looked like a scene from "Memoirs of a Geisha" ? the scene after the man treated little Chiyo ice cream in the garden.. and she made up her mind she wanted to be a geisha.. then she ran through this place... right?
the whole place was filled with the gates lining staircase up the hill... it was quite a distance.. according to the signboard, it would take about 15-20mins (if i didnt remember wrongly) to go all the way up.. by we guessed it was at Japanese speed.. at Malaysian speed would be about 45 mins.. haha..
before we started the journey up... I'm old like an auntie.. i needed the umbrella as a supporting cane.. and the stairs were kinda slippery when we walked down.. >_<
we didnt see any real geisha... our friend said we need luck to be able to see a real geisha walking on the street.. we saw some Japanese dressed as geisha in a shop where you can also dressed as one..and take photos.. but quite expensive.. so we took picture with this billboard of a pretty geisha..
then our bullet train came..(i mean the bullet train that we were going to board..)..
once inside..
we found out that the seats could be turned to face each other.. so we turned over.. and the 1st thing that into our mind was Bridge! where's the poker card? haha.. so we played bridge instead or resting.. and made that train compartment almost like ours... whoops.. so sorry for those who shared a compartment with us and needed rest..
do you know that in trains and buses in Japan, you are advised to switch your phone to silent mode.. and not talk on the hp.. cause it's the time for people to rest... most people in the train will be sleeping... 
we reached Tokyo around 5.35pm local time and went back to the same hotel... went out looking for dinner and walked around... accidentally walked to Tokyo Dome area.. and LaQua Shopping Complex.. then we saw the huge Ferris Wheel.. the famous one which is situated right in the city.. and does not have the thing in the middle that holds the wheel.. and a super scary roller coaster.. it goes through the ferris wheel at one point..and at another point, it goes through a hole in the LaQua building! and stretches so high up and down! my knees trembled just by looking at it... we didnt try.. cause we were there quite late..(by Jap standard)..
the shops we went in were closing..so we took somemore pictures and was walking back to our hotel when we heard some nice music.. and saw a musical fountain! only, it wasn't a musical fountain.. it was "Water Symphony"! each water spray was almost like a single instrument of a full orchestra.. playing their own parts.. and producing beautiful music plus colours and water... It was really quite enjoyable..
Day 5 ended with more Bridge- playing and using the Internet through Ferry's comp... I slept earlier cause I needed all the energy for Day 6.. (Disneyland..wahahah)
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