這天我們去了東京台場，一個新發展的小島。富士電視台就在這個島上啦，還有別的旅遊景點。We headed off to one of the tourist attraction, Odaiba. This constructed island is the home of the Fuji Media Station, and lots of other showrooms.
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Took a train ride from Tokyo to Odaiba |
我們是坐火車去台場的，拍了張照。We took the Tokyo Metro to Odaiba. This is a shot inside the train.
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Here's the map of all the stations |
這個火車中途會在橋上轉一個 360，挺浩的。不過是不實際的哈哈。The train go via a bridge which has a loop in the middle, pretty cool huh.
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Loving owner and lucky pet |
我們步行去了台場的一個人造海灘仔。在那邊第一眼就看到這個畫面：在燦爛的陽光下一個主人跟他的寵物玩，好溫馨唷！We walked to the nearby man-made beach from the station. One of the first thing I saw is a beautiful scene, where a cute Japanese breed dog was enjoying the playtime with its owner under the sunny sky.
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Relaxation |
再走一下下，就看到了有位二十多歲的男生在悠閒的彈著吉他。有點驚喜，因為那天不是假期，看到了他那麼輕鬆的很不像日本人呢。（可能他真的不是日本人！！！）Another beautiful scene is a man in his 20s playing the guitar facing the beach, alone. But I bet he's enjoying his time of peace. That day was not a weekend, with what I know about the stressful life of Japanese I was surprise to see him relaxing at the beach (now I thought, may be he isn't a japanese at all!).
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Cool ship |
日本文化都是很創新和有品味。看這條像科幻片般的船就知道了。Japanese definitely has its taste for innovation and style. This Sci-Fic looking ship proves it!
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Statue of liberty in Japan |
在台場看到了一個迷你版的自由女神像，它不是向海的反而是看著對面的富士電視台。我沒有去過美國東部，所以這是我第一次近距離看到自由女神哈哈。可以想像 full size 的女神像是很宏偉的吧。We saw a miniature size Statue of Liberty in Odaiba, facing the Fuji Media station. I've never been to the east coast of U.S. so this is the first time in my life seeing this famous woman statue up-close.
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| From Day4_Odaiba: My beloved vegetables! |
才走了一小段路我們又餓了，哈哈！找吃的。我媽的朋友喜歡吃自助餐（沒法，他食量很大，正常的日本餐他吃不飽了。。。），我們就去了一間西式的自助餐廳。日本的蔬菜真的很新鮮。。。看到它的菜超很綠，很新鮮那樣，我就拿了一大碟呵呵。最後我總共吃了兩大碟的沙拉和一碟肉，肥死了。After a brief walk we went for lunch again! My mum's frd loves the idea of buffet, so we went to a japanese-western fusion buffet restaurant. The restaurant looks pretty ordinary to me so I didn't make much note of the name :P....Anyway, I was having this massive craving for fresh veges, and knowing that japanese produce vegetables of high quality, it is not surprising that I found myself picking up a full plate of veges!!! (in the end, I had 2 full plates of veges and another smaller plate of meat too!!)
註：要寫好的中文真的很難呢，現在先把英文版上，日後再補吧。對不起唷！！（我這只有小學五年級程度的中文請各位多多包涵！）....其實我英文也沒有好到那裡去，不過只是寫得比較快而已。。。真失敗 =_=!!!!
註：要寫好的中文真的很難呢，現在先把英文版上，日後再補吧。對不起唷！！（我這只有小學五年級程度的中文請各位多多包涵！）....其實我英文也沒有好到那裡去，不過只是寫得比較快而已。。。真失敗 =_=!!!!
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Shopping at Odaiba |
With tummies filled and we are getting drowsy after the massive lunch, we decided to have a slow walk inside the mall. This is a tourist place, therefore a lot of shops selling soveniours!
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Harness dogs @ Odaiba |
For people that have dogs as pets, you will be please to see this shop selling all the cute accessories for dog!! I would love to have a pet, and dog is my preferred choice (when I grow older may be haha, too busy for being a dog owner now, it's a huge responsibility and I am not ready for it....). Cats are nice too, and they are easier to take care, requires less attention and smaller in size, tempting to keep...hhhmmmm!!!
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| From Day4_Odaiba: The Fuji TV station |
The building at the front is where we had our lunch and did our window shopping. You see the globe behind the pinkish-yellow building? That's the Fuji Media Station.
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Fuji TV station |
A close up at the gate. You enter the studio via the escalators.
My mum and I were having fun posing hahahaha....
My teenage life was filled with Chibi Maruko-chan's anime. It is so cute and funny!!! Another family style anime that I like is Atashinchi, can't get enough of it hahaha...
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Fuji TV station |
This globe allows tourist get a 360 degree view of the surroundings of the TV station. You need to pay extra to get in there. We thought we had a pretty decent view outside the globe already so didn't go in :P
I don't watch much of Japanese TV drama series or other TV programmes, so I guess I am less excited compared to all other japanese fans visiting the station! Nevertheless it is an eye opener for me as this is the first time in my life visiting a TV media station!
Afterwards we headed to the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. I saw this in the touring book and have decided to pay a visit. Afterall, Japan are among the top countries for scientific research in the world!!
I don't watch much of Japanese TV drama series or other TV programmes, so I guess I am less excited compared to all other japanese fans visiting the station! Nevertheless it is an eye opener for me as this is the first time in my life visiting a TV media station!
