January 19, 2016
Mel's Winter Holiday Post
Hello, Mel here!
My christmas holidays were quite long this year (I had about 3 weeks off!) so I had plenty of time to get lots of sight seeing and shopping done!
Firstly I went on an adventure by myself to Kameido Tenjin shrine to pray for good luck on my University results. It was a really nice experience as the shrine was about 20 minutes from any nearby station so I had to rely on my google maps and got to see lots of backstreets with Japanese style houses. Furthermore, the area was also pretty close to Sky tree and so i took some nice nighttime pictures with it all lit up!
By the time I got to the shrine it was already dark so I couldn't really see the turtles in the pond, but the way the shrine was lit up with orange lanterns reminded me of the Ghibli movie Spirited Away. I wrote my wish on an enma (a small wooden plaque) and tied it up with everyone else's wishes!
I also went to watch the New Year's Disneyland fireworks at midnight, which were amazing! The fireworks were shaped like all the Disney characters!!
Finally, I went with Meg and Emilie to an Onsen in Hakone where we were suprised by a monkey that appeared out of nowhere whilst we were using the foot bath!
My christmas holidays in Japan were so much fun and I created lots of new memories!