This story is based on my true experience on going to Japan in a summer school program funded by Kochi University of Technology (KUT).
Keyword: benevolent, respect
August 4 2018.
6:50 am.
My Indonesian friend and I landed in Tokyo Haneda Airport. My next flight was at 11:25 am to Kochi, about 700 km from Tokyo. We made appointment to meet our Japanese friend first in Tokyo Haneda before we took the next flight. We should move from international terminal to the domestic one to meet her.
We could meet her. We then looked for Japan sim card for us. After minutes, we could find it, but we had such a problem that we should go out of airport to bigger store to buy sim card. We should take train.
10:15 am.
Sim card was in our hand. We would go back to the airport by train. Our train stopped in a station and we should change the train. But, we took the wrong train! We headed to the origin station, instead. After we arrived in origin station, we should wait a couple of minutes for the next train.
11:00 am.
We departed from the station by another train. Luck for us, this train is a direct train to domestic terminal of Tokyo Haneda Airport.
11.15 am.
We got off the train. We returned the ticket but something wrong happened. The exit gate didn’t open. We met the security guard and I didn’t know what happened. My Japanese friend talked to him in Japanese and she told us to run for the flight. We ran. We didn’t even have time to say good bye even though we knew that it would be our last chance to meet each other.
11.17 am.
We arrived in domestic terminal. We should stand in line for passing the security gate. There were two persons in front of us. My friend asked the guard to prioritize us because we should catch the flight immediately. But Japan is Japan. We should obey the rule and stand in line.
After our stuff was checked one by one, do you think it was over? No! We should run for about a kilometer to reach our flight gate. But, the thing that I was amazed of just started.
Maybe you have ever heard that in Japan, when we use escalator and travellator, the left side is for standing and the right side is for walking/running (people in rush). What I want to say is, it helped me so much. From the front gate, we should run for about a kilometre, and for that long, we should take several escalators and travellators. We ran, ran, and ran. No one blocked our way, if there was one, it was only a little kid, and his/her parents pulled him/her immediately when they noticed us.
11.24 am.
I was on board. I was really relieved that I was in time, just a minute before closing. I sat down and calmed myself down. I thought back what just happened. I imagined, if those people had just blocked the way just like in my home country, I would’ve been late.
#inspirationfromjapan
#revolusimental
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Keyword: benevolent, respect
August 4 2018.
6:50 am.
My Indonesian friend and I landed in Tokyo Haneda Airport. My next flight was at 11:25 am to Kochi, about 700 km from Tokyo. We made appointment to meet our Japanese friend first in Tokyo Haneda before we took the next flight. We should move from international terminal to the domestic one to meet her.
We could meet her. We then looked for Japan sim card for us. After minutes, we could find it, but we had such a problem that we should go out of airport to bigger store to buy sim card. We should take train.
10:15 am.
Sim card was in our hand. We would go back to the airport by train. Our train stopped in a station and we should change the train. But, we took the wrong train! We headed to the origin station, instead. After we arrived in origin station, we should wait a couple of minutes for the next train.
11:00 am.
We departed from the station by another train. Luck for us, this train is a direct train to domestic terminal of Tokyo Haneda Airport.
11.15 am.
We got off the train. We returned the ticket but something wrong happened. The exit gate didn’t open. We met the security guard and I didn’t know what happened. My Japanese friend talked to him in Japanese and she told us to run for the flight. We ran. We didn’t even have time to say good bye even though we knew that it would be our last chance to meet each other.
11.17 am.
We arrived in domestic terminal. We should stand in line for passing the security gate. There were two persons in front of us. My friend asked the guard to prioritize us because we should catch the flight immediately. But Japan is Japan. We should obey the rule and stand in line.
After our stuff was checked one by one, do you think it was over? No! We should run for about a kilometer to reach our flight gate. But, the thing that I was amazed of just started.
Maybe you have ever heard that in Japan, when we use escalator and travellator, the left side is for standing and the right side is for walking/running (people in rush). What I want to say is, it helped me so much. From the front gate, we should run for about a kilometre, and for that long, we should take several escalators and travellators. We ran, ran, and ran. No one blocked our way, if there was one, it was only a little kid, and his/her parents pulled him/her immediately when they noticed us.
11.24 am.
I was on board. I was really relieved that I was in time, just a minute before closing. I sat down and calmed myself down. I thought back what just happened. I imagined, if those people had just blocked the way just like in my home country, I would’ve been late.
#inspirationfromjapan
#revolusimental
