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i miss japan alot. and tokyo is my favourite city. i think i am able to make an accurate judgement because this is my second time there and also because it wasn't a dream vacation. it isn't the perfect vacation because not everything went according to plan and unfortunate things happened. like how the weather wasn't what i was hoping for, etc etc. and yet, in spite of it all, at narita, i found myself wishing i didn't have to leave, and i feel so empty, yearn so much to go back even after having touched down for two days.
to me, it was a very honest trip. honest in that i didn't lie to myself about anything, telling myself i like something when i don't. and i was right inside, in the heart of it. that is why i can tell you honestly that tokyo is my favourite city. not the perfect city, but really very close to it.
why i love tokyo
1. you can see a stylish girl anytime, any place.
2. i think there is a right mix of mechanical efficiency and human emotions. imagine a handphone that can check train schedules, and help you plan where to transfer, and how long you have before the transfer. and the trains are super punctual. and just when you think everything is too mechanical, you get a dose of their service industry, which is out of this world.
3. i think the place has got alot of character, all the buildings, all the streets. it's like every building is different. even apartment blocks. it is so different from here, where you get this whole neighbourhood which is like so uniform.
4. i like the stark contrasts. like how you can have a wonderful garden(Hamarikyu) right smack in the middle of Shimbashi, which is like full of skyscrapers. and how cosplayers make the area outside the meiji shrine their playground. and of course, across the road is harajuku. there is just this wonderful and odd combination of modernity and tradition everywhere.
5. i like the fact that there is something for everyone, something for every mood. you want some peace, you can get it in those parks, those gardens, those shrines and temples. you want to be with people, you can go shinjuku, harajuku, shibuya. you want the sea, you can go odaiba.
6. i like the way everyone is somehow considerate for each other, like how they automatically move to the centre of the carriage, how they stand on the left on escalators, how they know how to behave. it just doesn't happen here. it is somehow more mature over there.
7. i like the mix of intensity and serenity.
8. i like it because i met many nice people there. random strangers, friends, family. of course i met a foreign resident who wasn't nice when i asked him for some help. but life isn't rosy all the time. there is enough humanity here, though.
9. i like it here because i feel so inspired. i felt freed from whatever shackles that have been holding me back all this while. i felt very rejuvenated. i felt alive. it was just what i needed.
10. it is safe here. you don't really have to worry about anything.
11. it has like everything that i like: trains, bridges, rivers, the sea.
12. i feel at home here.
what i don't like about tokyo:
there is not enough football here.
there is something special about tokyo. i think every place has its own character. but maybe tokyo's appeals to me most. maybe it is because i am an asian after all. and munich doesn't have the sea.
i don't know when i will be back.
but i know i will.
to me, it was a very honest trip. honest in that i didn't lie to myself about anything, telling myself i like something when i don't. and i was right inside, in the heart of it. that is why i can tell you honestly that tokyo is my favourite city. not the perfect city, but really very close to it.
why i love tokyo
1. you can see a stylish girl anytime, any place.
2. i think there is a right mix of mechanical efficiency and human emotions. imagine a handphone that can check train schedules, and help you plan where to transfer, and how long you have before the transfer. and the trains are super punctual. and just when you think everything is too mechanical, you get a dose of their service industry, which is out of this world.
3. i think the place has got alot of character, all the buildings, all the streets. it's like every building is different. even apartment blocks. it is so different from here, where you get this whole neighbourhood which is like so uniform.
4. i like the stark contrasts. like how you can have a wonderful garden(Hamarikyu) right smack in the middle of Shimbashi, which is like full of skyscrapers. and how cosplayers make the area outside the meiji shrine their playground. and of course, across the road is harajuku. there is just this wonderful and odd combination of modernity and tradition everywhere.
5. i like the fact that there is something for everyone, something for every mood. you want some peace, you can get it in those parks, those gardens, those shrines and temples. you want to be with people, you can go shinjuku, harajuku, shibuya. you want the sea, you can go odaiba.
6. i like the way everyone is somehow considerate for each other, like how they automatically move to the centre of the carriage, how they stand on the left on escalators, how they know how to behave. it just doesn't happen here. it is somehow more mature over there.
7. i like the mix of intensity and serenity.
8. i like it because i met many nice people there. random strangers, friends, family. of course i met a foreign resident who wasn't nice when i asked him for some help. but life isn't rosy all the time. there is enough humanity here, though.
9. i like it here because i feel so inspired. i felt freed from whatever shackles that have been holding me back all this while. i felt very rejuvenated. i felt alive. it was just what i needed.
10. it is safe here. you don't really have to worry about anything.
11. it has like everything that i like: trains, bridges, rivers, the sea.
12. i feel at home here.
what i don't like about tokyo:
there is not enough football here.
there is something special about tokyo. i think every place has its own character. but maybe tokyo's appeals to me most. maybe it is because i am an asian after all. and munich doesn't have the sea.
i don't know when i will be back.
but i know i will.
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