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Ikatlah Ilmu dengan Menuliskannya - Ali bin Abi Thalib -

The 69th Ohara Festival was held on Cultural Day (November 3, 2020). Ohara matsuri is a very famous festival in Kagoshima City that usually included so many dancers. But, due to the spread of Corona, this year event was only held for two hours. Visitors who want to get closer with the dancer would be checked for body temperature and should apply disinfectant.



Taking pictures with all ambassador in front of Kagoshima City Hall before the event
 
I participated in this event as part of Kagoshima City Tourism Ambassadors 2020 after routinely two weeks of dance preparation. There are three types of dance we performed during Ohara Festival: Ohara Bushi, Shibuya Ondo, and Hanya Bushi. It was simple dances, but without practice really confusing. 

Dance around Tenmonkan street

Since the participants were from many institutions, schools, etc so that Tenmonkan street becomes very crowd. The tram and bus were stopped, everyone can enjoy the festive festival. 



Aftermatch


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 Seventh July celebrated as Tanabata Festival, Japanese Festival that originating from Chinese Qixi Festival. It celebrates the meeting of deities Orihime and Hikoboshi. The Milky Way separates these lovers, and they only allowed to meet once a year on the seventh day of seven.


Tanzaku hanging on bamboo tree

On that occasion, people write their wish in a paper (called tanzaku), then hanging in the bamboo tree. In the night of seventh when the deities meet, they may grants your wish.

Last year I joined an event in KIEX in making tanzaku calligraphy as well as the paper decorations with other foreigners living in Kagoshima. Tanzaku and the decorations then hanging in the bamboo tree. We take this picture for memories, because that was my last chance joining this kind of event in Kagoshima.

Me and other foreigners

After we finished calligraphy, making some origamis, then we ate soumen, kind of Japanese noodle that usually eaten during summer. 

Soumen and my tanzaku 

After finishing the events, we all take the pictures outside with our tanzaku. Can you read my handwritting anw? ;) But we hope that the deities will grant our wishes tonight ;)

Then we moved the tanzaku outside

 
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Dari banyak postingan saya traveling di Jepang, khususnya di Pulau Kyushu, kira-kira penasaran nggak berapa budget traveling saya? 😅. Saya nggak akan membahas nominalnya berapa Yen ataupun dalam Rupiah (karena pasti kelihatan "wah" banget), tapi saya akan uraikan berapa nilai hemat dari penggunaan JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass dibandingkan biaya normal yang biasa dipakai orang Jepang 😇

Source: jrkyushu.co.jp

JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass (JR九州留学生パス)

Adalah tiket kereta api khusus di Pulau Kyushu yang hanya bisa dibeli oleh pemegang status visa ryuugakusei (留学生) atau pelajar asing. Informasi lebih lengkap bisa ditelurusi di website khusus JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass.

Cara membeli JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass

JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass dapat diperoleh di sebagian besar stasiun di Kyushu dan pusat perjalanan JR Kyushu di Kyushu dengan menunjukkan Resident Card dengan izin tinggal sebagai ryuugakusei atau pelajar asing.

Harga JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass

Harganya sama dengan Kyushu Rail Pass, Northern area 3 hari seharga 7.000 yen dan All area 3 hari seharga 14.000 yen. Aturan dan ketentuannya sangat mirip dengan Kyusuhu Rail Pass. 

Dimana JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass bisa digunakan?

JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass dapat digunakan pada seluruh kereta JR di Pulau Kyushu kecuali Sanyo Shinkansen antara Kokura dan Hakata/Hakata-Minami, tetapi tidak mencakup kursi yang dipesan (reserved seat). Sebagian besar kereta memiliki kursi yang tidak perlu dipesan atau jiyuuseki (di gerbong 1-3) dan perlu dipesan shiteiseki (di gerbong 4-6).

Pengecualian untuk naik kereta berikut diperlukan tambahan uang reservasi kursi (dengan pemesanan terpisah) karena tidak ada kursi yang tidak dipesan, yaitu: Yufuin no Mori (Hakata-Yufuin-Oita-Beppu), Anak Aso Ekspres Terbatas! (Kumamoto-Miyaji), SL Hitoyoshi (Kumamoto-Hitoyoshi), Limited Express Ibusuki no Tamatebako (Kagoshima Chuo-Ibusuki) and Limited Express A Ressha de Iko (Kumamoto-Misumi).

Noted: Perjalanan menggunakan JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass harus dapat menunjukkan Resident Card (Zairyu Kaado) apabila diminta oleh petugas pemeriksa tiket di dalam kereta. Oleh karena itu, jangan lupa untuk selalu membawa Resident Card saat bepergian.

Cara menggunakan JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass

Tidak seperti tiket Shinkansen pada umumnya, tiket JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass hanya satu lembar. Cukup masukkan tiket tersebut pada mesin tiket yang ada sebelum memasuki stasiun. Tiket ini dapat digunakan keluar masuk stasiun berkali-kali selama dalam tiga hari periode penggunaan.

JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass
JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass

Apa kelebihan JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass?

Pass ini tidak mencakup kursi kelas Green dan jalur JR Bus mana pun, tetapi harganya sangat murah. Tiket All Area (14.670 Yen) jauh lebih murah dibandingkan tiket pulang pergi dari Hakata ke Kagoshima (18.000 Yen). Dan tiket Northern Area (7.330 Yen) jauh lebih murah dibandingkan tiket  pulang pergi dari Hakata ke Kumamoto (10.860 Yen).

Selain itu, perjalanan dari Kagoshima ke Hakata hanya memerlukan waktu 1.5 jam. Lebih cepat jika dibandingkan bus biasa yang memerlukan sekitar 5 jam perjalanan. Jadi, pass ini juga memberikan keleluasaan dalam menghemat waktu tempuh perjalanan.


Tips traveling dengan JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass:


1. Jaga tenaga dan kondisi tubuh tetap fit selama perjalanan

Meskipun menggunakan Shinkansen sebagai moda transportasi utama, tetapi tidak dipungkiri jalan-jalan di Jepang akan menuntut kita untuk banyak berjalan kaki. Dan berjalan kaki penuh selama tiga hari tentu saja membutuhkan energi yang cukup. Jadi, pastikan kondisi sehat selama perjalanan!

2. Tentukan waktu selama 3 hari penuh

  • Sesuai validity dari JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass ini yaitu selama 3 hari, sangat rugi jika tidak bisa dimaksimalkan penggunaannya. Oleh karena itu, sebisa mungkin pilih waktu di three consecutive holidays atau (sanrenkyu). 
  • Note: Hindari penggunaan di tanggal 1-3 Januari, karena tidak banyak tempat wisata yang beroperasi selama libur oshougatsu (tradisi tahun baru di Jepang).

3.  Tentukan tujuan wisata yang bisa dijangkau dengan JR Pass 

Pilih perfekture yang berdekatan secara geografi, misal: Nagasaki, Saga & Kumamoto; Fukuoka & Oita; Kagoshima & Miyazaki, dll. Selain itu, sebisa mungkin gunakan moda transportasi kereta JR lokal agar tidak memerlukan uang transportasi tambahan.
  • Perjalanan di Fukuoka sangat mustahil bisa diselesaikan dalam satu hari karena jarak dari Hakata ke Kitakyushu yang cukup jauh (dengan kereta lokal), jadi saya mengalokasikan dua hari untuk mengeksplor Fukuoka.
  • Perjalanan ke Oita menggunakan kereta Sonic (Limited Express) dari Hakata - Kokura - Oita membutuhkan waktu tempuh cukup lama, yaitu 2 jam. Sehingga lebih efisien jika tujuan ke Oita ini dipadukan dengan Fukuoka dengan menginap di sekitar Kokura Station.
  • Perjalanan dari Hakata ke Nagasaki City perlu menggunakan kereta Kamome (Limited Express). Perjalanan ini lebih efisien dikhususkan untuk mengeksplorasi kawasan Isahaya, Unzen, Shimabara, dll.
  • Sedangkan dari Hakata ke Sasebo dan Huis ten Bosch menggunakan kereta Midori (Limited Express), dimana keretanya akan terbagi dua di stasiun Haiki untuk menuju ke stasiun tujuan masing-masing (gerbong 1-4 untuk tujuan Huis ten Bosch, gerbong 5-8 untuk tujuan Sasebo). Dengan demikian, untuk wilayah Sasebo & Huis ten Bosch akan lebih efisien jika dipadukan dengan perjalanan ke Perfektur Saga.

4. Buat ittinerary sedetail-detailnya, terutama jadwal kereta lokal

Jadwal kereta lokal dari Hakata ke Saga bisa jadi lebih banyak dibandingkan dari Saga ke Hakata. Dengan demikian, akan lebih efisien jika mengetahui secara pasti jadwal kereta lokal terutama dari daerah kecil ke kota, supaya tidak menghabiskan waktu untuk menunggu kereta di stasiun.

Sekian artikel tentang tips jalan-jalan murah di Kyushu dengan budget mahasiswa 😆. Sampai jumpa di info jalan-jalan selanjutnya 👋

Salam,



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Perkenalkan, nama saya Arinal Izzah (biasa dipanggil Izza), pemilik sekaligus satu-satunya penulis blog Satsuma Biru. 

Asal dari Klaten, sempat tinggal di Sukoharjo selama SMP, kuliah di Bogor, sempat tinggal di Kagoshima (Jepang), dan saat ini berdomisili di Kabupaten Bogor. 

Oh ya, saya adalah seorang plant scientist yang hobi nulis, fotografi dan jalan-jalan. Di platform ini saya hanya sharing hobi, kalau mau diskusi serius tentang tanaman bisa lewat platform ResearchGate atau LinkedIn.

Kenapa Ngeblog?

  1. karena suka menulis.
  2. mengabadikan momen dalam bentuk tulisan.
  3. dengan menulis, saya akan terus belajar.

