Semalam merah jambu, hari ni biru pula. Kami meneruskan jelajah di negara terbit matahari ini ke Ibaraki. Untuk sampai ke Ibaraki, kami perlu melalui Tokyo. Sempat juga lah melihat suasana sibuk di Tokyo ketika kami meninggalkan bagasi di loker berkunci Ikebukuro station.
Ibaraki and Tokyo are connected with good transport system. So, we opted the quickest way i.e. Limited Express Hitachi rather than Joban Line. However, there is something different for Hitachi Line. You have to book the seat in advance. We did not know that at first, and just walked through the whole length of train just to find the sign for non-reserved seat but failed. Apa lagi, bila dah gelabah, berlari la ke kaunter JR and terus book seats. Sempat lah juga kami board the train sebelum berlepas. Sebenarnya, boleh je naik tanpa reservation ticket. Tapi, kalau ada orang datang, then you have to move la. Leceh la kan.
Perjalanan mengambil masa satu jam setengah. I think I slept tru je kot sepanjang perjalanan. Sebab tadi dah bangun awal kan dari Fujisan. Ngantok kot. Haha. Sesampainya dia Katsuka station, nampak terus dah sepanduk Hitachi koen tu. Kami pon terus menghala ke perhentian bas yang tertera di sepanduk untuk menunggu free shuttle bus.
Harga tiket masuk ke taman bunga tersebut ialah 400 yen. Kami hairan jugak kenapa lagi murah dari taman-taman yang sebelumnya. But, don't care lah. Rezeki kami lah tiket kali ini murah, kan?
Nak sampai ke kawasan bunga biru dari pintu gerbang utama itu bukan dekat eh? Ada la hampir 1 km berjalan kaki kot. Ramai nye lah pengunjung yang melawat taman tersebut. Sesampainya di kawasan bunga biru tersebut, cuaca pon mendung dan gerimis pon turun untuk beberapa ketika. Tapi, sebabkan dah datang jauh, tak kan pula tidak mahu bergambar kan? Thanks to this water resistant phone, masalah itu dapat diatasi. Heh? Hahaha.
Ada satu loceng dekat atas bukit bunga biru tu. Pengunjung beratur panjang untuk gegar loceng tu. Tak tahu apa significant loceng tu. I was also involved to ring the bell. Haha. Saja menggedik kan... Usai bergambar, kami pon menuju jalan pulang. Sempat jugak lah melihat gelagat photographer pro ni ambil gambar. Terduduk, tertonggeng lah ha. Hahaha. Rata-rata yang datang ke taman ini ialah keluarga yang datang bersantai. So, ramai lah anak-anak kecil Jepun yang comel-comel dilihat bermain sesama mereka.
Nak cari jalan keluar pon sampai sesat, okay? Hahaha. Fail gila baca map. Map dekat taman tu dah la tak de tulisan rumi. Dah macam apa je la kami match kan tulisan jepun di map tangan dan tanda arah yang terpacak di taman tersebut. Aih... Tak mesra pengunjung global betul.
With the same transport method, we went back to Tokyo and got ready for next destination i.e Yokohama. Yokohama and Tokyo is not that far. 40 minutes by local overground train, I would say. It was suggested by my good friend to go to Yokohama at night to see the picturesque trading town. Memang cantik la. Tak dapat dinafikan. I met my high school friend, Yuki and Yuho in Yokohama. They treated us for dinner that evening. We were touched by their welcoming heartful gesture when eating soba. What funny of us when eating soba was we ate hot soba with fork and spoon. Suppose, cold soba is more common and they eat with chopstick. But it was total failure when it came to me. I could not handle the chopstick. LOL.
Burppp. Alhamdulillah for the rezeki today. I could finally eat the meal tanpa rasa loya. So, selamat lah mi soba itu di dalam perut kecilku... We head back to our hotel near Ikebukuro station and doze off.
Ada berbaki dua hari lagi di Tokyo ni. Nak pergi mana eh?
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