Japan Trip (Part 1)

Asalamualaikum.. I havent update this blog for ages.. hahhaha... I didnt know what to do with this blog last time.. then.. I was thinking, why dont i just share my traveling experience here.. so someone can refer to this blog when they want to travel.. Because when i did some research for traveling, especially for the hotels,places and halal food, blogs really do help me.. So this is my turn to help someone else who might stumble on my blog while researching about their trip...

so.. i will share to you reader.. from my experience.. i hope you enjoy this..



I bought the ticket on may 2014 and travel in march 2015 (which is almost a year before the trip) There was promotion from Airasia. We bought the ticket 760rm/ per person Kuala Lumpur- Nagoya. that 760 include the luggage 20 kg returns and foods return as well. But unfortunately (or could be fortunately depends on your Point of view heheh) The flight to Nagoya was being cancelled and re direct it to Osaka- Kansai Airport. Luckily i can cancelled the hotel that i booked for Nagoya... So the tips when you bought the ticket long time before the traveling date is to find a hotel reservation  that you can cancelled.


And if you plan to go around Japan, i suggested you to buy JR pass.. its really...REALLY value for the money and experience if you want to ride Shinkasen from one city to another city. But if you just stay in one city, you don't have to buy it. Oiya.... about this Jr pass, you can buy this only if you are tourist in Japan. This Pass being available to attract more tourist to Japan. You can get 7 days pass like mine, 14 days or 21 days depend on your travel plan. I bought mine in
http://www.japan-rail-pass.com/?currency-code=USD&ap=b6021as&gclid=Cj0KEQjw-OCqBRDXmIWvveLE3_cBEiQAZWfImXNPR2tSNS0p38zCyfG2KyEvknn_Z6PbExKH9wyHXU8aAuBX8P8HAQ
They send it to Malaysia within 3 days with Fed ex.. with reasonable shipping cost. This ticket, has expiry date, i suggest to buy the ticket 2 weeks before the trip. I spend about 879 rm for this pass (depend on the currency.. and this is including shipping cost to Malaysia)


1st day-28 febuary 2015

Arrived in Kansai airport around 11 pm.. everything is closed... We plan to get our first train to Yokohama. The JR counter open around 5.30 am (you have to go to JR office to activate your JR pass and reserved seat without any additional charges)

So... we were stranded in the airport?? OO NOO..
well it wasnt that bad, since that my husband is a chatty person, he manage to find a friend and talked the whole night with him, a Malaysian who used to study in Japan. We got nice story and learn to differentiate what Onigiri that we can eat and what we Cant eat.. (technically we just choose the fish). We mistakenly bought pork Onigiri at first. :(
My husband ask the shop keeper in Lawson (it looks like 7 e that you can find it everywhere and 24 hours) He bought 2 and he gave one for me.. his onigiri was Salmon roe inside.. so, i open mind,, then... hmm.. doesnt looks like fish, then i throw it away.. Sorry Mr Pork Onigiri.. hiks.. but you're Haram for me.. Due to language barrier and everything is written in Japanese, we learned that when you buy things.. Just said 'NIKU DAME' means no meat.. Buta niku is Pork so careful about it if you dont eat pork just like me hehehe...

??? UPDATED FROM THE LAST POST.. now im not sure is it pork or mentaiko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentaiko

*sorry guys.. recent update.. now im not sure.. because my friend told me now it wasnt pork... it was mentaiko or marinated roe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentaiko.. i cant read this.. i was just assuming.. and wasnt sure.. so.. please.. if you know what is this, let me know ;) because i dont want to give false information...

well i end up just eating Mamme (instant noddle) that i brought with me. You can ask hot water freely in Lawson

good traveling tips, If you're really worry about the food, bring some easy food from home like serundeng, sambal teri then you can buy rice in convenient store like Lawson or family mart.

at 5.30

after praying and a bit of napped in the prayer room (Kansai airport has very convenient prayer room for muslim ) we went to the JR pass office to exchange our jr pass.. and you can booked a seat as well for Shinkasen.

                                      this is the JR office in Kansai airport open 5.30 am

then you will get this JR pass that you just have to show it on the gate before you enter the JR station.
the Ticket has expiry date, your name and your passport data and it cant be used by other person.
i bought the 7 days pass which means it will be expired in 7 days. It expired on 12am midnight. So if you're train departed before 12 am it still counted

off we go to Yokohama where my husband cousin's live and we were spending 2 night there.

                                                            me inside the Shinkasen