Trip to Japan (2nd Part)

The next day, after a fast bath, I went to eat my breakfast with my father because my mother was still continued packing our clothes. Meanwhile, my brother is still fast asleep. After half an hour, we got into the bus and went to another city. On the way, I saw many unique buildings and also we crossed some long bridges and sometimes we have to go through a long some underground tunnels that connected each major island.

Japan was divided into four large major islands. Those four are Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. There are also thousands of other smaller islands around the 4 major islands. Japan’s population is about 127 million people whose crowded and makes Japan who called themselves Nippon or Nihon as the most densely populated country in the world. Nippon or Nihon means source of the sun. Mountains and hills covered most of Japan, making it a country of great beauty, but also took up so much area that the great majority of the people live on a small portion of the land. The largest city in Japan is Tokyo. Japan is one of the world’s economic giants. Life in Japan reflects the culture of both of the East and the West. Although most Japanese wore Western-style clothing, many women still dressed in the Japanese traditional clothes, the kimono. Kimono often used for festival and other special occasions. Farmland is limited in Japan because mountains and hills cover most of the country. The favorite sports in Japan are sumo exhibition and baseball games. Golf is also a popular sport in Japan. Okay, enough of short story about Japan. Now back to the main story.

After 3 hours of traveling, we are finally arrived in a small and old styled Japanese hotel. After checking in, we went to an entertainment park on the mountain. We played for more than 4 hours and also bought souvenirs. Some of the ride couldn’t be operated because of the bad weather and strong winds. After we satisfied, we went down the mountain and go to a restaurant to eat dinner. After dinner, we went to a mall for a short while to buy some snacks and then go back to our hotel. We prepared everything for tomorrow such as the clothes, jacket, taking only the needed things and packing the rest of the worn clothes, and after we were ready to sleep, we went to sleep.


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Trip to Japan (1st Part)

In December 2007, my family and I went to Japan. At that time, I did not know any Japanese word at all. The only word I knew is “Arigatou”, which means “Thank You”.

I woke up at 4 o’clock in the morning. Then I took a shower. After that, I ate my breakfast. At 5 o’clock, my family and I went to the airport. We arrived at the airport at 6 o’clock and after waiting for one and a half hour, our plane has landed and we went in to the airplane. After a short while, the plane started to move and after that, it took off.

We had to transit in Bali first. The flight from Surabaya to Bali took about 45 minutes then we have to wait for an hour for our next plane and after the plane arrived, we get in the plane then the plane took off soon after. Next stop, Izumi Sano Airport (KIX), Japan!

The flight took about 5 hours flight. When the plane landed safely and parked at the platform, we went out from the airplane and went to the baggage area to take our luggage. After that, we took our luggage and walked outside and it was very cold that you could even see your own breath. Then we called a Taxi to our hotel to put our luggage first. Soon after that, we, who were in a tour, went to the mall first to eat dinner. The first day went by fast because almost of the time has been taken by the flight.

The second day, we went to a place called “Universal Studios”. The Universal Studio in Japan made a lot of good film and also for subbing and dubbing the foreign films to Japanese. After that, we went to a small restaurant. In there, we ate Japanese traditional foods. It was really good but sadly some of them are raw food; such as sushi and sashimi. We went to a shopping district soon after that. We bought some snacks there to fill our stomach when we’re hungry. After that, we went to a mall and bought some books and of course its’ language was English so we won’t be bored. After dinner, we went back to our hotel and start packing because tomorrow we are going to another city and staying in another hotel. Then we went to sleep.



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