Trip to Japan (7th Part)

Today I woke up a little late because today will be the day we’ll return to Indonesia. It was nice to be in Japan but we also wanted to go home. Well, I like to go home quickly because I was already very tired, want to make my puzzle and also finish my homework. My brother refers to play at home and watching television. I don’t know my mother and father want but I think they’re also tired and want to relax at home where there’s nothing to stop them to relax all day long but a phone call and a guest that visit us. Well, after taking a shower, my family and I went down to the lobby to eat our breakfast like the previous days. After eating, my mother went back to our room to continue packing. While waiting, I played my PSP and my brother play my NDS. Oh, I forgot to tell you that I brought my PSP and NDS with me all the time. I brought it but my mom always keep it and only take it out when we’re in the bus or when waiting for the other family to get into the bus or finished shopping because it will be pointless if my brother and I only play and didn’t see the beauty of Japan. Then, after my mother returned, we get into the bus and with the other families we went to some shopping districts for the last time. It was still around 11 o’clock in the morning, so, we can satisfy ourselves and seeing around to releasing our tiredness. We ate hamburgers in lunch time and buy some manga, Japanese comic, and other books in some bookstore. Then we went around the shopping district for about 45-50 minutes and then we went back to the hotel. We rest for some hours because we’re going to go home at 10 o’clock.

We got up at around 5 o’clock. Then we take a shower and followed by eating dinner. After dinner we took our baggage down to the lobby and then we checked out from the hotel. After checking out, we put our luggage in the baggage area and then off we go to the airport. We arrived at the airport at around 8 o’clock. After my mom checked in our baggage, we went to the waiting area. There we bought some snacks and then we went into the waiting room. After waiting for one and a half hours, our plane has finally arrived. We waited for the passenger to empty the plane so we can get in.

At 10 o’clock, we went in the plane and the plane took off after around 20-30 minutes. After 9hours of sleep in the plane, we finally arrived in Surabaya at 7 o’clock in the morning.

Trip to Japan (6th Part)

The next morning, I hurried get off from my bed and running to the bathroom and get a shower first when my father, mother and brother still asleep. After I finished my bath, my father was already got up and waiting for me to finish my bath. And then I went to change my clothes from pajamas to outdoor clothes and then I went down to the lobby first to eat my breakfast. I thought that I would be the first one to get up early and have my breakfast first than other family, but it appear that there’re several families that already in a queue line, some still ate their breakfast, and some already finished their breakfast. So, I thought that it’s my only family that hasn’t ready yet. But, there’re some families that still haven’t finished packing and one of them still sleeping. So, our departure was a bit late off from the scheduled time. We’re supposed to depart at 09.00 A.M. and arrived at around 10.30 AM. But we departed at around 9.45 and arrived at around 11.15 AM. So our time in the park to enjoyed playing was decreased thanks to those families. Though I had some regrets at that time but it was good that it end up with a good ending.

There are a lot of haunted house in the Disney Sea area and the scariest one is a building where you will ride a ride and the ride will took you to the top of the building and you will be dropped from around 4 floor height without any signals or whatsoever. Thank God that it wasn’t me that ride it but my cousin that came to Japan in the October (around Halloween) told me about it and also warned me that if I ride it, your heart will be stopped. Although it was just a joke, I already could imagine the feeling of being dropped from around 4 floors from the ground (around 12 meters) without any warning or signals. Next, there’re a lot of show like dolphin show and other show that sea thematically. We played until dawn and started to look for restaurants so we could eat dinner. After dinner, there was a night parade and we must watch it for around 1 hour because the exit was being used as the entrance of the parade. After the parade was over, we went to the bus and then we went back to the hotel after all of the other family has returned to the bus. When we arrived, went out to straighten our back and then walked in to the lobby and to the lift and into our room. My father was the first one that took a bath and then my mother, then me, and lastly my brother. After bath, we went to sleep.

Trip to Japan (5th Part)

I woke up in the morning and noticed that today we’re going to Tokyo as the climax of the trip. Today, we’re going to visit Tokyo Disneyland and tomorrow we’re going to visit Tokyo Disney Sea. The both of them were very interesting. The only differences are that the Tokyo Disneyland has more rides and more crowded. Meanwhile, even though the Tokyo Disney Sea has a fewer rides than the Tokyo Disneyland because it was smaller than the Tokyo Disneyland, it was less crowded.

