Arigatou

I went to Japan last year. Feel free to visit my instagram to see more moments when I was there.

Japan gave me a lot of lessons, with the discipline, tidiness and how well-organized it is.

I was alone from Jakarta by the way, and what surprising is noone starred at me as a foreigner / loner / someone-who-wears-veil-as-a-muslim. I thought it'd be uncomfortable to represent my country / religion from what I'm wearing but it wasn't, it was comfortable otherwise. It gave me pleasure to show my roots through how I dress. Noone was underestimating, looking at me strange or anything else.

It wasn't difficult to travel alone in Japan. Google maps worked really fine and I made it from Narita Airport to Tokyo Station and then to Sendai Station, safely.

I prepared internet connection from Indonesia, I bought a Telkomsel roaming package from Traveloka and it worked really well, I was amazed.

My senior, Kak Asya, picked me up at Sendai Station, she also lended me a place to stay. She taught me how to get and use japanese tapcash, how to read bus schedule, and so much more. She is beyond kindhearted and everyone can always count on her, I believe.

I came to Japan for a short term visit program at Tohoku University. I was able to take classes there and did some lab experiments. For your information, it is necessary for me to do a research to be able to graduate and get a bachelor degree.

Anyway, it was an awesome experience in Japan, though I didn't visit a lot of places but it's still amazing to see a different part of the earth, other than my hometown country. I love seeing different cultures, listening to different languages, and feeling the different weathers.

The weather in Japan was very different from Indonesia, obviously. It was so cold in Japan, I experienced snow a few times and now it is very hot in Indonesia at the morning and just a slight cold at night because it usually rains from the evening. The transportations in Japan were very comfortable, whether bus, subway train, regular train, express train, everything is nicely organized.

My friend in Tohoku University told me that Japanese people loves simplicity, and you will only understand it when you see Japan for real.

Have you ever been to Japan?