Izumi in the Other Side of her World

CHAPTER 2 - STRANGE NEW WORLD

    I walk inside the Haneda airport building, only to look around in how it's now giving me a different sense of sight through my eyes. I really feel amazingly lost here in Haneda airport. Just like the strange new world. I look around and pass through the female staff greeting us. They look very pretty, and they greet us very nicely. I wave and greet them back, and the feeling that they did greet to me too.

    Looking around Haneda airport is very unique, and I'm just following everyone else to where they're going. I still have JC's help and I feel like going through the airport is quite difficult. As Haneda itself looks very strange around.

    I need my visa checked to have my stay here approved. What JC says. But the checking in process steps, or paperwork that I have to go through as an internationalist, just feels so stupid like a mood to do. JC says it's better to have a Japanese SIM card if you need WiFi when traveling to different places, or in Tokyo. I ask him if you should exchange your currency. JC answers: "You can do that."

    Then after, he asks me: "Where are you gonna stay?" I don't really know TBH. Maybe... just randomly... I think I'm gonna stay in... Shinjuku. He leads me to the bus ticket machine where it will lead me to Shinjuku. And after I get my bus ticket, I ask the same question to him. He answers: "Usually, my home in Japan is somewhere in Shinagawa." This is where JC will be leaving to his own ticket machine. But he says: "Don't worry. All you have to do is wait at the arrival lobby for your limousine bus. Best wishes to you, and your stay here in Japan. Good luck." "Thank you." I responded. I shake his hand, and we part ways.

   I wait for my bus to arrive, and I get in with more other Japanese people coming with me to Shinjuku. I give the ticket to the driver, but he somehow look weird at me. I think he's judging me as a foreigner. I then wanted to ignore him then even if I feel it's kinda rude. I take a deep breath once again, and sit beside the window. Wanting to see more of what I can see of Japan. The guy behind who then sits beside me, I wave hi to him because I'm still ecstatic about here.

   Despite waving several times each second, he doesn't seem to respond to my wave. In the reaction I feel... makes me a bit nervous to him, and maybe that goes as well with the other people in the bus. It is making me worry about my presence or how his reaction kinda. He does look really tired. So I look away to not bother him again. He does have the really cool spiky light-dyed hair.

   The whole ride to go through, I just watch the windows and the motions of the blurred lines of cars. And the quick movement of passing by through all the pretty buildings. They were still beautiful enough to believe me so. I think I was able to pass through the pretty buildings of Shibuya. Honestly... looking at it, I look back at my choice. Why didn't I choose Shibuya for staying in? I guess I just hope Shinjuku will also look pretty.

   But as I arrive at the Shinjuku bus terminal, I really am still convinced that Shinjuku also looks just so beautiful with its building lights. I guess it really shows off its prettiness in the night sky. There is really much to look around Shinjuku, despite me also tired in the bus, and a bit sleepy still because of the jet lag. I really want to shake off the jet lag and the tiredness to really look around. But I guess my tiredness can't really be shaken off. I am rather convinced to just get dinner and book a hotel.

   The best locations for a hotel here is at the west side of Shinjuku, as I applied my Japanese SIM card... and search it up in Google maps. I just hope Google maps is expert in this special location of Shinjuku. I just want to go closer there for dinner, as... I'm just so tired. And you know what? Staring at the nearest McDonald's, I don't even care if I'm having any ramen... or chicken teriyaki for tonight. I guess it's better enough to just have something quick for dinner. I somehow do know that Shinjuku is divided into two sides actually. And the train station does indeed look iconic enough to divide the two.