Alone in Tokyo, my dream city (Day2)

On the second day of my solo trip in Tokyo, I woke up at 9 a.m. and left to Asakusa to visit Sensoji Temple, the most famous temple of Tokyo.

Even though it was a weekday, the temple was full of Japanese and foreign tourists.

I wanted to take some photos of myself in front of the temple. Since I was travelling alone, it was a bit hard to take photos of myself with a good view. So I had to use my tripod which is as tall as myself to help me to get a good photo.

I set up my mobile phone with the tripod in front of the temple which is full of people taking photos. The legs of the tripod are not so strong. While I was standing in front of the camera to take a photo, I was scared it would fall down. An old Japanese man who standing to take some photos near me could observe it. He said something in Japanese and held my tripod and acted like I did not have to worry, he would hold it for me. After I finished taking my photo via the remote control of the tripod, he volunteered to take some photos of me with a better view and said something to me in Japanese about taking a photo. I could understand some as I used to study basic Japanese in Thailand. I could only say thanks to him. I felt very impressed. 

I walked into the temple. The street to the temple was full of both souvenir and food shops. I found a lot of groups of Japanese high school students who enjoyed looking at the souvenirs. I wondered a bit if it wasn’t time for school. However, I felt happy watching them. That made me think of myself when I was a high school girl. I was not a cheerful girl. I was often stressed, sick and had to go to the hospital many times. I could say that I was a very unhappy girl.

While I was walking around the temple, the dream I had since I was a high school girl came back to my mind again. I dreamed to spend my life in Japan to study and work but I have never made it come true because of money. It seemed impossible. After I finished law school in Thailand, I immediately started working for a law firm. I had worked for one year and half. I found out that it was not what I like and want. I resigned to start working as a freelancer because I thought it would be the better way for me. Before I came to Japan, my new career was still not successful. That was why I came here with the confusion with my life. I was still thinking of my future. What should I do next? Keep working as freelancer? Study master degree as I told the others? I really could not find the way I should go. I only know if I go to the way I mentioned before, I can do it but will not be happy. Like studying master degree in USA or UK is the way my social peers hope to do because the others said it is a good thing.

I have an idea that my life should not depend on the others’ opinion. I should choose the way I am happy.

Since I was a high school girl, I have known that the thing I dream about, plan and be happy is to come to Japan to spend my life for studying and working or until the end of my life.

Is it the time I have to make my dream come true?

After I finished walking around the temple, I had breakfast at the restaurant in the temple area. I had some sandwiches. The shop owner was super polite. She said “Arigato Gosaimatsu” – which means “Thank you so much” – at the beginning and the end of every sentence she talked to me.

The next destination was to go to Tokyo Sky Tower. Actually, people can take the subway from Asakusa Station to Sky Tower Station. But I would like to walk to there because it is better for seeing things on the way to the destination and it was not too far to walk there. I only looked up to the top of Tokyo Sky Tower and walked in that direction.

I didn’t intend to come here to go to the observatory desk but I would like to take a bus tour. The bus tour company is called “Tokyo Sky Bus”. Its station is located near Tokyo Sky Tower.

I arrived at Tokyo Sky Tower and tried to look for the bus station. I looked for it for 20 minutes but I couldn’t find it so I had to ask the information staff and I found out that it was located where I had walked by many times.

I intended to take the Tokyo Sky Duck bus tour at 12.00. I arrived there at 11.55 a.m. and said to the staff that I would like to go with the bus tour at 12.00. The staff was shocked a bit because there was only 5 minutes left. I needed to buy the ticket quickly because I know that Japanese are always on time.

I got on the bus and the tour started immediately. The guide of this tour spoke only Japanese and I found out that all people of this tour were Japanese except me. This tour could be made for Japanese but I did not mind.

The bus tour drove around the city area. The guide spoke all the time. Many times the bus drove by a big group of people, and the guide would invite us to say hi to them.

When the bus arrived at the river of the city, it transformed into a boat to cruise on the river for around 15 minutes and then transformed back into a bus when coming out of the river.

Then, the bus drove back to the station. This tour took around 2 hours. Even if I could not understand what the guide spoke, I felt happy with this bus tour.

After that, I went back to the hotel to take a rest for 2 hours. My plan for this night was to go to Ginza.

I arrived at Roppongi around 7.00 p.m. I walked around and found out that this place was not so interesting for me. It might be because I came here at the wrong time or I walked to an area not so interesting for me. So, I went back to Shibuya again because it is the place I enjoy spending the night time.

I had dinner at the Ramen restaurant in Shibuya and walked around the city. Then, a Japanese man came to me and tried to speak English to me, asking where I am form and bla bla bla. He told me that he would like to practice English. I wondered why he would like to practice English with me because I absolutely look Asian. Later, he said “I want to tell you that ‘I LOVE YOU’ ‘YOU ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL’” I was shocked a bit. He tried to invite me to have dinner together. I said I already had it. Then, he still invited me to have some beer. I said I don’t drink beer. Then, he asked me what I would like to do, where I would like to go, he would guide me. I said I just would like to walk around, then I would go back to my hotel. He said ok and accepted it. We said Bye Bye and shook my hand.

Actually, I did not mind him or felt scared of him but I thought I should refuse. This situation made me happy. I should thank him.         

     

  

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I am a new freelancer working regarding Thai Visa and Work Permit application and Corporate Services. I decided to quit my office life because I thought I do not want be an office girl for all of my life. I like to work independent. I like to spend my life as I want.