Rays and Days

Minami Ikebukuro Park Sign Years ago, the mayor of Toshima City had a dream to create a safe, walkable city for everyone. He started to build 4 parks around Ikebukuro and connect that place with Ikebus, the Toshima tourism bus. Minami Ikebukuro Park is used to be an ordinary yet dangerous, dirty park. It was unsafe for the citizens because it became a place for homeless people, prostitute, even drug dealers. As a result, local residents didn't want to come to this park. City government began to redevelop this place and open for public in 2016, after Toshima City Hall.  Mr. Tatsuya Hiraga, founder of Landscape Plus CO., as well as landscape architects who helped design the Toshima City Hall, is one of the men behind this successful redevelopment project. He said that the park is not just a place with trees or flowers. Park is ‘living room’ for local people, a park is a place for nature and social interaction. Thus, the park should provide a place where we can do both...

Aku kembali! Aku memutuskan untuk memulai menulis kembali di laman ini, selain untuk melatih skill menulis juga untuk menorehkan kenangan seperti yang aku lakukan 12 tahun yang lalu, di negara ini juga. Setelah kebingungan mencari konten yang cukup bagus untuk ditulis di laman ini, akhirnya mendapat ide dan pengetahuan baru yang sayang jika tidak dibagikan. Semoga flow nya enak untuk dibaca ya, maklum sudah lama sekali tidak menulis hehehe. Enjoy! Alhamdulillah kemarin (19/10) mendapat kesempatan untuk mengunjungi beberapa tempat unik di Ikebukuro, Kota Toshima, Tokyo. Mendapatkan banyak ilmu dan perspektif baru dalam membangun kota dengan konsep eco-friendly , yang melibatkan masyarakat dalam prosesnya. Tur kali ini dipandu oleh Suzuki Sensei dan Mr. Tatsuya Hiraga, pendiri Landscape Plus CO., serta arsitek lansekap yang turut merancang Toshima City Hall dan Minami-Ikebukuro Park. Post kali ini khusus membahas Toshima City Hall. Minami-Ikebukuro Park? Nantikan di post selan...

Otsu, 2007 This will be my first post after many years. Happily announce that finally, I'm back to the place I miss the most, Japan. There's a lot of things I need to sacrifice to get to this place. Moments with friends, families, and other things that can't be described. But I'm sure this experience will be more thrilling and exciting. Do I feel afraid? Of course. I'm afraid that I lost every moment in my origin country. I'm afraid that I couldn't do anything without my family. I'm afraid that I couldn't catch up with the high standard. I'm afraid that I couldn't hold the responsibilities on my own. But here I am, standing on my own feet, carrying luggage on my own, ready to face the world. Saitama, 2019 Twelve years have passed, I still remember how I step out of my boundaries and mingle with local students. When I bravely introduced myself in front of many people on orientation day, thanks to my mom who taught me h...