ANISSA RATNA PUTRI

It's winter now in Japan. At the same time, it is a time for most students here facing exams: either a final exam of this semester courses or final exam for your study: the defense of your thesis. I will face the later next week. Facing any kind of exams might bring some tense to your daily life. Doubled with the coldness of...

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It was late afternoon in a chilly early spring. I was about to go home when I saw Kawa Coffee. I had always biking passed through the shop and had always thought I will visit this shop someday. The shop is right across Kyoto Imperial Palace and only about 1 km from my dorm at that time. Kawa Coffee is a two stories...

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Most of my imagination of snow is formed based on Hollywood movies, thus a modern city with white flakes are what's in my mind that time. But here in Kyoto, a classic traditional Japanese city blend in such magnificent way with the beauty of the snow. It was freezingly cold, yes. Feels like -13 C. Yet I almost cried when I see the...

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Since I started living in Japan, it has always been my dream to travel the country and finish all of its 47 prefectures. I don't know why I have this tendency; I barely even travel in my own country. I guess maybe because there is something romantic in this country that makes me want to enjoy every moment I spent in each of...

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Yay, finally it is the last post about Hokkaido traveling story! The island was so big that I had to divide my stories into four parts. This last part will tell you about the capital of Hokkaido prefecture, Sapporo city: a nicely designed city with good chocolate and good seafood around.  Day 6: Sapporo city We arrived in the city around 10 am....

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Hello, happy new year! Like every other post on the media, this post will speak about the transition of 2016 to 2017. At first, writing a summary of 2016 feels more tempting. But having read a book about writing and did blog walking, I made a decision: instead of describing my life events, I will write about.. anything that I want to write...

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