Trip Mengejar Sakura - Day 1 - From Narita to Asakusa

Day 1 - 6th April 2014

Lepas amik baggage, kitorang proceed ke arrival hall ... plannye nak amik train ke Asakusa ... hostel tempat kitorang duduk tu mmg dekat sangat dengan Asakusa train station ... sebelum pegi aku dah survey train route siap2 kat website Hyperdia ... website ni senang nak gune sebab in english ... pastu banyak option kite bleh pilih kat situ, whether nak route with the shorter time, with less fare, etc etc

Info dari Hyperdia mentioned ade few train routes yg kitorang bleh amik utk masuk ke Tokyo ... ade yg direct ke Asakusa, ade yg kene stop and transfer kat certain stations ... disebabkan kitorang dengan beg troli bagai kan, so the best choice is amik yg non-stop direct ke Asakusa ... train ni namenye Narita Sky Access Express ... dekat arrival hall tu ade kaunter utk beli tiket train ... aku cakap kat org jaga kaunter tiket tu aku nak pegi Asakusa, terus die kasik direct tiket harga 1,280 yen one way per person ... akak jaga kaunter tu cakap ni direct train, no transfer and suh aku turun pi level B1 utk amik train ...

Train ticket

Time tu  baru kul 8.50 am and our train is at 9.29am ... banyak mase lagik utk pusing2 area situ ... tapinye nothing much to see so kitorang terus turun pi B1 ... bile dah turun bawah tuh agak jawdrop jugak la sebab ya allah havocnye kat situ .. org bersimpang siur tak putus2 ... masing2 dengan beg besar ke hulu ke hilir ... lom campur yg dok queue panjang berjela2 nak beli tiket ... kitorang blur2 tak tau mane nak tuju dalam selautan manusia tu... last2 pegi information kaunter mintak direction ... rupenye kalau jalan ke depan sket dari tempat kitorang turun escalator tu, ade je penunjuk arah nak pegi platform amik train yg kitorang nak naik tu ...

Kitorang follow signboard menghala ke arah sky access line, then terus jumpe ticket gate ... pass the gate sesambil slot the ticket ( yg ni pun terkial2 nak lepas) , then kene turun another level down ... kat bawah tu baru the actual train platform ... train akan sampai kat platform 1

Dekat platform ni ade dua train yg akan stop.. satu Narita Sky Access Express yg kitorang nak naik ni, then another one is Skyliner Airport Express ... yg ni mcm express train rasenye , berenti kat Ueno station (kot?) ... rupe pun dah mcm shinkansen saje

Ade designated door signs for both trains... so that org tak mix up ... Skyliner ade assigned seat, Access Express bleh duduk sesedap rase

Timetable for  both trains ... the one in orange is for Access Express, blue for Skyliner

Mase tengah tunggu our train tu, the Skyliner dtg dulu ... nampak comfy and best ... too bad this cost a whole lot more than the normal train

Our train is approaching

Rupe paras dalam Access Express tu ... same mcm subway train jer

Dari Narita ke Asakusa took us about 1 hour by train ... dekat Asakusa, train tu berenti kat Toei Asakusa Line .. kat Asakusa station ni ade dua line train stop kat sini, Metro Ginza and Toei Asakusa ... dari hostel kitorang tu,  both are within 2-3 minutes walking ... sangat convenient for us ...

Sampai Asakusa, kitorang menapak terus ke hostel ... seb baik tak sesat sebab kitorang dah survey jalan nak pi  hostel tu sesiap ... kitorang duduk Khaosan Tokyo Original ... sebab takleh nak check in lagik, so kitorang letak beg dulu, buat payment semua then terus keluar memburu sakura di Sumida Park ...