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The beginning is always the hardest, the ending would be the saddest part of all. To start writing requires more than skills and ideas but being persistent.
What do you think of Japan?
I'd love to visit the country someday! Now that visa is no longer required for Malaysian, I feel that this is such a great opportunity to consider Japan to be the next place to visit.
Did you know how much that I wanted to go there after all this year! It is now a dream-come-true though consider getting a visa to Japan has never been so easy with those crazy requirements and stuff like that.
Why Japan? Simply put, I just love the people and the country herself, given the technology and what the country has achieved so far, there is just so much to learn.
I know travelling to Japan will cost me a fortune, hey this is once in a lifetime chance for you not to let go!
Some says that now is not the best time to go there, what's with the earthquake and tsunami that struck some part of the country in addition to the nuclear power plants leak crisis there.
But the country is big enough for you not to get like sort of nuclear contamination (or whatsoever they call it) right?
Be positive, I have been to Korea, I truly felt the different, they have gone way too far ahead in term of many areas from technology to entertainment you name it!
There is a little something you can learn from the Japanese cultural, the politeness being among them as seen on tv or in the Japanese movies.
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A brief introduction of Japan:
The "Land of the Rising Sun" is a country where the past meets the future. Japanese culture stretches back millennia, yet has also adopted (and created) the latest modern fashions and trends.
Japan is a study in contrasts and contradictions. Many Japanese corporations dominate their industries, yet if you read the financial news it seems like Japan is practically bankrupt. Cities are as modern and high tech as anywhere else, but tumbledown wooden shacks can still be spotted next to glass fronted designer condominiums. On an average subway ride, you might see childishly cute character toys and incredibly violent pornography - sometimes enjoyed by the same passenger, at the same time! Japan has beautiful temples and gardens which are often surrounded by garish signs and ugly buildings. In the middle of a modern skyscraper you might discover a sliding wooden door which leads to a traditional chamber with tatami mats, calligraphy, and tea ceremony. These juxtapositions mean you may often be surprised and rarely bored by your travels in Japan.
Although Japan has often been seen in the West as a land combining tradition and modernity, and juxtapositions definitely exist, part of this idea is obsolete, and is a product of Japan being the first major Asian power to modernize as well as Western patronization and heavy promotion by the travel industry. Keep in mind that continued demolition of some of Japan's historic landmarks goes on apace, as with the famed Kabuki-za Theater demolition. Still, with the proper planning, and with expectations held in check, a trip to Japan can be incredibly enjoyable and definitely worthwhile.
Source : Wikipedia
Being a muslim myself, food is of the only concern, finding halal foods would be the greatest challenge in every part of my journey but to my surprise it was a whole of different story in Korea as at the time I stayed right in the central Seoul, so close to a mosque called The Central Mosque Seoul, which is getting Halal foods and restaurants was at hand.
I am not a Japanese foods lover so that we are clear. I could not even stand the fishy smell of Sushi or whatever raw Japanese foods give off.
No offense but it is a fact!
Alright as I was saying in the last a few entries, I still have unclaimed annual leaves that need to be cleared, in this case I might as well use them for this journey.
It is just a pre-plan as to whether or not this is going to happen, I have no clue at all.
Stay tuned for more!
