So, of course I had to try it. Seriously, it doesn't taste any different from a normal egg. I ate 2, does that mean I will live 14 years longer?
This was at one of the souvenier shops. かわいいでしょう？
Due to strong winds, they were announcing that they may stop the ropeway. So we hurriedly went to take it before it was stopped. After reaching 早雲山 (Sounzan) by ropeway, we took a tram, which over there is called a cablecar (confusing), to 強羅 (Gora). Then, we took the Hakone Tozan Railway back to 箱根湯本. And finally we took the Romance car back to 新宿。The whole trip is about experiencing the different types of transportation and enjoying the scenic view. All in all it was not bad, except the fact that the trip was about seeing 富士山 which we couldn't in the end.
So, we went back to 池袋 and was looking for a place to have dinner. Then we saw this sign that said お好み焼き (Okonomiyaki)、もんじゃ (Monja)。Since my mum hadn't eaten it before, we decided to have that. Lo and behold, after we stepped into the restaurant, we realised that it was a DIY restaurant. Shucks. All along I've eaten those that the 店員will cook it for you. Well, we were quite clueless although there was an instruction sheet. And after pouring it onto the pan, my sis panicked and the instruction sheet was forgotten. -_-''' But since it was our first time, I think we did a relatively decent job. Of course, that depends on what you mean by relative. Hee...
もんじゃ
お好み焼き
After our very "successful" attempts during dinner, we decided to treat ourselves to cakes at a cafe in the vicinity. Yum...
That's my macha latte with raspberry cake.
That's all for that day. The next day, we were flying back to Singapore. But before our flight, we had some time, so me and my sis decided to head out and walk around and do some last minute shopping. Then, my sis said she was hungry and we decided to buy cakes again! We went to TOBU department store to get the cakes. There are so many varieties and all look so yummy that we took a long time choosing.
All these are made from sweet potato.
苺ケーキ、おいしい！ 
Black sesame pudding.
Yummy...and as usual, service and packaging in Japan never fail to amaze us.
東京に行って、とても嬉しかった。前半は疲れて、大変だけど、フォーラムの後はとても楽しかった！今回日本に行って、多分卒業前の最後だ。ちょっと悲しい。卒業後、仕事が始めて、いつか日本に行くことができて、分からない。寂しいなぁ～日本にの友達も会いたいのに。でも、今まで私はとても幸運だと思う。大学のプログラムとか、始めて日本に行く時飛行機券を勝ち取りなど、とても幸運だと思う。今考えて、日本研究の専攻が選んで、良かった。もしこの専攻が選ばないなら、そんなに多い機会と経験は多分できなかった。日本は大好き！日本でできた友達は大好き！いつ日本に戻るかなぁ～
The romance car.
The cruise ship that we boarded and sailed through Lake Ashi.
See the tori gate? And I think that the colors of the trees are beautiful.
That's part of the route we travelled.
And of course the view of the area...I really like autumn colors.
See the smoke fumes?
The water is light grey in color. See the water bubbling? It's boiling!
That's the sign! I'm not kidding.
They boil the eggs in those containers...see the cages of eggs?
So, of course I had to try it. Seriously, it doesn't taste any different from a normal egg. I ate 2, does that mean I will live 14 years longer?
This was at one of the souvenier shops. かわいいでしょう？
もんじゃ 
お好み焼き 
That's my macha latte with raspberry cake.
All these are made from sweet potato.
苺ケーキ、おいしい！ 
Black sesame pudding.