Afterwards we headed to the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. I saw this in the touring book and have decided to pay a visit. Afterall, Japan are among the top countries for scientific research in the world!!
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| From Day4_Odaiba: National Museum of emerging science and innovation |
The entry ticket to the museum. Due to limited time (2 hours before closing!), we only bought the normal admission ticket, there are special exhibitions too, but don't think we will have the time to go through everything.
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Our earth |
Once we enter the exhibition hall, we saw a giant globe of our mother earth! It's beautiful!
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Scientist explaining new rubber material that conducts electricity |
They have a little seminar area where you get to meet the real scientists. This one is explaining the mechanism behind the newly discovered rubber material that conducts electricity (if I am not wrong....my understanding of japanese is close to zero...).
One of the big projects that the japanese have (among many others!) is the exploration of the deep sea. I am quite familiar with these research as some of them are close to my field of research (ocean microbiology) I have attended the ISME 2008 conference and was impressed by the research the group from JAMSTEC is conducting, one of them is to elucidate the microbial bioprocesses in the deep sea environment (high pressure, high minerals, no light and oxygen). This is the first time I get to see the real-size model vehicle that goes down to the deep ocean!
Submarine that goes deep down to the ocean.
The pressure inside the vehicle has to be controlled properly. The display above shows how object would deform at different pressure.
They have quite a few other displays too, for example, to use hair as a raw material for paper (which is no news to us nowadays) and of course, japanese robotics. I think it is worth a visit, if you enjoy science and have a curious mind. I would also recommand to visit the special exhibition too, as I have heard they have more "high-end" technology there.
This is the interior of of the vehicle, I went inside and sat there to see how big the interior is, it is surprisingly SMALL. To give you an idea of how small it is, I cannot lie flat inside the vehicle (so long for napping) and I was shock when the guide told me they can fit in 3 scientist!!! Another shocking fact is that for the 8- 10 hours journey in one such scientific exhibition, you cannot go to toilet, coz there's no toilet....I was like.... super shocked....imagine you have to hold yourself for such a long period of time! I guess a bottle will have to do the trick! (dun think woman are welcome in such exhibition then)  |
| From Day4_Odaiba: Object being pressurized to different shape |
They have quite a few other displays too, for example, to use hair as a raw material for paper (which is no news to us nowadays) and of course, japanese robotics. I think it is worth a visit, if you enjoy science and have a curious mind. I would also recommand to visit the special exhibition too, as I have heard they have more "high-end" technology there.
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Sunset at Odaiba |
After we leave the science museum, we saw a beautiful sunset in Tokyo. This area is less populated, so we enjoyed our peaceful view of the subset. I wish that all the busy japanese also get to enjoy this beautiful scene sometime in their life.
After a long walk in Odaiba, we are all up for dinner!! We browsed around the area and found a place that is famous for Unagi-don (from the front door we can saw they have win awards n stuff). As usual, we ordered a sashimi entree, this one comes with an aburi scallop too. Oh one thing to note from our own experience is that the white/pink fish meat (e.g. tuna) are served more over the orange-type fish meat (e.g. salmon) as sashimi in Japanese restaurant. We were surprise coz it is different from what we have in HK (mostly salmon). The taste of salmon in japan is also different from those found in Australia and Canada, and I think I prefer the Australian/Canadian raw salmon better than the japanese ones (richer in taste).
After a long walk in Odaiba, we are all up for dinner!! We browsed around the area and found a place that is famous for Unagi-don (from the front door we can saw they have win awards n stuff). As usual, we ordered a sashimi entree, this one comes with an aburi scallop too. Oh one thing to note from our own experience is that the white/pink fish meat (e.g. tuna) are served more over the orange-type fish meat (e.g. salmon) as sashimi in Japanese restaurant. We were surprise coz it is different from what we have in HK (mostly salmon). The taste of salmon in japan is also different from those found in Australia and Canada, and I think I prefer the Australian/Canadian raw salmon better than the japanese ones (richer in taste).
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Entree of our dinner |
We ordered two dishes, one of the eel claypot, and the other one is the standard unagi-don (eel rice). The eel claypot rice is light and the fusion of fragrance from eel, egg and miso is very pleasant. We ate this with a pinch of soya sauce too to go with the rice. As for the unagi-don, I love this! I always love unagi, but sometimes the unagi you get from Sydney is rather disappointing (rough in texture, too much colouring and the sauce is too salty like you're licking teppayaki sauce). This one is lightly grilled, and the meat just melts in your mouth! The sauce is nice and blends really well with the unagi. I swear I will have more of this the next time I go to Japan!
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Claypot eel |
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Unaji don |
After dinner (a very enjoyable one), we head back to Ikebukuro. I think it was a Friday (end of the week) that night and they have many street shows and stalls on the street. We came across a japanese whom writes poem for you. 1000 yen each. My mum loves everything that has to do with literature and she wanted to get a piece too. Unfortunately we don't know japanese so we couldn't ask him to write a poem on the spot. My mum then chose from a collection of pre-written poems and asked him to write us a new copy.
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| From Day4_Odaiba: Street art The poem, when translated into English (thanks to Yuki!) goes like this: Even in the times when all countries in the world are not in peace, I hope at the least, you will be happy and find peace in yourself. Wishes |
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