It's been awhile again, huh? So, actually right now I'm writing from another country. Guess what? I'm finally in Japan. It's been a very long time since I wanted to live here and finally this dream comes true. I currently have stayed in Japan for almost three weeks and I got another one week left.
So, I arrived in Japan at July 3rd. It was my first time to come to Japan and honestly I don't know a thing about Japanese language. I've heard so much that the Japanese people are mostly bad in English and guess what? I traveled alone. Totally on my own.
To avoid so many obstacles of language barrier, yeah, I browsed some information about the transportation to get to my destination which is quite far from Tokyo. So, I managed to arrive in Shinjuku station safely. And by the way, the fee of the train (even it's not the Shinkansen) is very expensive compared to Indonesia. So, yeah, I took the cheapest one to get to Shinjuku.
Before that, I bought a pre-paid SIM Card as well and I regretted not buying it online before coming to Japan. It costed me JPY 5,500 for an unlimited SIM Card for 14 days only. If you change it into IDR, oh yeah, so expensive ya know. Living in Japan is somewhat hard lol
So, I bought the train ticket from Shinjuku directly to Matsumoto City at around 4 pm (GMT +9). Then, I put all my luggage inside the locker provided at the station. It costed me JPY 800 to get the biggest one because hell yeah I brought so many things with me for four weeks. So, it was 11 am and I decided to wander around the station. The first thing that came up into my mind was eating ramen. I had been informed that the best and most famous one is Ichiran. The restaurant has a special design too. It looks like a payphone and you order everything from machine. The ramen can be customied according to you preferences. So, yeah I chose to make it as spicy as thick as possible. I love strong flavours and voila! It tasted like heaven!
So, after stuffing my stomach I strolled around against the hot and humid weather. I went into the stores and decided to buy maskers made in Japan hahaha :p
Then I went back to the station and took the ride to Matsumoto by Super Azusa train. It only took 2,5 hours to get to Matsumoto station. If I'm not mistake it costed me around JPY 6,380 to get there without changing train. I passed out during the trip.
I arrived at around 6:30 pm and went to the West Exit to go to my hostel for spending the night. I chose Matsumoto Backpackers because the review is very good, near the station and also affordable. So I walked to the place but because my phone's battery ran out, I had to ask the people around for the exact direction. Damn, I couldn't communicate but they tried their best to help me. Japanese people are very kind. I guarantee it! They took me to the place and it was a very nice staying.
I didn't capture the place but it was a nice place. It costed me JPY 3,000 for a night in female room. And there were only one girl staying at the room with me. It was so comfy and very clean. You may find the place at on booking.com agoda.com or any other websites. I slept on futon (traditional Japanese bed). Bought my dinner at the supermarket and went back to sleep. I was so tired that I passed out around 9 pm and woke up at 8 am the next day.
Managed to get everything's packed and I was about to head to the university when I met the two guys from Germany who apparently were the same exchange students like me. So, we introduced ourselves and went together. We walked back to the station and got the bus at Ario. It costed JPY 200 to get to Shinshu University safely.
And hell yeah, I did it. I had the orientation and got to know a lot of people. They were very nice. I met other students from Malaysia and China as well. We took different departments to study. I took the Orthopaedic Surgery department. My place where I'm currently staying is inside the university area and it's very comfy.
I got the room all by my self with two beds, tv, desk, bathroom, etc etc. Due to the partnership my university has with this university, I got to pay a lot cheaper than the other students. So far, I enjoy my stay here. I will write more details of my program later. Right now, I have textbooks to read. So, catch up with you later xx
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