Monday, April 27, 2015

6000令吉以下日本旅游(Part 2)

上回说到东京第四天, 好第五天了哦!各位如果可以在凌晨3或4点起床就最好啦!今天一大早就跑到築地市場(地下铁,日比谷线)。
築地市場就是日本最大的海鲜市场,凌晨5点这样可以看到Tuna Auction(要拿号码的,120个名额而已!)。 但是重点不是这个,重点是吃超级新鲜的寿司!
这里随便一家寿司店的师傅做的都比马来西亚的好几倍,出名的寿司店有:“大和寿司”,“寿司大”和“寿司三昧”。 价钱是看你叫什么鱼/海鲜(这种叫单品,可以和师傅要当天的好鱼/海鲜。) 如果叫全品(大约7-12个寿司),平常都是1500-2000円左右。

吃完早餐,我们就可以去车站坐新干线了。第五天往京都出发,大约2个小时40分钟左右就回到京都车站。 我们在京都是定了和式房子居住(一人一晚大约350令吉!这个我不建议哦,除非你真的很想尝试日本式居家生活)。 京都交通和东京不一样,虽然也是很方便不过比起东京是有那么一点点地麻烦。 京都只有2条地下铁,其余都是巴士,而且巴士有很多很多的路线,巴士站也离得他妈有够远。 不过,年轻人嘛不要经咯!哈哈;巴士一日卷为500円,可以无限乘搭之道当天最后一趟。 安顿好行李后我们用JR 奈良线到伏見,好这里发生了一些小事故(就搭上了急行)所以我们不小心差一点到了奈良。(日本电车是有分: “普通/各停”,“准急”,“急行” 和 “特急”。差别就是,有一些站有停,一些没有停。 上电车要看好哦!)虽然奈良是原有的行程,不过因为午餐时间拖到了,加上伏见神社比较top priority,我们就跑回去伏见神社(用普通的)。(各位读者,时间拿捏好一点就可以到奈良了!听说是个很漂亮的小镇哦!) 如果,各位读者有到奈良,请在回程时到伏见神社参拜, 因为这里就是京都有名的千本鸟居所在地!鸟居到处都有,只要是神社就有,因为日本人相信过了鸟居就是神的领域所以神社前都会有。不过千本鸟居是伏见神社独有的,所以务必到此一游啊! 晚上各位可以到市中心购物和散布看看京都的夜景。
第六天早上,吃完早餐各位就可以先到二条城观光。二条城是世界文化遗产之一,入门费600円。 本丸御殿是可以进入参观,而且会有人跟随解说,庭院也是数一数二的秋天景点。
大约10点左右各位就可以到嵐山参观(用电车),嵐山有许多漂亮的古寺和神社,多数为佛教寺庙;有时间的话可以去看看。这里要介绍的是天龙寺,天龙寺庭院入门500円;这里可以有漂亮的风景而且也通往竹林(比较近)。不过竹林可以用别的通道抵达(免费)。竹林空气清新,而且非常幽静;是个享受大自然的好地方。午餐可以在这里吃,吃完后就叫的士到金阁寺(大约1900円,是有一点贵不过平除起来不会很贵,而且比较省时间)。啊!金阁寺,我想说如果去京都没有到这里,你真的是白来一趟!金阁寺的景色是无人能比啊!看了金阁寺接下来就可以到银阁寺参观,虽然比不上金阁寺的景色,不过银阁寺有它的个人特色哦!两个地方都是400円入门费哦!(宠物小精灵金/银系列中的Brass Tower和Tin Tower就是以这两个建筑物为模型的哦!)银阁寺走出来就是哲学の道,春天樱花盛开时这里非常漂亮。 跟随这条道路往下走,各位可以到很多寺庙/神社参观;各有各的特色,不过这条哲学之道的尾端就是今天最后一站,清水寺。 清水寺是日本有名的寺庙之一,它是全木制,建筑在山边。春天和秋天时,清水寺的瞭望台可以看到非常漂亮的景色哦!
到了晚上,各位可以乘搭巴士到著名的祇園走走。 如果,有兴趣文华表演的话可以到一家叫做“祇園corner”的文化中心观看表演。入门费大约马币80令吉,表演时长为50分钟左右;一天有两场最后一个是晚上8时。
第七天, 各位我们已经到了这个日本之旅的最后第二天了!如果还没有买手信的话要趁这一天买,因为我们回到大阪。如果跟着我的建议买了关西机场飞回过的读者,你们就要打包行李搬到大阪的酒店,不过由于作者没有所以就没提了。 从京都到新大阪(新干线没有停大阪哦!)大约45分钟,要到之前各位可以从车上窗口看见一个唱得很奇怪的建筑物,那个就是梅田スカイビル(Sky Building)。建议晚上看夜景是可以到上面参观,入门700円;不过作者没有上去,只在外面拍了照片。 各位从新大阪站乘坐地下铁电车到大阪站的附近就是梅田站,到了大阪第一个要参观的就是大阪城的通天阁!大阪城周围的公园所以时不时会有Event类似的,作者去的时候刚好当晚有演唱会,所以听到了倖田來未和May'n在排练唱歌(没有看到本人,因为被封锁起来了)。 大阪城比起名古屋城大很多,范围也很大;公园区更是樱花节的最好赏花区。 大阪城公园外就是NHK电台;虽然不可以进去,但是可以看看它那个特别的建筑哦!下午算是自由时间,各位如果想参观寺庙的话可以到四天王寺。 四天王寺和其他日本寺庙不是很一样,拥有比较重的中国建筑风格。 过后可以乘搭地下铁到“日本桥”站的"Den-den Town";虽然是说要去"Den-den Town",不过在路途中有一个“黑门市場”介绍给各位逛逛。 逛完黑门市场和电器街,各位可以继续到周围的百货公司逛逛或则可以乘坐新干线到神户观光。

