The third day in Japan we had breakfast at home, packed our things and said goodbye to our first home in Chitose-Karasuyama.
We didn't get to meet our host after staying for two days as he's usually out for work at night. He did a very great job keeping the house clean (even though he's a guy), it's THAT clean that you'll feel stressful to use it LOL Anyway, thanks for the great accomodation.
We carried our luggage and moved on to our second house, it's at an area called Shinamachi which is quite near Ikebukurou.
The whole area have a very refreshed feel.
Our house is not that far from the station compared to our first one, but it was very hard to find. We walked pass the entrance for a couple of time before we found it. The entrance was very small and the outside looks so old and rusty, but the house inside is clean, new, spacious and damn convenient. Great job Japan XD
Our house entrance is the small door at the end of this narrow alley.
We rest for a while being too tired carrying everything up and down the stairs, tidy up ourselves a bit, did the laundry, and Zoe went out to meet with Zz who's joining us for the following days.
After a good rest, we went out to hunt for lunch. Unfortunately the recommended shop that we wanted to go was closed on that day, so we went into a random typically family restaurant beside it.
After having our lunch, we were thinking to go around and explore Ikebukurou. Ikebukurou is a placed known for anime, it was the place for anime before Akihabara came out. We were quite tired and was thinking there's no point just wandering around so we decided to go to the fireworks festival earlier.
We was wrong thinking we were early, as there were a huge crowd going to the same direction we don't even need a map to go. Along the way to the event venue, there's small stalls by the side of the road selling some snacks and drinks.
When we reached there, everywhere is FULL with people even though we reached four hours earlier!
Everyone is there with their family, with their friends, or couples all in their yukatas. They were fully prepared with picnic mats, food and ALCOHOL (my fav part of JPN XD)
We found a place to sit, as we didn't prepare mats, we sat on the grass. Later on the owner of the mat behind us came and told us they won't need the space anymore and we can have the mat, DAMN LUCKY!!!
We took pictures, the sky was nice, had some snacks and drank beer, enjoying the crowds and the sunset while waiting for it to start.
Well it finally start, and thank you Japan, I was so overwhelmed, everything is beyond words. I was first very busy trying to capture that moment with my camera, then my phone, then snapchat again LOL. Then I realized I really should cherish the moment, and eyes have the highest pixels that a camera can't even capture, I decided to put away everything, sit back and CRY being too overwhelmed.
The fireworks was put with a background song. All those songs brought back a lot of memories and some were used to be my inspiration and motivation. The night sky was so beautiful lit, with all kinds and all vibrant colors of fireworks.
There's also a part that the crowds used flashlight following the rhythm of the song and everything is just simply BEAUTIFUL. It ended with non stop fireworks that lit up the whole sky. IT WAS AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT <3
After that we spent almost two hours(?) just to get out of the crowds, although the people are soooo much there's no squeezing or pushing or anything rude. People just follow instructions and slowly wait when it comes to a total jam. Everyone is just chatting like usual and no one even complain about not being able to move or anything so. OWHHH JAPAN. (I've said a lot of time but still I just wanna say it)
It is always my dream to go for a Hanabitaikai in Japan, with the stalls, the yukatas, the kakigori the sunset, the fireworks performance. It didn't fail me =]
Ticking off Hanabitaikai from my bucket list!!!
We carried our luggage and moved on to our second house, it's at an area called Shinamachi which is quite near Ikebukurou.
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| OTW Shinamachi. |
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| View outside Shinamachi station. |
Our house is not that far from the station compared to our first one, but it was very hard to find. We walked pass the entrance for a couple of time before we found it. The entrance was very small and the outside looks so old and rusty, but the house inside is clean, new, spacious and damn convenient. Great job Japan XD
We rest for a while being too tired carrying everything up and down the stairs, tidy up ourselves a bit, did the laundry, and Zoe went out to meet with Zz who's joining us for the following days.
After a good rest, we went out to hunt for lunch. Unfortunately the recommended shop that we wanted to go was closed on that day, so we went into a random typically family restaurant beside it.
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| Aji no mise. |
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| The inner part looks like this. |
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| Typical curry rice. YUMM. |
We was wrong thinking we were early, as there were a huge crowd going to the same direction we don't even need a map to go. Along the way to the event venue, there's small stalls by the side of the road selling some snacks and drinks.
It's very lovely seeing everyone in their Yukatas <3
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| Food stalls by the road. |
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| We bought beer HAHA |
Everyone is there with their family, with their friends, or couples all in their yukatas. They were fully prepared with picnic mats, food and ALCOHOL (my fav part of JPN XD)
We found a place to sit, as we didn't prepare mats, we sat on the grass. Later on the owner of the mat behind us came and told us they won't need the space anymore and we can have the mat, DAMN LUCKY!!!
Well it finally start, and thank you Japan, I was so overwhelmed, everything is beyond words. I was first very busy trying to capture that moment with my camera, then my phone, then snapchat again LOL. Then I realized I really should cherish the moment, and eyes have the highest pixels that a camera can't even capture, I decided to put away everything, sit back and CRY being too overwhelmed.
The fireworks was put with a background song. All those songs brought back a lot of memories and some were used to be my inspiration and motivation. The night sky was so beautiful lit, with all kinds and all vibrant colors of fireworks.
There's also a part that the crowds used flashlight following the rhythm of the song and everything is just simply BEAUTIFUL. It ended with non stop fireworks that lit up the whole sky. IT WAS AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT <3
After that we spent almost two hours(?) just to get out of the crowds, although the people are soooo much there's no squeezing or pushing or anything rude. People just follow instructions and slowly wait when it comes to a total jam. Everyone is just chatting like usual and no one even complain about not being able to move or anything so. OWHHH JAPAN. (I've said a lot of time but still I just wanna say it)
It is always my dream to go for a Hanabitaikai in Japan, with the stalls, the yukatas, the kakigori the sunset, the fireworks performance. It didn't fail me =]
Ticking off Hanabitaikai from my bucket list!!!
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