Karena ngeblog sendirian itu nggak seru, makanya saya aktif di komunitas blogger perempuan, 1 minggu 1 menulis, dan bloggerhubid. Harapannya, biar saya terpacu untuk terus menulis seperti yang lainnya. 

Selain ngeblog, saya juga pernah ikut beberapa kegiatan penulisan, fotografi dan sosial media campaign. Berikut adalah portofolio saya:

MENULIS

  • "Membangun Lingkungan yang Mendukung Studi" sebagai salah satu bab dalam 'Buku Sahabat Mahasiswa' yang diterbitkan PPI Kanto 2020. Sumber: PPI Kanto.
  • "Summer Festival di Kagoshima" sebagai salah satu kontributor artikel di Majalah Interaksi PPI Jepang, Edisi Musim Panas 2020. Sumber: ISSUU.

FOTOGRAFI

  • 1st Winner of the 2nd mini photo contest held by Embassy of Japan in Indonesia (June, 2020) with photo theme "Yellow Rice Onigiri". Source: Facebook Kedutaan Besar Jepang di Jakarta

SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN

  • The winners #MyOwnPersonalJapan SNS Posting Campaign, organized by Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) from Oct 19 to Dec 6, 2020. Source: Japan Today.
  • The winners of My Japan Stories social media campaign part 1 for 20th Year Anniversary of att Japan from Sept 10 to Oct 31, 2021. Source: attJapan.
Demikian dulu perkenalan singkat tentang saya. Kalau ada yang mau kenalan, saling follow blog, dll silakan tinggalkan jejak komentar di bawah ya.. Insya Alloh akan saya kunjungi balik 😇


Salam kenal,


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Wisteria or Fuji 藤 in Japanese is blooming at the beginning of Spring, between April to early May. I  interested to visit Wisteria Tunnel after I saw a picture at an Instagram post. 

It was 10 consecutive days of 2019 Golden Weeks I visited Kawachi Wisteria Garden in Kitakyushu, the northern part of Fukuoka Prefecture. You must be imagined that it would be people crowd outside there, and it was. However, I reserved the entrance ticket from an online website to ensure that I can enter this garden rather than take the whole on a queue line just to buy the ticket. 

From Kokura station, I took JR train to Yahata station. As arrived, I put my luggage to coin locker since it will be inconvenient to walk in the garden with a lot of stuff. Then I walked near Mt Sarakura Observatory shuttle bus, and I asked the staff with my limited Japanese whether they know shuttle bus that will go to Wisteria Garden. As they showed me the queue line, then I followed their instruction. It surprised me that more than half of the bus passenger are foreigners. 

It took approximately 30 minutes from the station to the garden.


Wisteria Tunnel

Arrived at the garden, so many people walking throughout the tunnel. It was a sunny day anyway, long days vacation. No wonder! But for people like me who like to photograph, it was not good news.

But, when the object can not be changed, photographer will change the angle to get the best picture they can. So I would try.

The first tunnel, the most beautiful, you can find most of the pictures on the internet was taken there. I could smell the fragrant scent along the tunnel, with the sound of a honey bee flying between the flowers. I tried to photograph this tunnel, not so good, but I captured.

Walking near me two Japanese female (around 60 years old I guess) that greeted me. "写真とりましょうか (Shashin torimashouka)?" which means 'May I help to take your picture?'. Maybe she saw me walking by myself to just focusing on the flower, then she offered help to take the picture.  Of course, it helped. Solo travel knows this situation well that taking picture of ourselves with the object is almost impossible if we don't dare to ask a stranger :)

Second tunnel with various wisteria

Then followed by the second tunnel which has several kinds of Wisteria, the purple and the white. A few people crowd this place. However, I could smell different scent between the white and purple wisteria. The white one tends to be soft than the purple one. 


Hanging Wisteria

At the hanging wisteria, it was not so high, so I could take a lot of macro photographs here. This area also felt cooler, so that people gather along this place to take a bit rest after a long walk or to take the pictures. It did not a matter, cause I also spotted beautiful view here. 

One of my macro photograph

Finishing my walk earlier with a bunch of pictures taken with a camera, I still didn't want to leave this garden. First, because the entrance was quite expensive. Second, it took a lot of effort to come here from Kagoshima. So I decided to do some round again, trying to take the best picture I can. 


The best picture I captured from this garden ;)

Fortunately, a hijaber appear in front of me in the opposite direction. She is an Indonesian study in Osaka, travel by bus to Kokura. I had a lot of conversation with her in the garden, even on the bus going back to Yahata station. It's been a while I did not talk in Bahasa, nostalgic. Then, the new story began :)

You must know that when Indonesian girl meets each other, the first thing they never doubt is a request for taking self pictures. Only Indonesian understand and patient enough to take so many pictures in one background just to get the best angle and style. Thanks to her I have a lot of pictures of my self in my camera right now ;)

This journey is part of JR Kyushu Foreign Student Pass Trip around Kyushu. 

See you on another trip 👋




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