once in a random summer day, when most of us had already returned to malaysia for summer holidays and some of us did not(me & sum friends), i made a random hangout gateway day with me and a friend. A friend took me to this small town, idk i guess it is a town, located a station away from where we lives. Our plan was to look for sunflower field near fuji, but the friend asks me if i wanted to see it and i agreed.
It is one station away but took quiet long to reach, anyway we arrived, it was early in the morning and the day was kind of gloomy. The town felt calm and nobody was around, i mean it was early in the morning. So the friend went on and show me this man-made lake as we walk further into the town, mind you i am not close with this friend, i had no friend friend kinda friend (you know what i mean), but as i am that kind of person who lives on adventure and impulsive choices here we go *que netflix intro*. So to break the ice we were just chillin and talking about stuffs, it was just the two of us so it was not awkward, i am bad with crowds but i can handle one person with no problem(HAHA).
we ended up by this abandoned bowling alley. It was old....and abandoned. The window was broken. And stood or should i say lie down in front of the front door was a big ass doraemon statue(?) oh on this netflix series adventure i brought along my film camera so of course, i took a picture of it.
yes just the bowling sign, because imagine taking the doraemon pic and develop it and noticing someone who is not us in it, no. Oh look at greens tho, yay vegetables.
nothing in this adventure is meant to be horror, reminder. it all aesthetic and fun *chefs kiss*
and we got to the lake and sit on the bench, by the lake. the friend eating sandwiches while i drank my coffee because i cannot eat in the morning it makes me shit. And by the lake there were duck boats.
see how gloomy and foggy it is. You can rent it apparently, tho we did not. The guy at the store acts pretty friendly for a town that has not much people in it. And we just walk by the lake, up until this small road(?) that reminds me of the movie spirited away. There were the sound of water flowing from a bamboo water fountain nearby. It felt 'ZEN' lol.
i wonder why. oh the shops were open but there were no people. it was the end of the road so we turned back. I took a few pictures and we left to the
next destination : read about the sunflower field trip!
And then we walked back to the stations. There were some old people walking and we greet them, they smiled at us while talking to each other. Probably wondering why since maybe foreigner never went to this place after all? maybe. There were some cafes nearby we did not go tho, this place was not the main destination anyway. So we left for our next train.
the cute cafe that we did not go ;(
The quiet-ness of the town kind of making me feel alive at some point. Feeling like going there again. Alone.
And probably two weeks after that i brought a friend that comes visit me for summer, to this place. We walk and talk and take pictures. That day, it rained.
& summer ends.
the heat resides and some of the trees go brown. autumn has started, more layers to the clothing, and before it ends i went again to the quiet town, a station away 相模湖 (read: sa-ga-mi-ko)
to be continue!
p/s: so i finally write about my favourite town that a friend introduced after talking about making a post about it last year. I had to prepare for slides for meeting tmr but this is where i ended up. Wish me luck!
and oh google on your own risk *warning*(if you are easily scared like me cover your eyes first lmao)
相模湖ドラえもん to see the doraemon :D
