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JAPAN - ODAIBA

Japan is one of my favorite country , but I only have been to there once long time ago when i was small. I went to Tokyo and all I remember is Hello Kitty Land, Snoopy Land and Disney Land. Japan is now more attractive than before, it opens up lots of new shopping center and many amazing attractions. 


This post is going to be a little bit different from the others that i posted, since this is my best friend experience, I asked her to let me share her experience and I would love to share her recommendation to you!


Aqua City Odaiba:


Aqua City is a famous shopping center in Tokyo, it is next to the Odaiba Kaihin Park, if you travel to Tokyo it is a place that you must visit at least once, since around the shopping center there is also some attraction around  including the Odaiba Kaihin Park that I've just mentioned, also the Fuji Television building and Odaiba Shrine and the Rainbow Bridge. This is a collection of  places which can satisfy people who want to relax and sightseeing also interested in shopping.

Fuji Television:

You can find lots of Japanese drama goods in the Fuji Television building, the photo of the blue dog is the mascot of Fuji Television called ラフ君 (lafu kun) , you can see lots of ラフ君 around the building , and you can take pictures with him. 




The Fuji Television building is just opposite to the Aqua city , it is very easy to regonise since it has a "planet" on the top of the building.


Here is a wonderful place that if you are interested in media.




Rainbow Bridge:


The rainbow Bridge is another famous attraction in Odaiba, it is best to visit at night and you can see the beautiful sight of the bridge, Tokyo tower and the liberty status as the same time.
Here is some photos .

P.S. all photo copyright goes to the original phototaker

Capital City of Australia: Canberra

Canberra is a capital city of Australia with a population of more than 300,000. The city is excellent destination for museum addicts, with wonderful fine art and historical collections.

 Museum of Australian Democracy

If you want to know more about the history of Australia, you can go to Museum of Australian Democracy. The museum's exhibits place Australia's tradition in the context of the broader history of democracy, spanning the globe over two millennia.

Autumn in Canberra

If you go to Canberra in between April and May, you may find out many beautiful  red or yellow maple trees. Autumn is my famous season, the weather in Autumn not too hot and not too cold, and you travel to Canberra, you can enjoy a relax autumn by enjoying the maple trees. In ANU (The Australian National University) it is a wonderful place to enjoy maple trees.

Not only in ANU, you can enjoy maple trees anywhere in Canberra during April.

When you go to Canberra by driving your car, you can still enjoy many beautiful view of Canberra, this will give you a easy holiday when you are in Canberra.

 Hope you will interest in Canberra after reading this post! :))

Yummy Guangzhou

In this post, I would like to introduce my home town - Guangzhou to you. There is a phrase "Food is the paramount necessity of the people." to describe Canton people. This is because Cantonese really like foods and understand how to cook or eat a food can find out the best taste of it.
Therefore, if you go to visit Guangzhou, you must to try the Cantonese foods and some street snacks.
In Guangzhou, if you want to know about the history of Guangzhou, you can go to YueXiu Park, there has a statue which is five goats. This represent Guangzhou and this is reason for why Guangzhou has another name called "City of Rams". Also if you want to visit some modern building in Guangzhou, you can go to Flower City Square, there has a new Canton Tower which is the highest building in Guangzhou.

But the scenery of Guangzhou is not the important part that I want to introduce to day. Foods in Guangzhou is me really want to introduce to you!
If you want to  have experience about to be a local Cantonese, you should try this food stall "Chen Tian Ji". This is a food stall which has a history, its fish skin and Tangzai Porridge you must to try! And its only $3.71..!!!! It is SOOOO cheap..!!!




There are the TangZai porridge, fish skins with peanut and rice noddle roll with soy source. There are the famous foods of this food stall. Not only local Cantonese like this food stall, but also many foreign visitors come to Guangzhou they must go to there to have a try!







Also, I would like to introduce to you a street snack called "Put Choi Ko". This is my famous snack in Guangzhou. It is a rice cake with many different flavor such as red bean, pineapple, strawberry etc.

There still have many interesting places and many yummy foods waiting for you to discover! Hope you interest in Guangzhou after you read this post! :))

Jeju Island

Jeju Island (also known as Jejudo) is situated south of South Korea. It is an island created completely of volcanic ash from the now extinct volcano, Hallasan. Jeju is visited by tons of tourists from overseas and South Korea every year as it hosts many golf competitions, and is also a prime honeymoon location. 

There are various tours you can take when in Jeju. I suggest the English taxi tour, where you get an English-speaking local taxi driver as your tour guide. The tour enables you to cover the island's main tourist spots in two days - one day for the eastern side of Jeju, and one day for the west. They also allow you to customize your tour or tour one side of the island if your stay is short.

The itinerary of the general courses is as follows:

East Course :

Yongduarm rock - Manjang Cave -  Sunrise Peak - Sepjicozi - Seoungeup Folk Village - Sangumburi crater

West Course :

Mysterious road - Cheonjiyeon Waterfall -  Oedolgae - Jusangjeollidae rock - Yeomiji botanical garden - Teddy bear museum

Since I only spent two nights in Jeju, I took the western course. The driver was super friendly and told us stories about the island (you'll have to join the tour to find out). Also, since my mum and I are Korean drama fanatics, the driver pointed out some filming locations of dramas such as "Dae Jang Geum" and "All-in" (which was also filmed at Lotte World Hotel which was the hotel we stayed in!).

The first place we visited was Jusangjeollidae Rock, since the driver told us that it would be jam packed with tourists by midday. The formation of the rock was created by lava from Hallasan. Jusangjeolli is the literal Korean translation of columnar basalt: hexagonal pillars of volcanic rock. 

The statues on the left can be seen everywhere accross the island. They are known as the "grandparents of the island", protecting the island from harm, and giving the citizens good health. It is said that touching their noses will give you good health and longevity. 

Next, we visited Yeomiji Botanical Garden which was a garden completely created inside a green house. The green house is separated into 5 gardens: Flower Garden, Water Lily Garden, Jungle Garden, Subtropical Fruits Garden, and Cactus Garden. 

After that, we went to the "Mysterious Road" which is a road that creates the optical illusion that the car is moving uphill while on 'Neutral', although it looks like the car is facing down hill. If you don't have a car, you can still experience the illusion as the roadside shops provide bottles you can use to "roll up the hill".

We then went to Oedolgae, another columnar basalt rock. Like other unusual-shaped rocks there's a legend associated with it - a Korean general is said to have scared away Mongolian invaders by dressing the rock up to look like a giant soldier. This was a special site as they filmed part of the drama 'Dae Jang Geum' here.

 After a satisfying lunch stop at a local Korean restaurant, the driver took us to Cheonjiyeon Waterfall. It is one of the three famous waterfalls in Jeju. It was the perfect place to breathe in fresh air and walk off all the calories from lunch, and feel completely relaxed and refreshed. The water is unbelievably clean, which enables you to sit by the river and look at the colourful koi fish living in the river. 

After the relaxing stroll down Cheonjiyeon Waterfall, the driver took us to  Jungmin Saekdal Beach since we still had plenty of time to kill. Since it was early spring and still cold, there weren't many people there, but the view was spectacular. 

We ended the day at the Teddy Bear Museum. This museum featured bears from one of my favourite dramas, 'Goong', so it was really exciting to see it. The exhibitions were extremely cute. For anyone planning to visit Jeju Island, this place is a definite must to visit. It shows a range of teddy bears from one of the oldest, to the most expensive, to using teddy bears as an appropriation on famous artworks. There is also an outdoor bear park.