*This blog is not a quality blog and very inactive* Ranting about my daily life and fandom thing. Sometimes, I am a travel blogger wannabe and write (useless) information about my travel experience. My current obsession are Tenirabi, Touken Ranbu (+Toumyu and Tousute.) and Japanese butai+musicals/2.5D World. There were more fandoms, but now they kind of fade in the background. I reblogged based on my mood and I tagged most of my post biasedly with only one name: Ogoe Yuuki.
I feels like writing something, since I rarely write things these days and I feels like my English will go down the drain soon, if Iâm not writing.
Since I impulsively bought a plane ticket again, itâs time for me to summarize my other two trips I had this year as like a build-up for my upcoming new adventure the Taiwan trip in November.Â
This first post is about my side trip from business trip...I guess
I donât know how I usually start my traveling post, I guess I start with a disclaimer that this post is not informative at all, just me writing about my trip for future me to reminisce about it.
It has been 2 years since I last visit Mikawa Anjo, the last time was for internship purpose, (which I happened to not write about the experience :/) I was greeted by the familiar feelings, I missed this place. I finally semi-ly made it back. I worked hard in this company for the past 1 year and I feels like it paid off a little.
This trip was my 6th time in Japan and took 14 days (Aug, 18th- Sep, 1st). Since this is a business trip, Iâm able to ride Thai Airways, finally something that not low-cost and Iâm able to load my luggage lol. The flight is TG644, I arrived at Japan around 8am, I decided to stop by my hotel for luggage storage, then go on an adventure to Okazaki Castle. Â
Before Okazaki Castle, I visited about 6 Japanese castles, so I know what I should expected from the castle. And spoiler alert, it was disappointing for me, I donât know why, maybe because Iâm burned out from visiting castle, or maybe because I saw a greater castle? Or maybe because I expected something from the castle that said to be the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu? The Evangelion exhibition saved this castle from a total disappointment, at least there are something interesting. Â
After the castle I went back to my hotel and then meet up with my boss and some Japanese co-workers for a little nomikai. Alcohol intake, not that much.
The second day, which is Monday, itâs the old atmosphere everybody was as welcoming as ever. I only spent half day there because I had to visit other supplier factory in Gifu, Iâm still cursing myself for not taken any photos in my phone (for the location purpose), then that night another nomikai, and this time I drunk so much sake that actually made me drunk and made me worry for tomorrow. Iâm not the kind of person to have hangover, so I didnât worried about that, I was more worry about how much alcohol I will have left in my blood, since Tuesday, I will have to attend welcome party.
Tuesday, another nomikai, thank god my body can handle another round. That day, I was not drunk whatsoever, but I did drink Calpis sawla for at least 5 glasses, and other other things...overall probaby 15-20 glasses of alcohol. Those are nothing to sake I previously drunk on Monday though.
Wednesday, nothing worth mentioning ohh except I walked 2 km for Matsumoto Kiyoshi to get the stuffs ppl asked me to buy for them.
Thursday, yakiniku with my co-workers.
Friday, actually nothing?
So one week has passed, most the weekdays activity either
hung outâ with my co-workers or went to grocery shopping, my co-workers (in Thailand) asked me to buy kimono for them, and they keep called it yukata. It was a short kimono that you wear with hakama, these people want to wear them as âfashionâ, these really culture appropriation *sigh*
Saturday, Saturday, where did I go on Saturday...oh Meiji Mura...again. I actually went there two years ago to dress in Hakama while this year is to see very small fireworks with actual same age people. Because I already went there once, not many pictures were takenÂ
Sunday, the manager in charge of me took me to Iga, MIe to see some ninja. Iga Ueno castle is actually in the list of castle I want to visit. If you talking about Iga ninja, Hattori Hanzo, probably the famous ninja from that âschoolâ?
The ninja demonstration was interesting, idk what I expected, I guess I did low-key expected movie stunts ninjutsu, but it turned out to be just ninja technique.
I do loves Iga Ueno Castle since I could see both the life of ninja and samurai in one place. The ninja village is really fun place and touristy.
So far the day went very well and pretty much free since the manager paid for everything, but my dumbass has to be extra and went to Nishio to see lantern festival (alone). And you know what, the taxi cost 6000 yen round-trip just for the station to the festival ground. And this is what 6000 yen gave me...
It only 8pm and the festival already over. I learned something new every time I went to Japan. Apparently, 8pm is late for the festival. I live in the city, 8pm is still early for me. Â
Monday, kaiten sushi with the same age people
Tuesday, in the afternoon I went to Toyohashi to see printing factory and the person asked me what is the food that I want to eat but have not eaten yet, and I replied âunagiâ, which is something very expensive. Â
I think this was about 5000 yen for a set. In the evening, he treated me tempura like in actually tempura shop, where the chef actually fried tempura in front of us.
