Mori Tower Observatory at Roppongi

"Very Good, ah!!!"

Fantastic Tokyo!!!

French Kitchen at the Grand Hyatt, Roppongi Hills

Melon made of Gold!!!

This musk melon (or rock melon here Down Under) costs about A$100!!!

You can buy about 30 for that price here in Melbourne!!!

Gotemba and then back at Shinjuku

Gotemba Premium Outlets

(1 h 40 mins by bus west of Tokyo)

Savoury food at Suizan restaurant

Mouth-watering dessert!!!

View of the magnificent Mount Fuji from the Gotemba Premium Outlets

Spectacular View of the night skyline of Tokyo from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building at Shinjuku

Ueno, Imperial Palace Gardens, Ginza and Shinjuku

Delicious Sushi "all you can eat!!!" at a restaurant in Ueno

Outside the Imperial Palace, Tokyo

Testing the gadgets in the Sony Building showroom at Ginza, downtown Tokyo

"All you can eat!!!" shabu shabu (Japanese steamboat) at Shinjuku

Surely, this did not involve me, but I had good fun entertaining my parents and our friend Hiroto while they were enjoying their meals ;P

The Senoji Temple at Asakusa, Northeast Tokyo

Our Japanese guide, Hiroto-san. He brought us around Tokyo for the day - Asasuka, Ueno, the Imperial Palace compound, Ginza and then back to Shinjuku. Arigatou-gozaimasu, Hiroto!!!

Welcome to Tokyo!!!

Shinjuku Station - the world's busiest train station (2-3 million passengers in a single day!!!)

Can you imagine us negotiating through the sea of people with easiest the largest pram in whole of Tokyo, if not Japan?

Our hotel for the next 4 nights, Nishi Shinjuku Hotel in Shinjuku, West Tokyo

The streets of Shinjuku

Soaking in the bustling night life of Tokyo

Mushi Mushi!!! We are in Japan!!!

Ready for take-off, see'ya later Melbourne!!!

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Konbanwa, Osaka!!!

Hi Hi!!! Here we are in Osaka!!!

4 November 2007

Hey dad, when are we leaving for Tokyo?
(beyond, the Shin-Osaka Train Station)

At Shin-Osaka Station, ready to depart for Tokyo!!!

Leaving Osaka for Tokyo on the Shinkansen

Farewell Singapore!

Look who's that smiling......

.....the new poster baby for Huggies swimwear!!!

Dinner at Sentosa

Family Gathering @ Food Haven, Singapore Polytechnic

My cousins Qianhui jiejie and Hongyu gege

Uncle Chris and cousins Clarence gege and Caren jiejie

With Auntie Serene

All set, but is that baby sleeping?