After a brief 1 day hardcore touring tour about Japan, we then left to board the train to Chiba prefecture to attend
APPS 2013. The event lasted about 5 days so most of the time we were situated in this area. We stayed at APA Hotel Tokyo Bay Makuhari. This city is quite an opposite of Tokyo with large spaces and roads and definitely not as cramped. Many people seem to stay at this place judging the number of passengers alighting from this stop.
APA Hotel
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| Hotel Lobby |
Upon writing this post only I realise how little photos I have had taken of the hotel and the surroundings. Probably was too busy about the symposium. Anyway the rooms are pretty small, and the design is still pretty old-school. The air-conditioner and the lights are still activated by switches and not by your room key card. Good thing if you plan to waste a lot of electricity keeping the room cool the whole though. I've also experienced my first onsen (public bath) here at this hotel. Male and female are divided but we all have to be naked to enter. Very enlightening and I really enjoyed it very much, but some bath tubs' temperature is a bit too hot for my liking.
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| Bigger and more spacious malls |
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| Wider roads |
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| Unrelated: I love how much jam the Japanese put inside a bun |
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| More landed properties. Although houses are still relatively smaller. |
Toho University
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| Huge lecture halls |
Tokyo University of Science
Okubo Station Area (not sure what to call this)
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| CHAMPAGNE GRAPES! Definitely a must buy in Japan! It's really really cheap. Only 300 yen for this bunch. |
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| Funabashi port i think |
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