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  • Tokyo Station: Finding Trail to JR Expressway Bus Stop

    A little past two in the afternoon. I started leaving Meiji Jingū via Harajuku Station. I retraced Yamanote Line, turning south through Shinagawa District, then back to north. It covered a distance of fifteen kilometers and costed 200 Yen. I arrived at Tokyo Station a little past three-thirty in the afternoon and was dropped off…

  • Writing Prayers and Wishes in Meiji Jingū

    The tragedy of losing my wallet at Nakano Station made me gulp in fear, it turned out that there was still a coward side behind my courage to explore the world. I calmed down for a moment by sipping drinking water from free water station at one of Nakano Station platforms. The silver and yellow…

  • Meeting Lonely on Takeshita Street

    I shuffled away from Kanda River, cut a bend in Chuo-dori Avenue, and turned right across Maidreamin, speeding down the six-meter-wide street to quickly arrive at Akihabara Station’s Electronic Town South Exit. See you soon Akiba…. For a moment I took a deep breath inside station building, letting my palms and face slightly warm. I…

  • Enjoying Akihabara from Kanda River

    Electronic Town South Exit Dinner was finished. I hurriedly left Ameyoko Market and walked back to Ueno Station’s Hirokoji Exit. My steps were getting faster and easier because Tokunai Pass was still active in my hand. I seem to have a power to go in and out of each station since that afternoon. It was…

  • Dinner at Ameya Yokocho, Taitō

    I was standing again at train platform, in Shibuya Station, in Yamanote Line, on 3:48 p.m. The sun had retreated on city skyline and made the temperature degraded to a point of 3 Celsius Degree. Then the air which was nearing to freezing easily penetrated thick black gloves on my palms. But it would be…

  • Aura of Hachiko Statue, Five Times in Shibuya Crossing

    Still remember?….. When D.K’s black car was chasing Sean Boswell who was speeding in his red racing car and the racing group was led by Han Lue in front who was masculine swerving in his yellow racing car. In the chase, there was a moment when three race cars were forced to pass at an…

  • Stasiun Tokyo: Mencari Jejak Menuju JR Expressway Bus Stop

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Lewat sedikit dari jam dua siang. Mulai kutinggalkan Meiji Jingū melalui Stasiun Harajuku. Aku kembali menelusuri Yamanote Line, memutar ke selatan melewati Distrik Shinagawa, lalu kembali ke utara. Menempuh jarak sejauh lima belas kilometer dan berbiaya 200 Yen (Rp. 27.000). Aku tiba di Stasiun Tokyo lewat sedikit dari jam setengah tiga sore dan…

  • Menulis Do’a dan Harapan di Meiji Jingū

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Tragedi kehilangan dompet di Stasiun Nakano membuatku menelan ludah ketakutan, ternyata masih tersisa sisi penakut dibalik keberanianku menjelajah dunia.  Aku sejenak menenangkan diri dengan menyeruput air minum dari free water station di salah satu platform Stasiun Nakano. Komuter silver berkelir kuning penguasa Chūō Line itupun tiba, kuayunkan langkah memasuki gerbong tengah dan duduk…

  • Menemui Sepi di Takeshita Street

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Aku beringsut-ingsut meninggalkan Kanda River, memotong sebuah tikungan Chuo-dori Avenue, dan berbelok ke kanan melintasi Maidreamin, melintas cepat di jalanan selebar enam meter untuk segera tiba di Electronic Town South Exit milik Stasiun Akihabara. Sampai jumpa lagi Akiba…. Sejenak aku menarik nafas panjang di dalam bangunan stasiun, membiarkan telapak tangan dan mukaku sedikit…

  • Menikmati Akihabara dari Kanda River

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Makan malah sudah selesai. Aku bergegas meninggalkan Ameyoko Market dan kembali berjalan kaki menuju Hirokoji Exit milikStasiun Ueno. Langkahku semakin cepat dan mudah karena Tokunai Pass masih aktif dalam genggaman. Aku bak punya kuasa untuk keluar masuk setiap stasiun sedari siang tadi. Beberapa menit lagi menginjak pukul 18:00, ketika kereta Yamanote Line menjemputku…