Perjalanan ke Homestay

Tiba di Osaka hampir lewat malam. Terus menaiki tren mencari lokasi penginapan.

Stesen tren

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Tiba di Osaka

Tiba semula di Osaka dengan penerbangan dari Narita.

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Musola Narita Airport

Ruang solat airport Narita. Tempatnya selesa. Tersedia dengan ruang wuduk. Musola ada di Terminal 1, 2 dan juga 3.

Info from airport website - link.

Ruang wuduk

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Stesen Higashi-Nagano

Berada di stesen ini untuk perjalanan seterusnya.

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Shinjuku Shopping District

Shinjuku terkenal dengan

Extract from japanvisitor:

First and foremost, Shinjuku means shopping, eating, and partying. Shinjuku has several huge department stores, music stores, electronic stores, and hundreds and hundreds of bars and restaurants catering to every taste imaginable.

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Shinjuku Station

Stesen tren Shinjuku dikatakan sebagai yang paling sibuk. Baca - wiki.

Extract - shinjuku:

Shinjuku is the world's nusiest train station, handling over 3.6 million pasenggers a day. It serves as an essential transit hub for the Tokyo rail and subway networks as well as rail links throughout the greater Kanto region surrounding the capital.

Shinjuku JR Station

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Uskudar (2)

Singgah di restoran Uskudar sekitar jam 12 thg hari. Tiada pelanggan lain ketika itu. Petugasnya pun cuma ada seorang. Beliau yang mengambil order dan beliau juga yang ke dapur menyediakan apa yang di order.

Pintu masuk ke Uskudar

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Uskudar Turkish Restaurant - Shinjuku

Restoran Halal menu Turki - Uskudar Turkish Restaurant terletak di Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Extract - matcha-jp.

Uskudar is a Turkish restaurant located next to Shinjuku Station. The owner is Turkish, and the restaurant is a popular place to eat authentic Turkish cuisine. Everything on the menu here is halal, with all meats prepared accordingly, including the necessary prayers involved.

The Turkish kebab is one of the world's most famous dishes. At Uskudar they offer the doner kebab (meat that has been slow roasted and then thinly sliced), shish kebab, and many other varieties of kebabs.

Uskudar Turkish Restaurant

source - link

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Kaminari Gate Asakusa Tokyo

Kaminari Gate or Kaminarimon (it mean Thunder Gate in English) is the symbolic entrance of Senso-ji or Sensoji Temple. Kaminorimon is the first of two large entrance gates leading to Sensoji Temple. First built more than 1000 years ago, it is the symbol of Asakusa. The Nakamise shopping street leads from Kaminarimon to the temple grounds.

The Kaminari Gate

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Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center

Antara tarikan yang terdapat adalah sebuah bangunan unik - The Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center.

Extract - japanguide.

The Asakusa  was newly opened in 2012, adding diversity to the streets of Asakusa with its interesting architectural design. The eight storey building offers a tourist information desk, free wifi, a cafe and an observation deck which provides good views looking onto Sensoji Temple and the Nakamise shopping district.

Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center

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Asakusa - Nakamise Street, Tokyo

Asakusa adalah sebuah lagi tempat yang menjadi tarikan pengunjung Tokyo. (Baca - wiki).

Extract - link:

Asasuka is the center of Tokyo's shitamachi (literally "low city"), one of Tokyo's district, where an atmosphere of the Tokyo of past decades survives.

Asasuka is Tokyo's most visited tourist destination. It is known for the great historical site complex and the old downtown atmosphere. The area attracts both Japanese and foreign tourist all year around. (Link - jw webmagazine).

How to get there?

Asasuka / Nakamise Street is only few steps away from Asasuka Station. Accessible by Toei Asasuka Line or Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. Take A3 to A5 exit for Nakamise Street!

Pemandangan Asasuka dari sebuah bangunan

(yang berbumbung hijau panjang itu ialah Nakamise shopping district)

The Nakamise - is a shopping district that has been providing visitors with a variety of traditional, local snacks and tourist souvenirs for centuries. 

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Kembali ke Sumida

Berakhir jalan-jalan hari ini dan kembali semula ke Sumida.

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office

Selepas jenuh pusing2 Shibuya sempat juga melawat sebentar bangunan Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office. Tarikan tempat ini adalah Observation Deck yang boleh dikunjungi dari pukul 9.30 pagi hingga 11 malam.

Extract - japanguide:

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku is often visited by tourists for its free observation decks which provide good panoramic views of Tokyo and beyond.

How to get there:

Tocho-mae Station on the Oedo Subway Line is located in the basement of the TMGB. Alternatively, the building can be reached in a ten minute walk from the west exit of JR Shinjuku Station.

Baca juga wiki.

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Kinokuniya Shikuba

Sebuah kedai buku Kinokuniya juga terdapat di Shibuya.

Kinokuniya, Shikuba

Baca "The 10 best bookshops in Tokyo" - link.

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Tower Records Shibuya

Satu lagi tarikan yang ada di Shibuya adalah kedai Tower Records.

Extract:

Tower Records, an American-based company, first came to Japan in 1979. The first store was opened in Sapporo in 1980. The store in Shibuya was opened fifteen years later in 1995 and is considered to be the flagship store.

Baca "Tower Record Shibuya - nine floors worth of CDs and books" - link.

Tower Records

Antara display yang ada di Tower Records

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Shibuya Crossing Tokyo

Selepas melawat Masjid Camii bergerak pula menghala ke Shibuya. Terkenal kerana kesibukan orang ramai melintas jalan.

Extract from lonely planet - link:

Rumored to be the busiest intersection in the world (and definitely in Japan), Shibuya Crossings is like a giant beating heart. Sending people in all directions with every pulsing light change.

Shibuya

Satu lagi tarikan di Shibuya adalah statue anjing yang menunggu tuannya - Haichako menunggu kepulangan Professor Eizaburo Euno di Shibuya Station. Baca cerita hachikothedog dan hachikostatue. Baca link untuk statue yang di dirikan di U of Tokyo.

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