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 Travel with ease in Tokyo using - `PASMO’ 

Getting around amongst the millions of people in Tokyo can be a daunting task but you need not worry with this convenient `Pasmo’ card! Pasmo is a top-up commuter pass which can be used on subway, JR trains and buses in Tokyo. This one card can be topped up with a maximum of 20,000 yen at one time and to use just swipe it past the sensor on the end of the ticket gate on your way through. You don’t even have to take it out of your wallet!! Some convenient stores also accept this card for payment of goods as well as vending machines. 

This means that you don’t have to worry about working out how much each trip costs, fiddling with the ticket machine and navigating the station at the same time. To top up this card, all you have to do is look for the ticket machine with the Pasmo symbol, enter the card, it will give you options of how much to add, for example 1,000 yen – 20,000 yen, press the amount you wish to add and then enter your money (change is given). 

Before you return home, hand this card back into the staff at the station and receive a refund of 500 yen which is the value of the card. 

I thoroughly recommend using this while in Tokyo as it is a stress-free way method to getting to those tourist attractions and shopping hubs with ease!!

Now, you can purchase these passes in our store. For more information, please contact one of our very friendly staff!

By lunch time, we were at Bokka no Sato, a farm style outdoor theme park.

As you can see, there are lots of flower gardens, farm animals and even a church for outdoor weddings!

 Our lunch was BBQ, and yes, this is all for me.
  

 With our bib on, we were all ready to tuck in. 

 Lunch did come with complimentary soft serve, made from milk from this farm. I was told from our guide that if you come to Bokka no Sato, you must try the soft serve or the coffee flavoured milk. After much consideration, I decided to do some souvenir shopping instead. Prospect of having milky substance after a heavy lunch, and then going to a coach for 2 hours was not pretty.

After waving Nakata-san (Director of Bokka no Sato), we also said our goodbyes toKanazawa and Takayama, what a trip it was. Until my next big adventure, matane!

Ume

The next day started off with a relaxing stroll of the morning markets. 

If ONLY I did not try everything at the breakfast buffet, I would have tried this.

It is called Owara Tamaten, Japanese style marshmallow you can only purchase here. It is made by firstly making a meringue, then hardening it by agar agar. Then, it is coated by egg wash and fried until golden. My travel company tried one and told me that it was extremely rich. Well maybe next time. 

Locals chillin’ out.

There are two morning markets in Takayama. This one, mainly comprises of fresh fruits and handicrafts, much like our own flea markets, the way it used to be. Here, housewives of Takayama proudly sell their speciality.