Keisei Skyliner

Hello Japan, tadaima! (I'm back!) 

I was so happy to be back on this beautiful country. The for the second time around, I took the Keisei Skyliner on my way to Tokyo from the airport. This is a top of the range high-speed train that operates between Narita Airport and Ueno (downtown Tokyo) offering a comfortable and efficient ride. 

This is my first time taking this mode of transportation in Japan. The last time I was here last year with my friends, we took the Limousine Bus going to Tokyo. Limo Bus is a bit expensive, so if you have plenty of cash with you, then go for it. 😊

(Pickup counter for Keisei Skyliner ticket booked via Klook at the Narita Terminal 2 Station)

After getting my luggage I went to find the counter of Keisei Skyliner ticket and this is what the confusing part is. The voucher ticket I had with says, Narita International Airport Terminal 2: International Arrival Lobby Central Building HIS Counter (1/F). And when I asked around the ground staff at the airport lead me to the actual ticketing office of Skyliner. When I got there the staff told me that the address I had with in my hands were different from theirs. I need to get the coupon at the address written on my booking e voucher, then after that I need to go back to the Skyliner ticketing office to get the actual ticket for my train ride. Confusing right?! Especially for first-time/first solo travel.

(Klook ticket voucher)

I'm so glad I can speak a little bit of Nihonggo so it wasn't that hard for me after all. After a minute, found the counter, took a photo of it, so you won't get confused like myself Minasan. After getting my coupon, I proceeded to the ground floor to get my actual Skyliner ticket at their ticketing office.

( Routing map of Skyliner )

I decided to take this because is it fast and a bit cheaper from the rest of transportation available going to downtown Tokyo and my hotel accommodation is one station away from Ueno. So, I don’t need to travel far. I just have to get off at Ueno and walk a few minutes away to take the Hibiya Line going to Iriya Station where my hostel is located.

(There are a lot of sign and entrance going to the subway station at the Narita Terminal 2. If you are taking the Skyliner this is the entrance you need to go in, so make sure to keep this photo and sign in mind.)

If you wish to take this ride on your visit to Japan, make sure you booked a head online through Klook , it’s cheaper online. Skyliner not only offer travel in comfort and style with dedicated luggage space for your bags. It also offers unlimited wifi-access while you’re on board, just make sure to ask for the password at the Keisei counter.

( Me on-board )

Other related blog post: 

• The Kanda Used Book Festival in Jimbocho
• Keisei Skyliner
• Instagrammable spot in Shibuya Tokyo 
• Sensoji Temple in Asakusa at Night 
• Kawagoe The Little Edo Town in the Modern day Japan
• The Travelling Hopia
• Arakurayama Sengen Park 
• Nezu Shrine in Tokyo Bunkyo Ward
• The Meiji Shrine
• Mount Fuji

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Chihayafuru: Kami No Ku Premiere in the Philippines

The Japan Foundation of Manila together with the Japan Embassy in the Philippines held their annual EIGASAI (Japanese Film) in the Philippines. This year marks their 21st Eigasai in the country from Jul. 4 to Aug. 26, everyone can enjoy because it’s FREE. Screenings nationwide, Manila, Cebu, Bacolod, Naga, and Davao. 

This year’s edition offers diverse genres of Japanese films and I am personally excited to watch Chihayafuru, an anime adaptation of the manga with the same title, written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu and serialized in the magazine Be Love. This manga won the second Manga Taishou award, and the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in the shoujo category. Chihayafuru become so known that it boosted interest in competitive “Karuta”, a Japanese card game. The manga has sold over 4.5 million copies and has been praised for combining the elements of sports and literature. Because of its popularity in manga world a live-action film adaptation titled Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku was released on March 19, 2016, second film released on April 29, 2016. The third  installment of this film has been released on March 17th, 2018. 

