They went places - Day 5

I basically had no rest the whole week my brother was in Japan. Even when the "mbah" group chose to rest, my brother would insisted on me taking him somewhere. I tried suggesting him to go out on his own, but he dared only to go to Gyotoku alone. Whenever he needed to take a train, he would ask me to be his guide.

So, on day 5, we went to Mitaka, to Ghibli Museum. But the ticket was sold out, so we could only viewed the outer part. I did not know my brother's planned schedule in advance so I dared not bought his ticket in advance. Anyway, the good thing was my brother managed to view some sakura in Mitaka - a bit early compared to Gyotoku.

We went to Shinjuku after that, to buy tickets to go to Hakone. After the guy behind the Tourist information counter assured us that the weather in Hakone was expected to be fine the following day, we bought Hakone Freepasses for the next day there and then. We planned on taking the Odakyu Romance Car on our way there and taking the normal train on our way back. Mak wanted to give my two aunts a taste of taking a shinkansen (bullet train) ride. While the Romance Car was not exactly a shinkansen, at least the inner looked like one, so we thought it would be nice to take one to go to Hakone. Hoping to beat the peak time, we decided to take one departing from Shinjuku at 7.28 a.m. - and what an adventure it turned out to be to ensure we didn't miss it.

And here're some photos of Huzaifah for those who wonder how my son looks like now

He turned 7 months today - and at 70cm high, I often get comments that he's tall for his age..