I dreamed to
visit Tokyo for a long time, and in the second week of November, this dream
finally came true.
Before I
started high school, I dreamed that I would be able to spend my life in Japan
but I could not do so because of my financial status. So the only thing I could
do was only dreaming because I couldn’t even go there for travel.
When I
started my working life as a office girl. I didn’t get the best salary but I
tried to save money so that someday I could visit Japan.
And the day
I wished for so long had finally come.
I booked the
flight and hotel before I left my job to become a freelancer. And November is
the first month I am spending my life as a freelancer. I intended to visit Japan
alone because I wanted to have some time to talk with myself and enjoy the
place I love.
I took a
heavy backpack and a small bag to keep my valuables and went to Suvarnabhumi
Airport alone. Waiting for the departure time, I was surrounded by Japanese.
When I was on
the airplane, I felt very excited because the time I was waiting for a long
time had finally come.
This was a
night flight. It was scheduled to arrive in Tokyo around 6.30 a.m. This was the
first time I took a flight with full service. It was very convenient. I
intended to sleep because I wanted to start my journey immediately after arriving
there. However, it was so hard to sleep on the airplane. I realized I couldn’t
have a deep sleep for more than 2 hours. I was afraid I would not have power to
travel. While the air hostesses were serving breakfast, I asked for a cup of
coffee and I hoped that it could help me.
When the
airplane descended on Japan, I was very happy. I looked out of the window to
see the city. I almost cried. My dream had come true.
After I got
off the airplane, I walked directly to the immigration. Before I came here, I
was a bit afraid that the Immigration would not allow me to pass because I am a
Thai girl and came here alone. However, it was very easy to walk through the
Immigration and the officer worked very politely.
I bought a subway
ticket for 3 days for travelling around Tokyo and I could get the ticket for
travelling to the city centre from Haneda Airport.
While I took
the train from the airport to Asakusa station, I looked around in the train and
it made me feel very weird that I wore sandals coming to Japan.
So after I
got off the train, I changed my sandals for sport shoes.
I took another
train to Inaricho station which is the nearest station to my hotel. When I
walked out of the station, the weather was very cold. Actually it was only 13
Degree Celsius but it was very cold for me because I came from a warm city.
I looked at the
map which I printed out from the website of the hotel. It was not hard to find
my hotel.
I started to
travel in Ueno because it was near from my hotel. I walked around in Ueno Park.
It was quiet, beautiful and good weather. I really liked it there. While I
walked around, I started thinking about my future. I came here with the
disorganization of my life. I was very confused and I didn’t know what I should
do for my future life.
I walked to
the Ueno Toshoku shrine. It was quiet. Some Japanese came there to worship.
While I was reading the description about how to wash hand and mouth Japanese
style from the instruction board, a young western girl came to me and taught me
how to wash hands as her mom taught her. I was a bit surprised and looked for
her mom. I found that her mom was taking a photo of the shrine. Later, her mom
came to her and complained to her that she shouldn’t teach anyone here. The
girl said “I was only showing her how to wash hands”. Then, her mom took her
back and apologized to me.
I walked out
of the shrine and walked by the zoo. I sat at the bench in front of the zoo and
watched the little school children that came here with their teacher. They were
very cute. Only looking at them made me feel happy.
Then, I went
to the National Museum. I bought a special ticket from the machine. The special
ticket is only for sightseeing in the Chinese Emperors
Museum. The regular pass would include the Japan Museum and Japanese Garden Museum.
I came out
of the museum around noon. I saw a lot of students having lunch at the park. I
thought it was time to look for a restaurant.
I went to
Ameyoko Shotenkai market. There are a lot of restaurants, fresh food shops and
sweet shops. I chose a restaurant where I saw a lot of students coming out of.
I ordered
Japanese curry. It tasted so good. And the staff was very nice.
When I
finished eating, I felt I wanted to take a rest so I went back to the hotel.
I had a private room for 4 nights at Oak Hotel. The room was very small but enough for me. I lay on the bed right after entering the room. I was so tired. I wanted to sleep for 2 hours and then I would wake up and leave to Shibuya which I saw many times in movies and series.
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