神户是一个港口城市,而且算是比较国际化的一个小镇,有许多国际料理还有名闻世界的神户牛肉哦。 晚上可以到码头想用晚餐和欣赏夜景哦!最后一天各位就带着重到不得了的行李爬楼梯搭飞机吧!哈哈!

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

6000令吉以下日本旅游(Part 1)

*澄清,这个旅行时买的亚行(AirAsia)机票为299令吉(1回), 如果是普通时期的机票大约699令吉。
首先要和各位说,去日本旅行有几点要懂:
1)要去哪里?
日本很大,所以除非你是有用不完的休假,你是不可能在10-14天里从北海道玩到冲绳岛去的。而且也不爽啦!
如果你想这样子旅行的话,我是不会阻止你的哦!为什么这个疑问很重要,因为如果要去多处(比例:东京,京都,名古屋,大阪。。。)就需要先前购买万能的JR Pass。
如果只是想到特定一个地方,然后在附近小镇走,JR Pass 就没有那么需要到。

*啥是JR Pass?
JR Pass 就是日本政府给旅客提供的超值交通工具乘坐卷,不过只能在抵达日本前购买,然后在日本兑现。
此票有份很多种类, 青卡/蓝卡, 7/14/21天卡。 青卡是高级卡,就是呢可以乘坐一些比较昂贵的JR车(国铁+新干线), 而蓝卡就是cheap一点的不过很够用了的。
小孩都是半价,小孩为未满12岁的儿童哦!(请和爸爸妈妈一起阅读我的文章哦!)
7天蓝卡为29110円,14天为46390円。(哇!好贵哦!这是因为一趟新干线就大约12000円了!所以,好好想想要不要购买哦!)
大致上许多旅游公司都会有的卖,不过如果找不到可以上网寻找日本政府承认的机构购买。

2)日本价钱观
日本散工(part time)时薪为800-1200円,所以100円的东西是非常的便宜好吗!
请不要说710元买一个一天卷很贵,或则是750元吃一餐很不划算等,因为人家打散工一个月都比我们这些打正职的来得多。(悲哀啊)
这个我觉得去到哪一个国家都一样,因为令吉小(除了印尼)。