Not only the Chihayafuru: Kami No Ku film I was personally excited about, but also the fact the writer and director behind this famous film was also present at the first opening of Eigasai in Manila. I was extremely thrilled for the opportunity to meet the man of the hour and also having the chance to take a selfie with Japan's famous and award-winning Director Norihiro Koizumi. He also signed my Egasai pamphlet. Whatta! Happy day for me! 

Just in case  you wonder here is Chihayafuru: Kami No Ku Plot: 

Chihaya Ayase is a girl who has spent most of her life simply supporting her sister in her model career. That changes when she meets a boy named Arata Wataya a talented karuta player who recognizes Chihaya's potential to become a great player. As Chihaya takes on a new dream of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends as they grow up. Now in high school, Chihaya still continues to play karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again.

Upside Down Museum

If you’re looking for a place in the Metro to spend your weekend or holidays with your family and friends and don’t know where to? Check out Upside Down Museum in Pasay City, located at Boom Na Boom Grounds CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd, Pasay Metro Manila.

This place is awesomely entertaining and fun and the perfect Instagrammable spot in the Metro. The Museum features 15 themes with a 1700 sq. foot illusion museum with upside down, leaning, floating & giant exhibits. And if your flying solo and don’t know how to get the perfect picture, worry no more because the museum has several staff roaming around the area to take your photo and its free and they are good at getting that perfect shot. This is the second Upside Down Museum in Asia, after the one in Malaysia. So, what are you waiting for? Come visit and have fun!

🚗HOW TO GO HERE:🚗

*Via Private Vehicle*

🚘Wazeable

*Via Public Transportation*

🚘From Buendia, ride a Multicab bound to MOA: Php8.00Drop off Boom na Boom Grounds, in front of World Trade Center

💃Go inside Boom na Boom Grounds and locate a black/ peach building: That’s Upside Down Museum! 

Entrance Fees:

📍Regular Price: Php480.00

📍Below 3yrs old: FREE

🎉Birthday Treat: Free!! 

Validity period: Birthday or Birthweek

Bring Valid ID showing Date of Birthday

📍For more info, visit: Upside Down Museum Official Website

📍Locker Rental: Php50.00

☎Contact:

• Opening Hours: 11AM- 9AM, Closed on Mondays

• Land Line: 02 834 8997

• Cell Phone: 0917 877 8798

• Email: upsidedownph@gmail.com

• Facebook Page: Upside Down Museum

Please note that prices written here may change without prior notice.

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Park Bo Gum Humble Beginning From 2011 up to Present Time

Over the span of 3 years since his stardom in Reply 1988. Park Bogum’s popularity have reached international audience obtaining him as one of the Hallyu Star and Korea’s most lovable actor in his generation.😍

Have you ever wondered how he started and on what drama and TV series this actor’s give his great performances that perhaps you might have missed in his previous works?🤔🤔🤔

Allow me to take you back from his humble beginning in acting since he started in 2011😉.

🔴2011🔴

🔹BLIND (Movie🎥)🔹

⭐Park Bo Gum entered the public eye in 2011, when he made his acting debut as Min Dong-hyun in the crime-thriller film Blind. The role of Kim Ha-neul‘s troublemaking younger brother suited 18-year-old Park Bo Gum’s handsome, youthful looks then.

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🔴_2012_🔴

🔹Runaway Cop (Movie🎥)🔹

⭐In 2012, Park Bo Gum played the younger version of Kang Ji-hwan‘s character in the action-comedy film Runway Cop. In this role, 19-year-old Park Bo Gum showed off his spunky charms and toned physique.

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🔹HERO (Drama📺)🔹

⭐He also made his small-screen debut through OCN’s drama, ‘Hero’ as Kang Dong Woo.

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🔹BRIDAL MASK (Drama📺)🔹

⭐ On the same year, Park Bo Gum also appeared in a minor character in the historical drama Bridal Mask wherein he played as the younger brother of the female lead. And even though he was the same age in Bridal Mask as he was in Runway Cop, his mature role made him appear older.

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🔹STILL PICTURE (Drama📺)🔹

⭐His small-screen career continued in 2012 by appearing in a special drama from KBS2, ‘Still Picture’.

