[From Tokyo to Kyoto從東京到京都]
After our lovely visit at Tokyo, Amy and I took the Shinkasen and headed over to Kyoto.
In my previous post about our stay in Tokyo, I forgot to mention something quite important for the people who are planning to travel to different cities in Japan, which is the the question of how many suitcase one should bring?
Before I left, I already knew that it would be a pain in the ass to travel to different cities with more than one luggage, but at the same time, it is very hard to resist to not buy cosmetic related products or souvenirs when you're in Japan. For a girl like me, who brings at least four different types of shoes when I travel, it is indeed a very difficult task to stuff everything in one big suitcase under 23kg.
I brought one big suitcase to Japan, and Amy brought a carry on and one medium suicase. My luggage was of course overweight, so I had to take things out to hand carry when I was at Osaka Airport.
This was not that big of a deal; the most painful part would be for you to carry that one, or more, big heavy suitcase(s)while you travel from city to city since not all the train station has escalator or elevator, which means.... YOU'LL HAVE TO LIFT THE SUITCASE UP AND DOWN THOSE STAIRCASES BY YOURSELF.
Be very mindful about that, and especially if you are not staying over night in the city, and you might just want to leave the luggage in the train station. If your luggage is too big, it may not fit the biggest locker that they offer (Mine almost did not fit).
So be sure to pack your esstentials! Or what you can do it bring one large suitcase and put a smaller suitcase inside, and buy everything on the last stop in Japan!
I was too excited when I got to Tokyo, so I bought most of the cosmetic products when I was there when I could have waited till Osaka to buy them.
I even bought Tokyo Banana when I was in Tokyo because I was not sure whether if they sell that at the Osaka airport(they do~~~).
Tokyo Banana is a famous dessert that people buy as souenvir in Japan. It has different flavours, and it can go somewhere from $600yen to $2000yen per box depending on the flavour and quantity.
If you want to buy this as a souvenir, try to buy it at the last day of yout trip as the expiry is about ten days and they are very heavy if you buy a few boxes.
在我們東京遊結束後, 我跟Amy搭新幹線出發去京都
我上一個文章忘了提到一件還滿重要值得在日本去不同城市的人注意的事情. 那就是~~~ 要帶多少行李?
在我離開溫哥華之前, 我早就料到要拖著行李箱在日本到處遊走會是一件很痛苦的事情. 但在同一時間, 好不容易去了日本怎麼可能不買化妝品和紀念品!! 像是我這種每次出國就要帶只少四雙不同種鞋的女生來說, 要把所有東西都塞在一個不能超過23公斤的行李箱真是難上加難
我去日本帶了一個大的行李箱, Amy帶了一個隨身行李和一個中型行李箱. 我的行李箱到最後當然是逃不過超重的命運, 所以我在大阪機場的時候必須要拿出一些東西改用手提
這個其實不是什麼太大的問題; 最痛苦的部分是在當你從一個城市搭車去另一個城市的時候 你要拖著那大的行李箱. 而且不見得所有車站都有電扶梯或電梯, 那就表示.... 你必須扛著你的行李箱在那漫長的階梯上下遊走
真的要很注意這點! 尤其如果你沒有打算要在某個城市過夜, 而只是想把行李箱放在車站的置物櫃然後到處去晃晃. 如果你的行李箱過大, 很有可能你的行李箱還塞不下他們最大的置物櫃 (我的行李箱就差點塞不進去)
所以帶須要的東西就好了! 或者你可以帶一個大的行李箱裡面裝一個小一點的行李箱, 然後在日本的最後一站在買所有東西!
我剛到東京的時候真的太興奮了, 所以我80%的東西在我在東京的時候就買完了. 我現在回想真的應該要在大阪的時候在買就不會那麼辛苦了
我連Tokyo Banana在東京的時候就買了, 因為我不確定大阪的機場有沒有賣(他們有賣~~~)
Tokyo Banana是一種點心, 在日本滿有名的伴手禮. 他有不同的口味, 一盒價位大概在六百日幣到兩千日幣左右不等, 看看你要買的口味和數量
如果你想買這個當伴手禮, 我建議最好在最後一天再買, 因為他賞味時間是差不多十天, 而且滿重的如果你要買兩三盒以上的話