3)几时要去
日本是个四季国家(废话),所以选择旅游的时间非常重要。春夏秋冬,日本都有东西玩,不过最为外国人收悉的就是樱花节(春),夏日烟火祭(夏),枫叶节(秋),滑雪季节(冬)。
当然这些时候人一定是多到不得了,而且价钱也会高一些(其实是很多)。还有就是日本的Golden Week(五月份初,第一个星期),还有Silver Week(九月份)。这两个是日本人的假日,国内旅行都会爆满,所以要记得避开这些日子。所以选日子的时候要做好功课哦!
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好了,这个旅行也是去年的。是和家人和妈妈的朋友,都没有来过日本(因为本人现在在日本),不过不想去迪士尼乐园和Universal Studio(几乎全部旅行社都有去,不过可以商量的)。
所以我们就买了便宜到不得了的飞机票飞来了! 到名古屋。。。
日本本州(ほんしゅう)亚行有飞的机场有4个(现在没有飞名古屋了),就是成田,羽田(东京),关西(大阪)和名古屋(中部)。羽田机场税金比较高(大约200令吉吧),所以不建议飞羽田,成田是便宜,不过要到市中心就要搭电车2470円(很便宜,便宜,便宜。。。),关西机场价钱和成田差不多,名古屋最便宜(现在没了!!科科)。
*这里提醒各位,不要买同样的机场来回!!(不要像本宫酱!哭)建议飞来时到成田/羽田,飞回时用关西的(如果你跟这个行程啦)或倒反来也okay的。

我们那时是搭早上8时飞的飞机,抵达名古屋时已经4时要5时(日本有时差+1)加上通关就大概6时了。所以第一晚就只有回酒店罢了。日本太阳很早下山(6时左右),而且多数店面(除了吃喝玩乐的那些店,还有便利店)都会在8点前关店。这里本宫想和大家说订酒店时不要乱乱定!由于不小心订到的便宜酒店在红灯区(荣/さかえ)所以出去吃晚餐时有点怪怪的。
名古屋出名的是味噌(みそ),鰻鱼,鸡翅等,所以有机会一定要吃到这些食物,人最多的就是好吃的!哈哈!

第二天早上我们先到名古屋电视塔拍照,每个城市都有一个塔的,所以不要大惊小怪。 名古屋的县政府(爱知县)有提供一个旅客的巴士服务,一天卷为500円!(便宜到爆)详情请按这里
跳上巴士后,就可以跟你想去的地方去玩。 本宫去了科学馆,名古屋城,瓷器贩卖所(ノリタケの森),大须观音寺+购物街,JR Central Towers和Oasis 21。
当然,请根据个人需求选择游玩地方(这里有古迹旧址,电车博物馆,丰田车展,美术馆等)不过一定要去名古屋城,因为是拍照很美(哈哈)。 动漫爱好者也可以到Oasis 21的Jump Shop购买一些Shounen Jump漫画的物品哦!
名古屋基本上就是这样,因为不是一个大城市,所以算是比较宁静的地方。
第三天早上就乘坐到东京的新干线(最早班是6时的),这个时候就可以秀出万能的JR Pass了!当然要先到任何一个JR站兑换先哦。(名古屋机场没有JR柜台,不过其余的都有)
名古屋到东京大约1小时50分(ひかり),请问好那里上车,哪个方面,几号车不然你就会像一个Headless Chicken那样;车站的人都会很好的告诉你,而且会有会说中文/英文的工作人员的。(通常) 到了东京我们先check-in酒店然后购买东京地下铁(Tokyo Metro)的一日(乗り放題)卷(710円),无限制搭地下铁一天。这个加上万能JR Pass东京的交通费就settle了。
东京很大,大到不得了有25个区那么大!由于我们时间有限,所以只选了名胜地,第一个就先去皇居,过后到浅草寺(日本最古老的寺),晴空塔(Skytree),银座,有乐町(ビックカメラ在那边,当然其他地方也有,新宿就有一个ビックロ(和Uniqlo合体的))然后晚上到涉谷。基本上东京第一天就这样,这里可以介绍一下去新宿御苑(樱花节和枫叶节时很漂亮,而且人不会很多因为入门费200円,不过日本人就会有很多。科科) 如果,不要去皇居的话,可以到上野公园(樱花季节是这里是爆满的,不过很漂亮!),秋天到的话可以到六义园。
第四天,我们是订了到富士山的当地旅行配套大约一个人300令吉。巴士从新宿/浜松町(JR 山手线有到,也有其他JR线会到)出发,当然也可以安排到酒店载送。有各种配套,比如温泉+御天场+富士山,或则是箱根+富士山一日游等。我们是选了箱根+富士一日游的配套,不过由于箱根下雨所以换成河口湖区(不过还是有上游轮,缆车)。富士山平常是不开放登山除了7-8月(还会有比赛),所以旅行社只会上到第5站。这里有一个小神社,可以求平安符;也有手信店,可以购买便宜的Kit Kat(如果你喜欢),大约三包1000円(比马来西亚便宜三倍)。 午餐有提供,而且是比较豪华的那一种。过后我们就去河口湖(富士五湖之一)乘坐游轮,这个时候就可以拍到富士山的照片(富士山天天都不一样所以有机会一定要来看看这座让日本人爱到死去活来的山)。我们是订一日游,所以6时左右就回去新宿/银座。 过后就到秋叶原报道,秋叶原电器街算是动漫天地,所以一定要来看看。这里可以有Gundam Cafe, AKB48的剧院,Animate/Gamers等等,还有Yodobashi-Akihabara(很大的电器店)。 如果有到新宿不妨到市镇厅拍照,因为也蛮漂亮的。
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待续

