kyushu ramen tt took my breath away) but then again, it was really awkward to approach random strangers to ask for directions for sth tt they might not even have heard abt. finally tobias mustered enough courage and spoke to a lady seated beside us and she clearly had no idea. he tried again when the lady got off and a middle-aged man took her seat. and THANK GOD he miraculously knew just where ippudo was, and THANK GOD AGAIN tt it happens to be at ueno!! so we didnt even have to travel far at all! we were overjoyed and even though it took us quite a while to find ippudo, it was well worth the effort!

before we went in, we saw santouka in the same building (!!!) and we were torn between the two. finally we decided to give ippudo the honour and boy was it GOODDD. as usual we had the red bowl and the white bowl with extra extra topping AND the gyoza. it was such a satisfying meal and we were bloated by the end of it. on the way back, we saw the poor aoba, another famous hokkaido ramen tt we passed by twice without eating and we vowed to pay them a visit the nxt time we're in japan (finally).

it started downpouring (like i predicted) and we scurried between 2 matsumoto kyoshi stores and another store tt was recommended by taiwanese shoppers. after comparisons and contemplating, we did our remaining shopping and returned to cube, glad to end the trip on a high note.