some kind of amazing

Our choice of noodles for the day! We have a variety of Korean noodles in our cupboard but we decided to go for spicy ramyun this time. 2 packets is enough for my 2 brothers and I. If we were hungrier though, we would make it 3! 

CONTINUATION OF DAY 4 (March 12, 2016) | En route to Tokyo, Ikebukuro

The duration of our travel from Miyajimaguchi Station was more than 5 hours. If I am not mistaken, we arrived in Sunshine Prince Hotel at Ikebukuro past 6pm already. We first rode the train from Miyajimaguchi Station to Hiroshima Station (25 mins.) then in Hiroshima Station, we took the 11:53AM Sakura 546 Shinkansen to Shin-Kobe Station (around 1hr and 20 mins). From there, we took the 1:25PM Hikari 470 Shinkansen to Shinagawa Station (around 3 hrs and 8 mins). In Shinagawa Station, we were supposed to take another train that is closer to Odaiba Waterfront because our officemates would be there at around 5pm. Unfortunately, the Hikari 470 Shinkansen had technical problems, which stalled the trip for around 20-30 minutes. We arrived in Shinagawa Station past 5pm already and since our officemates would be heading back to the hotel, we decided to head straight to the hotel as well. Sunshine City Prince Hotel was not exactly beside the exit of Ikebukuro Station so we kind of got lost for a few minutes. Thank you again to the kind Japanese man who took his time to lead us to where the hotel is located.

And yes, I literally had to retrieve my bullet train tickets from my travel envelope to give you such an accurate travel time and route information. 

Nica, Jj and I bought lunch in the 7Eleven in Hiroshima Station. I think this was chicken katsudon (?!) and of course, my favorite Fanta melon drink! I miss that Fanta flavor so much!!! I also just have to say that convenience store meals in Japan are delicious AND pretty affordable.