Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea is near to Maihama Station (舞浜駅). Perhaps Maihama means Miami Beach where the Walt Disney World is. (Mai likes Miami, Hama=Beach)

Tokyo Disneyland Hotel.

The entrance of Tokyo Disneyland. There are many characters.

What you can see in Tokyo Disneyland at first is “World Bazaar.” Full of goods shops!

Mr. Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, and the symbol of the park, Cinderella castle. This is the main photo spot.

So many kawaii costumes…!!! Disney Halloween is funny!

The parade has started! Disney all stars appear!

　
After the parade over, let’s walk around the park and attractions.

Flavored popcorn’s outdoor stands are the staple of Tokyo Disneyland.

Tokyo Disneyland has Halloween special parade as well.

At night, Halloween’s decorations are stand out more.

Night parade “Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Dreamlights” is the main event of the park.

The interesting day passed quickly…

Tokyo Disneyland Halloween season is really recommendable, but in weekends, the park is usually full and the gates are closed. So I recommend to visit there on weekdays.

Sanrio Puroland has opened since 1990. It is run by the Sanrio company, and hosts various musicals, restaurants, attractions, gift shops, and theme rides using popular characters. The theme park lost money during its first three years, owing to operational foul-ups and a temporary lull in Hello Kitty’s popularity.

The entrance of Sanrio Puroland. It takes about a hour from the central of Tokyo.

Tickets and guide books.

Sanrio Puroland has four floors, and the main attraction spaces are the first and second floor. These spaces are designed in the image of fairy tales.

Sanrio characters’ entertainment shows are held several times per day.

Aww, Kitty’s house…so PINK!!!

Kitty’s family car. Kawaii!

The inside of Kitty’s house. I got really excited!!!

Sanrio Puroland’s cafeterias have many kawaii things…

I ordered Kitty’s waffle. Napkins and straws are Kitty’s design as well!!!

Sanrio characters monument in Japanese style.

There are many many kawaii things… These are My Melody’s ice cream machines.

Hello Kitty’s pop corn machine.

Hello Kitty goods by Eva Air. Eva Air has Hello Kitty airplanes in Japan-Taiwan routes.

The main event of Sanrio Puroland is the parade “Believe.”

Kitty’s boyfriend, Daniel appeared!

Daniel dances with other characters!

Finally! Kitty is here!

Bye bye Kitty! See you next time!

I would like to introduce super kawaii Sanrio goods next time…!!!

★Sanrio Puroland (サンリオピューロランド)
TEL: +81-42-339-1111
1-31 Ochiai Tama-city Tokyo 206-8588 JAPAN
Official Website: www.puroland.jp (Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean)

To Nagaoka, it takes about two hours from Tokyo by shinkansen. Around the gate of shinkansen’s platform is always full of many people.

I bought an Ekiben (駅弁) that is a boxed meal sold at stations and on trains. This is my certain routine before I get on shinkansen. Ekiben is one of the attractions of domestic travel in Japan, and there are hundreds of ekiben in Tokyo Station.

Ekiben is ready. OK, let’s hit the road!

This shinkansen was all booked. Everybody is going to Nagaoka Matsuri.

Let’s dig in! Eating ekiben (and sometimes with can of beer) in shinkansen is the best thing to do.

Here we are!

Nagaoka Matsuri is held in the Shinano River (信濃川), and it takes about 15 minutes from Nagaoka Station by taxi or bus. Nagaoka is crowded with fireworks-goer, so I recommend that you arrive in plenty of time so that you would not be rushed. On this day, about 430,000 people visited here.

Nagaoka Matsuri charges for the riverside area.

Reddening, and indigo bluing sky…

WOW! Fireworks have started!

The sky is full of beautiful fireworks. What a dreamy scene… Our thoughts and prayers extend to sufferers at this time.

The fantastic time is over. Let’s all go home.

This firework display will be held on the same day next year again.