Travel Report of Japan East-Asia Network of
Exchange for Students and Youths
(JENESYS) 2.0
ASEAN Economic Community
Fatmawati Indah Purnamasari, Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia
For Japanese Embassy in Indonesia
First of all I would like to express
my sincere gratitude for Japan Embassy in Indonesia, especially for Mr. Kemas,
Mr. Takeyama, and Mr. Kawai who’d gave me an opportunity to visit Japan. I’m
proud to be Indonesia Delegates for JENESYS 2.0 which held in Japan, March 31st
until April 7th 2013. I decided to join this program because I want
to learn more from Japan to prepare myself and then contribute to my community,
my university, and my beloved country, Indonesia.
If we look back at our past and
present bilateral relations, we can notice continuous progress from early
stages until today. We know that Indonesia is a large country with its
populations is the biggest one in ASEAN. It’s culturally and geographically
very divers and has a lot of natural beauty, and Indonesia also has a series of
positive economic characteristics. And we know that Japan is a country with
high technology, a lot of cultural assets, natural beauty too, and solid work
ethic. The cooperation between Indonesia and Japan continue to be vital for
both of our countries. I have also found out that Indonesia will face AEC 2015
and as a youth from Indonesia, I think that it’s a great chance to learn from
development of technology in Japan so Indonesia can improve its trading.
PRE-DEPARTURE PREPARATION
As a Participant in JENESYS 2.0, I received an email
contain Participants’ Handbook for AEC Youth Network. That book helped me so
much to prepare all things that I was needed during that program. On March 30th
2013, I and other delegates from Indonesia came to the Japanese Embassy’s
Office to have an orientation of JENESYS Program. After that, we had our lunch
and took picture together.
Having orientation of JENESYS 2.0, we went to look
around some tourism places in Jakarta. We go through Sunda Kelapa area and then
moved to airport to have dinner. In the Soekarno-Hatta airport, I took pictures
with other delegates from Indonesia.
INDONESIA
DELEGATES:
From left side: Rinov Tri Utomo, Risang Sanindyo Omar, Malinda Damayanti, Fatmawati Indah
Purnamasari, Devina Sofiyanti, Agustina R.P. Andam Dewi, Elok Pawening Maharani, Chiquita Limer, dan Sumadianto Eka Putra.
March 31st,
2013 (First Day in Japan)
Having arrived at
Narita International Airport, we picked up by travel agency and some people whose came from JICE. We walked together to put our luggage in baggage car. After
that, we went to the bus together with delegates came from Cambodia, Thailand,
and Malaysia. On the way we moved to Tokyo International Center, we really
enjoyed the cherry blossom. That was my first time to see Sakura. It was so
beautiful. I took many pictures in front of TIC. After that, we went for
sightseeing. When I and Andam wanted to take some picture together, Japanese came closer to us and offered some help. That was my first daily finding
about Japanese culture. They’re very kind to help others. On my first day in
Japan, I didn't found traffic jam. It seemed "a little bit" different than in
Jakarta
Around 7 o’clock, Ken (Elok’s
friend who came from Kyoto), accompanied us to go to Tokyo Tower. He showed us the
station near our hotel. On that time, we were left behind Ken, because he was
busy chit chat with Elok. Actually it’s not their fault, because I and my
friends walked very slowly. Look at this picture. Malinda took
this picture when we were counting money to buy subway ticket.
Because
we must wait for the next subway, we took a photo first.
From left side: Chiquita Limer,
Rinov Tri Utomo, Sumadianto Eka Putra, Agustina R.P. Andam Dewi, Fatmawati Indah Purnamasari (Fatma), Hui
(Malaysia delegate), Devina
Photo by Risang Sanindyo Omar
But finally, we arrived at Tokyo Tower
April
1st, 2013 (Second Day)
I went to Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and I also asked a question about Tax Policy and City
Management in Japan.
This photo I copied from JENESYS 2.0 fan pages
on facebook.
After having opening
ceremony in MOFA or in PM Abe Office, we moved to Asakusa to visit Senso-ji
Temple. We met many tourism there. The temple was clean enough and had many
unique side that can make many tourist interested.
Having visit Senso-ji
temple, we moved to Akihabara
The last photo showed us a smoking area located near Akihabara shopping center.
TO BE CONTINUE. . . .