JOURNEY TO JAPAN - Visiting Kasuga Shrine, Todaiji Temple, Kofukuji Temple

still in same day. first day in Japan we were as Indonesian group Visiting Kasuga Shrine, Todaiji Temple, Kofukuji Temple in Nara.
oiya, we got coat, it's cool in the cold. haha.

Kasuga Grand Shrine
kasuga-taisha was founded in 768 when Nara was nominated as the ancient capital city of Japan. it is the shrine of the Fujiwara family. the interior is famous for its many bronze lanterns, as well as the many stone lanterns that lead up to the shrine. kasuga shrine, and the kasugayama Primeval Forest near it, are registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara".

Todaiji Temple
Todai-ji is a Buddhist temple complex. Its Great Buddha Hall, the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest bronze statue of the buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese simply as Daibutsu. the temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the kegon school of buddhism. the temple is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kofukuji-ji
Kofukuji-ji is the national headquarters of the Hosso school and is one of eight historic Monuments of Ancient Nara inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

okay, after tour, we had orientation in Prince Hotel. i got AM1 group, AM is Asian Mix. only 10 member for each country selected. and i one of them :)
So, we met with the other asian mix friends

JOURNEY TO JAPAN - Arrived at Kansai International Airport

okay, after around 8hours in flight, finally! we arrived at Kansai International Airport.
i still can't believe i heve been in Japan. even i asked asmawan "are we in Japan?" i still can't believe in some days. it's like dream but i always woke up in the morning

JOURNEY YO JAPAN - National Orientation

Finally, by some difficulty, we were in Wisma Patra. The place to Orientation for 4days.
it was exhausting day. many activity, materials, and less sleeptime.
many session such as :
Cross Cultural Adjustment
Managing Hopes and Concerns
Who am i
Japanese Languange
Discuss with returnees
Problem solving and effective Communication
managing a Successful Experiences
rules and regulation
what am i feeling now
travel procedure
japanese language
Japanese lunch

those the materials . but we still have many activity like sport, games, and the important one is talent show exercise every night. it's really spent our sleep time. we exercise every night to farewell party as the closing of Orientation. yeah, our preparation from chapter is useless. but finally we had success farewell party. really great experience.
Monday, 5 December 2011 around 5pm, we leave Jakarta towards Kansai. but we were transit in Denpasar Bali. and continuing the journey

 


how sweet the volunteers, they sang for us :')

JOURNEY TO JAPAN -going to jakarta

December 1^st 2011. We’re ready going to Jakarta.

Oh, how sweet my friends. They came to airport too, even before me.

waw, thanks a lot guys, 

ohkay, arrived in jakarta we had many schedule to travel, haha.

felt how is jakarta trully.

jakarta is wow. hard town, hard peoply, scary, and unsafe.

maria bring uba to me, kyaak. i have to take care for it, oka thanks maria :*

we tried used busway. yeah famous transportation in Jakarta. wah, i was seen by someone unknown and he follow me along way, fortunately yovi realized that, and walked behind me and firda.

orang gila di Jakarta wkwkwk

we were going to Kota Tua, in Jakarta. it's like historical town. i ever seen in television, finally i was going there. waw. so, Netherlands, classic and sweet. why i said sweet? because we were bicycling together.

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having fun with street singer. they are awesome

 

and then, the next is monas. monumen nasional. we had observation (yovi had!) i shouldn't explain what observation, should just we who know. haha 

 busy day. less rest, but always fun. :D