Tokyo Conference Trip 2018: Day 4

Spent time in the morning practising my presentation as I only have 15 minutes for presentation. Ventured to MyLord shopping mall for my late lunch at Mensho San Francisco. Due to the hot weather, I ordered a seasonal chilled corn ramen. It was really good. 
Bought dinner and dessert back to enjoy in my hotel room while watching the sun set.

Seasonal Chilled Corn Ramen from Mensho San Francisco

Odakyu having a Fantastic Beasts/ Harry Potter pop-up store

Japan Trip 2016: Day 4 Part 1 5 Dec 2016 Mon - Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

We were supposed to go to Mt Fuji today but dropped the plan when it was indicated as rain. Turned out it was sunny today! :( Oh well, we will leave Mt Fuji for our next visit then. :)
We took a trip to the South Observation Deck of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Tocho) since it is only 5 minutes walk away from our hotel. We could make out Mt Fuji in the distance but the weather was not very clear. Photos didn't turn out too nice because the sun was too reflective on the glass. 

Mt Fuji in the distance

Zoomed in view of Mt Fuji

To our delight, there was a fair at the South Observation Deck selling local products from different regions of Japan. We bought some local snacks from the fair. Since we were near our hotel, we decided to eat at one of the restaurants at the basement area of the hotel and we could also deposit our goodies back in our room before going out in the afternoon.
It is a small restaurant, selling mainly noodle dishes. We put in our money into the machine and chose what we wanted to have. The machine gave out out two dockets which we showed to the cook. Our numbers were called when our food were ready. Simple food but it was delicious.

Juliane's curry udon with tonkatsu

My buckwheat soba with tempura

Although it is a small restaurant (22 seater), it was packed. We only realised much later that it was all male office workers who frequent it. We were the only 2 females and foreigners haha.

Japan Trip 2016: Day 3 Part 1 4 Dec 2016 Sun - Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

We had a late start with it being a Sunday and we took a leisurely walk to Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. We were most surprised, elated and thrilled to see AUTUMN COLOURS in the garden! 
I deeply, madly and truly fell in love in with the reds and oranges of the delicate Japanese maple leaves and the golden yellows of gingko leaves. I will let the photos speak for themselves, the beauty of the autumn colours. 

It's really fun eating soft serve ice cream in winter!

After a beautiful and wonderful time in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, we went to Shibuya and Harajuku.