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

腐男好介绍 - 《LOVE STAGE!!》

终于来到第二个腐男好介绍了!刻刻
这个星期要介绍的作品是耽美作品中有名的一部,那就是影木荣贵原著和藏王大志作画的《LOVE STAGE!!》
两位老师在耽美和百合界里算是有名堂的,而且之前也有合作过。
故事讲述泉水(いずみ),小时候被明星父母逼代替女花童和男花童龙马(りょうま)一起拍广告。
十年后,因为拍摄广告受创成了宅男的泉水,又再次被逼和已经成为名人,而且深深爱着当年女花童的龙马拍摄婚纱广告。
这样的姻缘把两个人套在了一起。

虽然目前只有25话,不过《LOVE STAGE!!》在去年的夏季(2014)被改编成动画,一共10集+1集OVA。
而且影木荣贵老师也有出番外小说《BACK STAGE!!》讲述泉水哥哥,圣湖和玲的故事,去年正式改编成漫画目前有2话。
受(濑名泉水): 代永翼
攻(一条龙马): 江口拓也
攻(濑名圣湖): DAIGO
受(相乐玲): 平川大辅

这里要说哦,DAIGO是影木老师的真实弟弟,而且圣湖一角也是DAIGO给予灵感的(搜搜看,就会看到对比照的啦!)。
由于是歌手不是声优,所以各位要原谅DAIGO的演出哦!(虽然一开始时我很想揍他,过后发现他原来现实说话也是那样的。。。)

《LOVE STAGE!!》目前在角川书店的「CIEL」杂志上连载,每两个月更新一次。

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Game Weekend: Pokemon Shuffle

If you ever wanted a Candy Crush x Pokemon, look no further! Pokemon Shuffle is for you!
Pokemon Shuffle or ポケとる in Japan, is a Nintendo 3DS free to download game. It is a simple match 3 puzzle game and have 165 main stages, 20 expert stages and various special event stages added weekly (as of the writing of this post). Pokemons can be collected/captured and added to your selection against other new Pokemons. Mega-evolve Pokemons are also available in the game and have powerful attacks that clear the board. You get 1 heart every 30 minutes and the levels get progressively harder when you hit the higher ones.

Although the game is free to download and play, the downside is that the game is only available to the Nintendo 3DS console family, which could cost you anywhere from RM500-RM800 for one. But if you already have one, you should definitely check this game out!

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

#throwback anime - Free! Iwatobi Swim Club & Free! Eternal Summer!

This week's #throwback anime features Free! Iwatobi Swim Club and Free! Eternal Summer, a production of Kyoto Animation.
Free! Iwatobi Swim Club (Season 1) was released in summer 2013, while Free! Eternal Summer (Season 2) premiered in summer 2014. The franchise enjoyed relative popularity that expanded to multiple media such as radio shows, manga, light novels, drama CDs, multiple character songs CDs and other merchandises.
*This is only the character songs CDs for season 1!
The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. The first season story focus on the formation of the club and the eventual match with their rival school. The first season is more lighthearted with jokes, gags(especially on the male leads girly names), fan service and occasional shipping of the male leads (to please target audience group), but it does prepare the viewers a basic understanding of each character and their own struggles in growing up and apart.

