Sunday, December 14, 2008

"Jalan-Jalan" around Nagoya


Going around Nagoya yesterday with Prof. Gadkari. It was quite interesting, because he demanded to go back from Osu-Kannon to his hotel at Nagoya Station area by BUS. Frankly speaking, I never tried a bus in the city because train/subway is more efficient and has better reach in the city. That brought my first experience boarding a bus in Nagoya city, haha ^_^ We board a Meitetsu bus, not the normal blue/white-colored Nagoya city bus because the Meitetsu has better frequency (from the chart at the bus booth). Both have the same price plan. A Japanese guy helped us regarding the method.

We need to board the bus by back door, take a coupun (ticket??) at the door and get seated. When getting off, I need to change my JPY1,000 yen note to get JPY100 yen coin first (machine is at the driver seat). After that, put the coupon took at door during boarding into payment machine first, followed by JPY200 yen coin. [These are notes for myself actually].
Before that, I brought him to an Indian/Pakistani buffet restaurant at Kanayama. He was extremely happy being able to taste Indian cuisine, after a week of Japanese foods. Also met Brother Azlan and his family, and also Azmi, Rizal, and new postgraduate student from UTeM, at the same buffet restaurant.

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