🔴_2013_🔴

🔹WONDERFUL MAMA (Drama📺)🔹

⭐His small-screen career continued in 2013 by appearing in a special drama SBS drama, ‘Wonderful Mama’ as Go Young-joon. He played as the youngest child, a mama's boy, a playboy high-school student on the series.

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🔴_2014_🔴

🔹CANTABILE TOMORROW (Drama📺)🔹

⭐2014 was definitely the start of his rise. The actor’s fascinating acting as a talented cellist, Lee Yoon Ho in Cantabile Tomorrow earned him a nomination for Best New Actor in KBS Drama Awards on the same year.

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🔹THE ADMIRAL: ROARING CURRENTS (Movie🎥)🔹

⭐It is also worth to note that Park Bo Gum continuously displayed great performances on big-screen through two successful movies on that year, "A Hard Day", which was screened at The Cannes Film Festival and ‘The Admiral: Roaring Currents’ that set records in Korea.

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🔹A Hard Day (Movie🎥)🔹

🔹TWINKLE-TWINKLE PITTER-PATTER (Short Film🎥)🔹

⭐He also appeared in a short film "Twinkle-Twinkle Pitter-Patter on the same year.

🔴_2015_🔴

🔹HELLO MONSTERS (Drama📺)🔹

⭐2015 was the break-out for Park Bo Gum. Not only did he win the Popularity Award and Best-Supporting actor for his role as Jung Sun Ho in drama, "HELLO MONSTER", and a cameo on "The Producers" he also participated in another movie which was screened at Cannes Film Festival, "Coin Locker Girl".

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🔹COIN LOCKER GIRL (Movie🎥)🔹

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🔹THE PRODUCERS (Drama📺)🔹

🔹Reply 1988 (Drama📺)🔹

⭐His successful run continued until the end of 2015 as he landed the role of Choi Taek in tvN’s "Reply 1988". It cannot be denied that the drama was indeed his milestone as it became a HUGE HIT in Korea.

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🔴_2016 _🔴

🔹 MOONLIGHT DRAWN BY CLOUDS (Drama📺)🔹

⭐Gaining success from ‘Reply 1988’ didn’t stop him to rise higher. His incredible performance in historical drama, "Moonlight Drawn by Clouds" as Crown Prince Lee Young, did not only receive great response in Korea, but also managed to captivate the heart of K-drama fans from all over the world. In addition to "Moonlight" success, Park Bo Gum also magnified his title as one of the hottest rising actors in Korea by taking home numerous awards throughout the year.

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After the huge success of Moonlight Park Bo Gum decided to step back a little. He finished school and focus on doing commercials, hosting gigs and fan meetings around the globe.

🔴_2016 & 2017 _🔴

🔹 WORLD TOUR🔹

⭐He embarked on his first Asia-wide fan meeting tour in the tail-end of 2016, visiting eight cities and meeting more than 30,000 fans in the continent's East and Southeast regions until March 2017.

🔴_2018 _🔴

🔹 ENCOUNTER (Drama📺)🔹

⭐After a two-year hiatus, he returned in the small screen with romantic-melodrama Encounter (2018) alongside Song Hye-kyo. He plays a freewheeling, ordinary young man who finds joy in the simplest things.

🔴_2019 _🔴

🔹 SEO BOK(Movie🎥) 🔹

🔹 BLOOMIN (Single)🔹

⭐In 2019, Park was cast in the science fiction thriller film Seo Bok in the title role. The same year, Park released his first Japanese single "Bloomin".