As a nekojita, I was suffering but it was so delicious.
Wednesday, I got stood up by the manager that took care of me 2 years ago. No biggie.
Thursday & Friday, spent my last day in Anjo as lonely as ever. (and spent 2 hours try to figure how to pack everything in my suitcase because of what people asked me to buy)
Saturday, I bought a day tour from Klook to Takayama and Shirakawago, the thing about tour is it convenience and probably cheaper than finding the transportation myself, but the downfall always, the time. There are not enough time!! I guess that is something I have to accept when it a day trip. In the bus, I was the only non-Chinese speaking person there.
Takayama...I was eating, so I didnât had much time to explore, but you know what I feels like if you went to Kyoto, you donât need to go to Takayama. It has it own charmed, I just didnât had enough time to enjoy its charm.
The raw beef is the best out of the 3, this Hida beef made visiting Takayama worth it.
Next stop, Shirakawago, the highlight of the trip. The sunlight and everything made the pictures look colorful and amazing. The photos taken there was one of my favorite set of photos of all my trips.Â
Shirakawago, a place I would loved to visit again during winter and spent more time there. Due to the lack of time, I can only take pictures of here and there instead of absorb myself. I wanted to visit more museum, more historical stuff, but the time is limited :/
After the day tour, I went to Hikone and stay at the hotel there.
Sunday, the last day letâs make it count. I first planned to go see Tonbokiri in western shiga (which I forgot the name of the place), but because it was so far away and I donât want to wake up early and my main goal was HIkone castle. I ended up with visited Nagahama Castle in the morning. That Sunday probably the day I cursed google map the most because the train schedule in there just not right! I didnât missed the train, but like the map told me it departs at 9, I arrived at 8:50, the trained in the google map is the train that not stop in this station like whatâs going on. And that happened a lot that day, I probably spent like almost 2 hour in (different) train station because the time in google map was earlier than the actual train.Â
Anyway, back to Nagahama castle, a castle built by Totoyomi Hideyoshi
In my opinion, definitely better than Okazaki, the overall atmosphere made it âfeelsâ more significant than Okazaki castle. The view from the tenshuu is very pretty, in which you can actually see Biwa lake.
I just loves this kind of scenery.
After Nagahama, I went to Omi-Hachiman for some unknown reason. Iâm like that awkward person that wouldnât push the stop button because nobody seem to get off at this stop, and just kept riding the bus until many ppl get off. I mean they are Japanese people, they know whatâs good right? Turned out, the popular spot Japanese people are going is like a âdessert parkâ called La Collina, I called it dessert park because they mainly sell dessert there, and âparkâ because they have large greenery area.
Their most famous dessert is Baumkuchen, I personally not that big fan of it, so I bought the small size along with macaron.
Then, I followed google map to Omihachiman canal area to find the bus to get back to the station.
The canal area is what I intended to go.
Iâm glad I was awkward and decided to follow Japanese people because I got have variety of scenic photos.
Next stop, the highlight of this trip Hikone Castle, 1 of the 12 original castles yayyy.
I love Japanese garden, so first visited the garden in the castle area and just like other garden I visited (except Kokura Castle garden), i was not disappointed.
The Hikone Castle, I loved the castle that I have to work my way to see the tenshu. I love climbing, just to see castle.
The view from the tenshu also amazing.
After HIkone, I went back to Nagoya to see my same age co-workers? friends? comrades? again for the last time, and we ate âTaiwanese Ramenâ which just spicy ramen
And then I got back at the airport, which seem very empty at night.
Good bye, Aichi. I hope they will send me there for business trip again next year. Â
If you read this far, stay tuned for another Japan trip, which is like 2 weeks later from this Japan trip.
Today I finally revert to my otaku life and visited Tokugawa Museum in Mito to see Micchan,
then went to Saitama Prefec. Museum to see Kenshin,
And finally spent money on fandom related thing since I didnât do that during my business trip last month
And lastly went to Oedo Onsen and found out about IkeSen collab.
I tried my luck, and ended up with Motonari. For Kenshin, at first i got Ieyasu coaster, I told the staff I want Kenshin, so he changed them for me.
My reciew of Oedo Onsen, very very very dangerous place, since there are no ârealâ money inside the area, I ended up spent 10k yen before I know it
I donât understand the audicity of some guy like you are 45 why are you try to hitting on 25 years old and proudly told everyone that youâll get your child a new mom. And your child like 10?? Wth and then you got hurt and be an a** to that girl. Canât a girl expect a platonic relationship?
Thereâs like this actor that not exactly my fav, but he always get an interesting drama. Like the drama always intrigued me. And then thereâs actor that I love that always get the drama Iâm not so interested in. Like every single one of them, if he not there I definitely wouldnât watch or drop it.
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