Chiba, Japan

Yokoso Japan! This is my 2nd trip to Japan this year. Did a brief 2 day stopover in Chiba city on the way back from US. A friend from OSD joined me to Japan as she was on her way back from CR. There's basically nothing much to see in Chiba city unless you travel way out to the outskirts. Nevertheless, it was a great to be back in Japan again.

Our plane touched down at Narita slightly earlier than scheduled. We were practically alternating between running with our backpacks and doing speed walking from the gate to the immigration counters to catch a train out to Chiba St in 1 hours time. We made it onto the train with 10 mins to spare!

We were greeted by rain upon arrival at Chiba St. It was drizzling. I had quite a time walking down 3 flights of stairs carrying 2 big luggages. It was hard work. It was good that the hotel was near the train station and had no problem finding it after asking around on directions.

the 3 flights of stairs

Weather was around 22-24 degrees celcius with cloudy skies and slight wind blowing. Very nice weather indeed. The 1st day was spent exploring Chiba St, finding out if there're any escalator or elevator so that we do not need to climb those 3 flight of stairs again when we leave for Narita! I noticed that there's a small food shop that sells rice and ramen for as low as 300 Yen! Very good deal. And Filet-o-Fish is only 100 Yen! Savouring Japanese food is such arousing to our tastebuds. More so in Japan itself!

Our time in Japan was spent visiting temples, shrines, parks, walking around the city, looking at beutiful Japanese ladies, and also experiencing the Chiba Urban Monorail, where the tracks are actually at the top instead of bottom. Hence, the monorail cabin is hanging on the tracks. Not forgetting numerous visits to hyakuyen shops for our shopping spree! Hahaha...

Will there be a 3rd visit to Japan this year? I shall procastinate.....