🔴_2020 _🔴

🔹BLUE BIRD (Album)🔹

🔹 A RECORD OF YOUTH (Drama📺)🔹

🔹WONDERLAND (Movie🎥)🔹

⭐In 2020, he release his first Japanese album Blue Bird in March. The same year, he was cast in the youth drama A Record of Youth as a model who is shifting to an acting career and Wonderland

⭐Park Bogum’s humble beginning is truly remarkable and admirable. It is also nice to note that even after his stardom he remains humble and still one of Korea’s most lovable actor.❤❤❤

(🌸Source: Wikipedia, The Seoul Story and Koreaboo🌸)

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Pinto Art Museum

Finally ticking Pinto Art Museum off my bucket list. Known as one of the most popular tourist destinations to visit in Rizal. Pinto Art Museum is the perfect gateway for anyone who wants to experience arts and nature in one.   My place is 25 minutes away from this place but took me awhile to visit here. I’m glad I finally made it with my best friends. 

 

If you’re into social media and a fan of posting OOTD’s I suggest you bring someone with you. Be it your friends, family or special someone, but if your good at taking selfies alone then your good to go. 

This place is super IG worthy! No wonder why every millennial I know, would go gaga over this place flooding their soc-med with pictures. You will see Greek architecture with white color everywhere. 

Pintô Art Museum is a private museum dedicated to the exhibition and study of Philippine contemporary art. Its name, Pintô, comes from the Filipino vernacular word for door or doorway and signifies the role of the institution as a threshold of the mind to aesthetic consciousness and cultural awareness. The museum's philosophy is defined by its founder and patron, renowned Filipino neurologist and medical educator Joven Cuanang, who began collecting the pieces from the early 1990s to the present. Later his extensive collection was formally presented to the public with the opening of the museum in 2010, as stated on their website. 

Sits on a 1.3 hectare and home to Philippine contemporary art and shelter artists from all walks of life. Pinto Art Museum is located at 1 Sierra Madre St., Grand Heights Rd, Antipolo, Rizal. 

Inside you’ll find Chapel, Café, galleries, gardens and museum shops. They are open from Tuesday through Sunday, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. The museum is CLOSED on MONDAYS. They are open during holidays (as long as it’s not a Monday.) 

How to get here: 

There are various ways of getting here 

🚗By car / private vehicle: 🚗 

1. From Quezon City, go to Aurora Boulevard and take the route going to Marikina. Drive along Marcos Highway heading to Antipolo. 

2. Turn right on Felix Avenue (the corner with Robinson’s Metro East & Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall). 

3. Turn left when you reach Ortigas Avenue Extension. 

4. Turn left at the rotunda leading to either Antipolo or Taytay Diversion Road. 

5. Follow the Ortigas Avenue Extension road which will eventually become L. Sumulong Memorial Circle. 

6. There will be a small sign on the right side of the road pointing to Grand Heights and Pinto Art Museum 

🚉By public transportation (coming from Cubao):🚉 

1. Take the LRT Line 2 and get off at the Santolan Station 

2. Take a jeepney or FX bound for Antipolo (look for jeepneys bound for Antipolo-Simbahan-Junction or Antipolo-Shopwise), Tanay (Tanay-Antipolo), or Teresa. 

3. Get off at Ynares Center. 

4. Ride a tricycle and ask the driver to drop you at Grand Heights Subdivision 

🚌By public transportation (coming From Ortigas area):🚌 

1. Ride a jeep/FX going to Antipolo (there is a jeepney terminal at the Greenfield District area and an FX terminal at SM Megamall Parking area). Estimated fare is P45. 

2. Once you reach the Ynares Center, take a tricycle and ask the driver to take you to Grand Heights Subdivision. 

3. At the guard house, tell them you’re going to the museum. 

🚫Gentle reminder: Tips and Useful Info:🚫 

❌No food or pets are allowed. 

❌Smoking is strictly prohibited inside the museum. 

❌No flash photography. 

❌NO Changing clothes allowed inside the museum. 

❌ Children can visit Pinto Art Museum as long as they are accompanied by an adult inside the premises at all times. 

❌ Pinto Art Museum reserves the right to remove from the premises persons deemed unruly by management. 

⭕Entrance Fee as of April 7, 2018⭕ 

Adult Php 200.00 Senior Citizen/PWD Php 180.00 Student with valid School ID Php 100.00. 

3 years old below (FREE)✔✔✔ 

Price may change without prior notice.

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