In the second season, Haruka and co. is now in their third year and facing decisions regarding their future. The second season takes a more serious theme of making a decision for yourself and growing up to a young adult. It also explore some sports related themes such as injury and age in the sports world (only a little). It still keeps the occasional fan services but are more toned down.

Opening songs for both season is sung by OLDCODEX a JRock band with lead vocalist Tatsuhisa Suzuki (VA for Tachibana Makoto), while ending song is performed by the male leads VA band called "Style Five".

Cast includes:
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Tsubasa Yonaga
Daisuke Hirakawa
Mamoru Miyano
Here's a picture of them doing funny poses!
Overall it is an enjoyable boy's love sports anime. Hehe

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Gamer Weekend: Aura Kingdom

If you had read the previous post about Dragon Nest: Warrior's Dawn, you might have seen me mentioning Aura Kingdom. If you haven't you can check out the post here.
Aura Kingdom (幻想神域 or Fantasy Frontier), like Dragon Nest is an anime based MMORPG (Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game) developed by X-Legend and published by Aeria Games. Open beta started on 6th January 2014 and I started playing then. The game started with a level cap of 75 and content up to level 50 with 8 different classes. The game is free-to-play with an in game cash shop/item mall. The game main feature is the eidolon system where players are accompanied by summoned pets in the form of beautifully crafted deities and spirits. There are now a total of 12 playable classes, level 75 contents and a level cap of 80.

As with any other MMORPGs I played, I chose the Bard class (support/healer) as my main character and quickly started my adventure in the vast world of Aura Kingdom. The early levels of the game was fairly easy, you can easily reach level 50 within a few hours of game play, but after that leveling will start to slow down (as with any other games). The story that drives the players out from the small little port town Port Skandia and into a big war between the forces of good and evil is beautifully written (I cried when my character finish his level 60 quest to greet his hometown families and friends before the big battle T_T). The interface and controls are easy to understand and learn and stats distribution are easy.

Major downside of the game though are server issues, DDoS attacks, farming bots, and slow content updates. New content updates may take 2-3 months before implementing and that leave a lot of players nothing to do while waiting for new contents. Hence a trend of player surge during the first few weeks of a new content being released (I'm one of those guys now). But it is an enjoyable game and was one of the games that I truly enjoyed since Flyff. Do give this a try if you ever have the time and you might find yourself hooked. Cheers!

That's all.

Friday, March 27, 2015

Let’s watch Dragon Nest: Warrior’s Dawn

So this movie came out recently in SEA(Philippines to be precise), and I thought “let’s give this a try!”.

Dragon Nest is a MMORPG release back in 2010, I played the game for some time between my shift from Eden Eternal to Aura Kingdom back in 2014. It was instanced-base grinding, meaning there’s literally no mobs on the open field. Quest were quite easy and have a good story to run though with memorable NPCs. We also get some CG storytelling after completion of major quest. But like all MMORPG, it gets bored after reaching a certain level and grinding seems to take forever (Yes I quit the game).

Production of the film is by a Chinese-American film company, with most of the crew being Chinese. Animation is in its own league, pleasing to the eyes and voice acting was okay I guess. The main character Lambert has a quirky and childish style to it that brings out the charm of his character.

The story takes place during the Black Dragon Raid (50 years ago – pre-game), and is a story of Lambert and his master Barnac, joining with notable characters such as the Geriant, Argenta and other members of the Six Heroes. The premise and execution of the film has an uncanny resemblance to Lord of the Rings, just think of the black dragon as Sauron minus the ring part. We also get a bunch races allying with each other forming a party to slay Sauron black dragon. Yeah, get what I mean? Don’t expect too much and you will be fine I guess. But we do respect their guts of making 3(planned) films based on a MMORPG.

If you want ever want to watch Lord of the Rings: The Animation, do give this a try and maybe you will find yourself downloading the game client while you’re watching the movie. Hehe

That’s all.

*side note, the dragons looks more like griffins than dragons that is more popularly depicted.