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One week in Japan was the first experience for international trip. Everyone said Tokyo Drift will drive you crazy and certainly people were true, the life in Tokyo as I saw was really awesome. I went to Japan along with Thinless San (Group Leader) for some testing purpose at Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC). Well, it was on 15th June 2009 that I set forth for Japan and excitement started from the India itself. On the way to Airport, I picked up another guy, Sushil San, from another group who was going with us to Japan. He is the kind of person with little quantity of hypertension (I guess). He thought we were running out of time and therefore along the way he was so worried that I, too, felt the heat. But finally we reached the IGI Airport, International terminal much much before the time.

Bullet Train

India to Japan normally takes only 8 hours if it is direct flight but we went via Bangkok and therefore it was 12 hours journey. We catch Thai Airlines and I would say the service was quite good with wine and beer in the flight. We spent 2 hours in Bangkok Airport and it was a huge airport with many floors and wings. Finally we reached Tokyo at the evening and we catch Bullet train from Tokyo Airport and then we went to Hamamatsu where there is plant for SMC.

On my way to Japan, Tokyo

In Hamamatsu, we stayed in Meitetsu hotel and it was a class hotel. The view from the Meitetsu 11th floor was enchanting and I could see the Hamamatsu city from my room. I enjoyed the place and due to shifting of time zone, there was some problem in sleeping. I could not sleep till late hours at night as per the Japan time. Then, next day we went to SMC plant and there we met Kozima San who is our Japanese counter part. The 3 days in SMC was quite boring as because I had to attend all the testing but the night time, I really enjoyed. Each night, we use to go to the different streets of Hamamatsu and we always had beer every night along with dinner. Thinless San can speak fluent Japanese and therefore language was not a problem in the whole trip.

Hotel Meitetsu - My room

In the Hamamatsu station, I found some interesting lifestyle of the people of Japan. I found music bands playing music at the street and at some corner, solitary musician practices his instrument. If someone do the same thing in India, then either people will hit him with stones or people will throw coins to him. But as Thinless San said, it was the hardworking example of Japanese people. They practice their music at the open public places every weakened and I am really impressed by the scene as I am somewhat interested in music.

The end has come and we were about to back home to India. We went to Tokyo on 19th and we had to stay the night at Tokyo. The experience of Tokyo was kind of feeling-shy-to share type. Hey, don’t think bad about me! There is a friend on Thinless San at Tokyo who was initially working in Maruti for one year and after that he left Maruti. We went to his home and took some rest and after that we came out to explore the Tokyo city. This is the night in which I observed the night life of Tokyo. In Japan, there is no fear for attack or some other case and even girl us to roam here and there without any fear. The guy (Thinless San) friend took us to an Indian restaurant and then after that we visited some bars and pubs at Tokyo. By now I realized Tokyo is such an expensive place. At that night only, I spent around 10,000-15,000 Yen.

With the help and support of Thinless San and our team members, I successfully complete my trip to Japan. I extend my gratitude to Thinless San and also it was really a great experience in my life and I would never forget my first international trip to Japan.