Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Day 1 in Osaka City - 大阪的一天。。。(2nd Episod)

First challenge...
坐飞机到达日本Kansai Airport实在是没有什么困难的。那么,挑战就是当你一个人到达了一个你完全不熟悉的环境,时时刻刻你都得告诉自己下一步因该怎样做,因该往哪里去了。那时,突然发现,自己跟自己的对话,比平时多了许多。



After get down from the plane, I start to look for the way that I should proceed. Besides following other people, looking for instruction sign board is the common task I did all the time in Kansai Airport. 1st pic is the airport train whcih fetch us from the departure hall. 2nd picture is the bus station at airport. 3rd is the place that I want and need to go, because I don't want to take bus to 'Namba' station. So, I need to take a train and that is the railway station that link to Kansai airport.



So now, here got 2 types of railway station. If you go wrong, then the consequence is you will waste time and money. However, all the places mention on the sign board are the places you never seen before :S, with Japanese words. Luckily is, some of them is similar to our chinese language and still can recognize easily.


To 'Namba' station, I need to take 'NanKai' railway. :) This is known when doing research at home. However, still, there is another one is K-Han railway. So, you still will have to make sure 'Namba' station is the station that NanKai railway got pass through. Some time information from Internet still got some mistake. In the sign board display there didn't display 'Namba' station in english, but in chinese and japanese words, called ‘难波’and some more in a very tiny form.
Really kanasai...


After deciding Nankai station is the one I need to take, buying ticket is the next tasks. Sound easy rite? :) Ok... go to the counter, asking for 1 'Namba' station ticket from the counter. "Good morning Mr, may I have a ticket to 'Namba' station?' .... The Japanese guy look at you in an embarrass face, sound like, you don't know I am Japanese meh? How I understand your words :-S

Me, speechless.... "Namba, Namba station..." + all the body sign language. Ha!... every easy now, he got it because of 'Namba' words :) So, paid 890 yen. Eh... the digit still the same as our country ;) Oh ya, if you want to concert, just take (Yen /100) * 3. So, 890 yen is roughly RM27.


I will tell you more in next episod on what is the difficult after I reached 'Namba' station.

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