day 1
- we had a turbulence free flight
- auntie pot not trusting our navigational skills flags down random strangers for directions
- our first japanese meal, a near by izakaya with no english menu and non english speakers for waiters. thank god for picture menus.

day 2

-first shinkansen ride from osaka to tokyo.


-b&m tokyo office visit

-NewS concert tickets from satomi-chan

-meeting with b&m angels, sakura, juno and yuko

-visit to the nearby heia shrine



day 3

NewS concert!



-took the train to Sabae, a nearby province where the SunDome is located(the venue of the concerts)



-bought concert goods and watch throngs of fangirls queue up.

- wrote in the travel journal about our concert experience while on board the Raicho train

day 4

- girls lost in osaka
- we were supposed to meet bambi(aironmelody's friend) at a nearby church to hear mass
- got on the wrong train and got off the wrong station
- walked for 2 hours and finally found the church
- heard a japanese mass cause we missed the english service since we got lost
- searched for gretel's japan rail pass since she lost it due to temporary insanity and found it in the nearby kfc
- went on to shin-osaka station to meet up with dom's friend, had green tea mochi icecream


- went to shinsaibashi


- met fuku-chan, saw news kose poster


- had okonomiyaki

day 5

off to kyoto

- arrived hungry at the kyoto station to find out that restaurants open at 11 so we settled on coffee and bread
- bought our bus passes for the day and went to Kinkafuji


- golden pavillion entrance, temple, autumn leaves, ponds, souveniers and green tea soft serve

- boarded the bus to the kyoto imperial palace to find out that it is closed for official use for the day, it is culture day after all
- boarded the bus again to ginkafuji
- had too much fun shopping along the street


- saw bears while walking on the path of philisophy



- saw the kyoto tower in all its glory


- boarded the hep five ferris wheel with auntie pot(aironmelody has acrophobia)