Taikang Lu | Shanghai

The place at Taikan Lu groups small shop. There are a lot of nifty gadget at most shops.

food | Shanghai

On the last day, my friend took me a Shanghai food restaurant.
I enjoyed the dinner. In particular, crab fried rice was delicious.

Yuyuan | Shanghai

The Yuyuan is one of the most famous sight in Shanghai, according to my guidebook...
The child in the picture was so cute. I don't know why, but I felt a sense of nostalgia. I must have seen the similar ride.

Flair | Shanghai

My friend took me the bar, Flair is located at 58th floor at the Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong.
This night view was amazing!

Bicycle Tour | Shanghai

My friend and I participated  in a bicycle tour of China Cycle Tours. The tour took us to lots of iconic sights in Shanghai. At first, I felt it was a little bit dangerous because the traffic rules in Shanghai was chaotic for me. It was true, it was as chaos as I was expected. I saw few road accidents.
However, it was amazing tour.  I was very pleased with the tour.

The picture below, I took it when I rode in a ferry during the tour.

Our tour course :
- French Concession
- Cite Bourgogne
- Xintiandi
- Tianzifang(Taikang Road)
- ZhouEnlai`s Residence
- Antique Market on Dongtai Road
- Shanghai Old Streets
- Shanghai Confucius Temple
- Binjiang Avenue
- Nanjing Road
- People`s Square

Kiva

I made 3 loans. It's my the 43th loan.
By the way, Kiva provide a Kiva gift card. What do you think to send a gift card at Christmas gift?

DIN TAI FUNG (鼎泰豐) | Shanghai

The Din Tai Fung is located in the Shanghai world financial center. My friend took me there.

This restaurant was selected as one of the top 10 best restaurants all over the world by New York Times in 1993. I didn't know but it's okay since it's a little bit of an old story.

After dinner, my friend said that the Din Tai Fung is in Japan too. I've never been there but when I get a chance, I want to go there.

Shantang street | Sozhou

I got a bicycle taxi near the Lingering Garden and went to the Shantang street. The area had a very quaint street and was surrounded by a waterway. I guess if the water of the waterway is clear, it is a better place.

The picture below are interesting carvings. They are cheerful faces.

bonsai | Suzhou

 "Bonsai" is a Japanese term, what's it in English? It's a miniature potted tree, right? Here I use the word "bonsai".
There were a lot of bonsai in the Lingering Garden. There were amazing.
The best bonsai for me is shown below. It's "the Bonsai with Dragon-shaped trunk". It seems like to me...

Lingering Garden | Suzhou

The Lingering Garden is a classical chinese garden. It's a famous World Heritage Site.
I was looking forward to visit here, so, I looked around slowly in the Lingering Garden.

bullet train | Suzhou（苏州）

Day 2, I went to Suzhou alone because my friend had to work.

It took about 35 minutes from Shanghai to Suzhou by bullet train. The deluxe seat and the normal seat had almost the same price. So I bought the deluxe seat and I could sit in front of the cockpit.

I bought a normal seat ticket on the way back.

tower | Shanghai

Talking about Shanghai, I have an image of the oriental pearl tower, it's a TV tower.

I met my friend at Luziazui station. His office is near this station. After going out of the subway, the TV tower was in front of me. I was very surprised. Moreover, I turned around, I could also see the World Financial Center and the Jin Mao tower.

    Height          Name

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    492.0m    Shanghai World Financial Center

    468.0m    Oriental Pearl Tower

    420.5m    Jin Mao Tower

Maglev Train | Shanhai

Shanghai Maglev Train reaches maximum speed of 430kph!!

I expected the speed to be 430kph, but it only reached 300kph... I was disappointed.

However the speed was 430km on the way back! I was lucky.

Just for your information, you get a discount upon purchase of your maglev ticket, you show your air ticket.

Narita airport | Shanghai

I usually take a bus when I go to Narita airport. But this time I took a train, the NEX which has a single route, that is the airport.

APEC summit is being held in Japan. So, I heard that there is sudden traffic regulations near the airport. And I thought that using bus can cause substantial delay. I confirmed it to the bus company and a stuff said that they're thinking a few hours delay.

This is a picture of small lounge in Narita airport. There were several types of drinks free, so I had a cup of cappuccino.

I took Japan Airline (JAL) using a mileage points, so my air ticket was free.

I'm home!

I came back home from Shanhai yesterday. There's a lot of interests!!

I took a lot of pictures. I'm sorting out. I want to share that on this blog.

onset of a cold

I've had onset of a cold for a few days. So I got enough sleep and took medicine. Now I got over my cold.

I know it can be difficult to get enough sleep regularly when you're busy, but you take care not to catch a cold.

Shanghai

My friend who was my classmate as a graduate school has been living in Shanghai since this summer. I want to take advantage of having a free time to meet him, so I'm going to go to Shanghai in the middle of this month. I'm looking forward to it.

I saw a guidebook of Shanghai today. According to this guidebook, it's a season to eat Shanghai hairy crab. I want to eat it! Also, I want to go to Suzhou. It takes about one hour from Shanghai to Suzhou by train. Suzhou is famous for gardens designated as world heritage sites.