After a few hours of traveling by bus, we finally arrived in front of Tokyo Disneyland’s gate. The bus have to park first, then we could leave the bus and went on registering for buying the tickets and being lent a bracelet as a mark that you’re already paid the entrance fee. We played a lot of rides such as 3 different roller coasters, a water coaster where you could feel the sensation when you fell from a waterfall, a bumper car, and many more where I couldn’t tell you because I forgot some of the rides. There are a lot of interesting 4Ds films such as the movie from “The Nightmare before Christmas”, “Winnie the Pooh”, “Mickey Mouse”, and some other movies. The last ride was a very exiting and fun roller coaster. After the last ride, we went to go shopping for souvenirs. Here, I bought a 2000 pieces puzzle. I was very happy that there’s a puzzle that finally challenge me to make. After that, we could went to everywhere as we like but we have to grouped back at around 7 o’clock because there will be fireworks. At 6.30 P.M., most of us were already waiting at the viewing area. At 7 o’clock, the fireworks started to launching and pops in the air. After seeing the fireworks, we went to eat our dinner together. The dinner was very delicious. We ate steaks and burgers there. Some people orders spaghetti, noodles, and sushi. After dinner, we went to play and shopping again until the Tokyo Disneyland closing time which around 9 o’clock. Then, we went home to the hotel. I fell asleep in the bus because I was so tired. I was woken up by my mother when we arrived at the hotel and she asked me to help her bring the souvenirs and other things we bought at the Tokyo Disneyland. I was still sleepy and still haven’t get back my senses so I just agreed and followed my mother to the lobby. After we went up to our room, I just took off my shoes, put my stuff, changed my clothes, and went back to sleep again.
Here’s the video.

Trip to Japan (4th Part)

The next day, we went to a different city named Shizuoka because we’re going to Mt. Fuji, the biggest mountain in Japan. As the most visited in Japan, it has a very great view and also a very beautiful mountain which also symbolize Japan’s beauty. When we have arrived in one of Shizuoka’s hotels, I saw some snows at the side of the road. It’s good to finally lien your body on the soft and relaxing bed, but sadly, it is just one hour of rest for taking a bath/shower. Then, we went to eat dinner and after dinner, we went back to our hotel to finally felt the real relaxing time. Before we’re going to bed, we were told to go to the onsen to wash ourselves and relaxing together. Onsen is a Japanese styled public bath where you submerged yourselves. Back to the story. After we’ve finished our bath, we went back to our room and after we wash our face and brush our teeth, we went to sleep.

The next day, after we got up, took a shower, changed our clothes, ate our breakfast, and finally ready to went down to the Lobby at the hotel, we walked straight in to the bus because today, we’re going to the great volcanic peak of Japan, Mt. Fuji. We’re very happy to be finally going to see the real Mt. Fuji. Not photos or paintings, but the real thing. But sadly because of the heavy snows and winds at the top, we only parked at the foot of the mountain and only see few of the scenery. Although I got a chance to play snowball with my little brother, it’s still a disappointing moment for us. The real snow was just like grated ice, it’s not like in the movies where snows are just like cotton where it’s very soft. After just seeing some scenery at the foot of the mountain, we went back into our bus and then we went to eat dinner together. We went home soon after that and then we went to sleep.

The next day, we tried to go to the Mt. Fuji again hoping that the snow stop raining. But the weather didn’t calmed a bit. In desperate, we went down to eat lunch together in a small mall soon after that. This time, it’s a Chinese food restaurant. After lunch, we went to go looking around for other things. After some hours passed, we went back to the hotel after dinner and started packing again. After packing, we went to sleep.

Trip to Japan (3rd Part)

Today when I woke up, I felt very tired. After a few minutes rolling on the bed, I went to take a bath and then I went down to the Lobby and eat my breakfast. After we ate our breakfast, we took our luggage from our room and pull it to the Lobby. After the rest of the group ready to go, we went into the bus and today’s activity will be just visiting 2 shrines. It’s about one hour until we arrived at the first shrine. There we saw some Japanese praying at the shrine. Even if they could speak in English, they won’t ever tell us because they believed that if they tell someone about it, their wish won’t be granted. Oh, and one more thing, if you fell down the small stairs in the shrine’s area, it means you’ve been cursed or will be having a very bad luck, so, be careful so no one will see you as a cursed per son or will be pitied because they think that you will get a very bad luck. Next, we also prayed in there but we didn’t mean our earthly wish because we have our own GOD, Lord Jesus Christ, which has sacrificed Himself for us. There’s always a charm seller at every shrine. Each of us only bought one only. Luckily, I got the lucky one. We’ve been walking there and admiring the architecture for some couple of hours and of course we rest a bit a couple of time. Even though it was still being renovated, it’s still a beautiful shrine.

Next, we went to the second shrine. This time, it took for about 2 hours of traveling. This shrine is bigger and also has some good view. To go to the main shrine, we must walk a long way and walking up the stairs which I called “The Thousand Stairs” because there’re so many stairs. When we’ve finally reached the top, we were very exhausted. Thank goodness that there’re shops at the entrance of the shrine. After we bought some drinks and snacks, we went into the shrine’s area. There’re some places where you could enter and taking photos but some of them were considered sacred and mustn’t be bothered such as a holy statue and some Buddhist doing a ceremony and other sacred activity. We bought another charm but this time, we didn’t prayed too. It’s already around 4 o’clock when I checked my watch, so, we went to the shops before the entrance of the shrine to buy some snacks again. This time, we added some Japanese tea and some packs of mochies (Japanese snack). After that, we went to a restaurant to eat dinner and after dinner, we went back to the hotel and start packing again. At around 10 o’clock, we went to sleep.


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