From S to the O to the K to the O and back to S again...[Part-1]

Tajuk entry ala2 rap gitu..hehe... it's about our journey, from Sendai to Osaka to Kagoshima back to Osaka and finally pulang ke tempat asal... Sendai.. Waahhh sungguh memori daun pisang, almost every day was raining during our trip (ish betul ke ayat ni?), even though it was limited, yet we tried our best not to waste the precious time. Of course we have to, susah nak dapat peluang travel to southern part of Japan and the tickets were expensive, since we went there for official purpose, so we can claim the ticket, alhamdulillah..rezeki.. not as well as planned really hope for another chance to visit those places again and many other nice places around Japan.

Packed our stuff the night before, mulanya nak bawa only one medium bag, adjust sana sini, ermm have to bring another small bag, packing dengan jayanya and the next day woke up as early as nak pergi lab, munch breakfast, since dah lama tak naik bas from our house, we forgot semua jadual bas, dulu siap hafal lagi.., but luckily keluar je from the gate, "ting" (pengaruh kartun yang ada majik hehe), nampak one bus is coming..apa lagi, terus lari dalam keadaan keluar asap berkepul2 dari mulut sebab Sendai sangat sejuk sekarang...huhu..angin yang sangat sejuk yet very few snow huhu...

Kagoshima is situated at Kyusyu island, dan paling hujung...or should i say hujung benua jepun ni, there's no direct flight and our flight transit at Osaka, on the way pergi there's nothing much, the fun started..of course on our way back. When we arrived at Kagoshima airport, we saw this plane, the real nippon airways, my love saw on tv that they will only show it for limited time, sedangkan nihonjin pun ambil gambar apatah lagi my love, he managed to snap one...

yup it's the plane

before coming here i asked my labmate... sambil2 nak rensyu nihonggo.. kagoshima wa, nani ga omoshiroi desuka? (apa yang menarik di kagoshima?) and then they said Sakurajima.. i was puzzled, sakura? ada sakura ke musim sejuk cenggini... they said google, so i googled and saw this big mountain, not an ordinary one, it's one of the active vocano in japan, i dont exactly know how many are they here but one in kagoshima is among the famous one. Hari-hari pun meletus (keluar asap/habuk) sangat la mencemaskan..but no need to worry those lava takes time to explode, sempat nak melarikan diri, unless di atas ketentuan-Nya, u can't run away from that, mochiron! Keluar je dari arrival hall dah nampak gambar sakurajima ni, and while waiting for the bus ada ashiyu (kolam air panas, tempat rendam kaki) mini version of sakurajima. Usually ada train from airport, but this airport..huhu sungguh sadis, only ada limousine bus, which is really expensive 1200 yen. But we dont have a choice, kalau naik cab for sure it will cost us not less than 5000 yen.

welcome to kagoshima, cute can bears tu? macam tak percaya my love and i dah jejak kaki ke pulau kyusyu.. did u notice ada green spot to put your feet for taking pictures, saya dengan skimanya put mine on those spots haha..

my love in front of mini sakurajima...

My love's friend, Ayuk, studying here, at Kagoshima University. Since he's busy with the program so he didn't manage to pick us up and told us we need to stop at Chuo Eki. Along the way, the scenery was nice (didn't take any picture though).. ala2 yamagata pun ada, because a lot of hills and mountains.. sampai je Chuo Eki, we saw a big shopping mall with merry go round on it, nak kata ferris wheel hmm..mcm tak sebesar tu... at first we waited for ayuk, and then we saw our hotel that he helped to booked for us, just near the station about 3 min walk...seronok... sebab dekat, we went to check in, settle down jap, and went out for dinner..sangat lapar.. harus mencari makanan... there were not much choice we just ate tuna sanwich at Doutor..

not bad...we just have no idea how this place would look like.. rather small city compared to Sendai but just nice..and uptodate..
kat depan mall ada ni..sort of trademark kagoshima jugak..tapi tak tahu what's the history behind this..
kepada sesiap yang main farmville, mesti tahu ni..tak sangka i can see it live in front of me, yes farmville is a must before start lab work or before i go home, really ease the tense hehe seronok tgk colorful tanaman and those cute animals in the farm

All shops closed at 8 here, lagipun penat travel and we need to prepare for tomorrow's meeting... The meeting was supposed to be at 2 and then postpone to 4..sementara tunggu tu..apa lagi we headed tu sakurajima..because that's all the time that we have to sightseeing at kagoshima.. kat sini ada tramp...jakun jugak mula2 tengok... i forgot the name in japanese..huu..

the tramp... love..do u still remember the name in japanese? seronok sebab pergi je mana2 jauh or dekat the cost will be 150 yen, but to go to sakurajima we cant take this, there's a special bus to go there...
dah sampai sakurajima naik bus pun 150 yen..wah sungguh seronok..murah transportion kat sini..suka..suka...
huhu..look at the beautiful water..ish mr cat pun nak ambil gambar..bukan apa it's very hard to see a nice cat (yang tak lari) and cats here semua gomok2...untuk tahan winter agaknya.. cats are very expensive here.. jarang ada kucing liar, cheapest cat we saw 50,000 yen.. fuhh... so memang terkejut tiba2 ada meow sesat kat sini, tq love for snapping this pic, even though my love tak berkenan sangat hehe..
we headed to see sakurajima...tak sah kalau tak ada sesi penggambaran ala2 cover magazine, we just saw it from far..it was dusty there tempias debu letusan tu, kalau tgk weather forecast siap tunjuk arah angin asap sakurajima lagi hehe.. aishiteruuuu
Posing depan entrance je..tak sempat masuk...haha..kelakar la gambar lompat tak jadi tu..huhu somebody.. please..teach me how to jump2 yang lebih cun...sungguh tidak berbakat diri ini..

kat sini ada dolphin port tapi tak masuk pun, suddenly ayuk call said the meeting will be at 2 plak. And my love asked him which other place is interesting..and he said Tenmonkan Mall, i noticed every single city that we go mesti ada street mall bezanya jumlah shops and the size of the mall, here is rather small than sendai, but it really does have a lot of shops...

The mall
kedai pun belum bukak..awal sangat...buka lambat tapi tutup awal huu... sempat pergi to a few shops..not bad... and we went back to the hotel to get ready for the meeting..we went there naik tramp... VC sangat busy, but he managed to see us for 1 1/2 hour, tak sempat plak nak snap pictures..we imagined that we can take proper picture with him sadly, lepas je meeting terus bergegas to next agenda...jadual yang sangat padat...
happy...and legaa..fuhh..senyum riang lepas jumpa boss..with my love's tomodachi, Ayuk (promote sikit..single and available tau...haha..jgn marah yuk)
ayuk invited us for late lunch..wahh makan tomyam..yummy2...bagus..pandai masak.. (eceh promote lagi...) , after that we headed back tapi singgah mall lagi skali sebab tadi banyak lagi kedai belum buka..sambil nak cr supper...and then we headed back to hotel to pack our stuuf for another journey...
the last picture at kagoshima, at the departure hall...till we meet again...bila la nak turun kyusyu lagi...hmm...long2 way...

end of part 1 at kagoshima..part 2 coming soon...so many pictures to upload...and so many things to tell...hopefully i can tell every single detail of it...working on it..tinggal lama2 nanti lupa.. :)