Best Free Mobile Otome Games

Hi! finally after a long time  i could spend time writing in this blog again, hehe~ lately i've been busy maintaning my citadel (with my little mitsutada & tsurumaru) *check out my ig @honmarudays ! and crafting a lot of things before i need to get back to campus again

So, after almost 6 months of holiday, and spend most of the time playing otome games, i just feel like i need  to write about it xD and here is my main list of best (free) mobile otome games so far! (and all of them are of course, in english) + they are all available in apps store ^^

5. Midnight Cinderella ( 真夜中のシンデレラ )

Midnight Cinderella

Midnight Cinderella is good, they have a good development of story, they also have a lot of events too which have different sides story which i love the most about the game. The main story is about you, who is an ordinary girl and chosen as a princess and you have to find your prince/future king for the sake of your country. So basically, all the guys you will see will involved everyone around the castle, for example like the knights (alyn), the noblemen (louis), the neighborhood's king (byron), etc. By this far, i've tried alyn, byron, robert and nico's route and my conclusion is eventhough there's intrigue in every stories, i found out that midnight cinderella is still lacking in suspense element, but still, what i like the most from this game is, the outfits are really cute and it kept you getting attached to their event stories. 
And just like usual, in every cybird's game, to have the premium route, you need to pay extra for coins tho, and i've never pay anything for games so, yeah, i'd rather spend a lot of time collecting things rather than pay to be fast, i think xD

midnight cinderella musical

TRIVIA : there's also the musical and the comic book, then there's this ultimate Ikemen Series Artbook that includes all of cybird's game character (which is very recommended if you really like artbooks and characters), i'll review it later when my package comes~ also, about the stageplay you can see the teaser on youtube or you can purchase the cd/dvd too in their website : LINK 

 Personally i think the musical looks amazing and the cast are fits to the role >////< specially alyn, nico and leo~

midnight cinderella cast

4. Destined to love ( 運命の恋)

Destined to Love

Destined to love is the best at music in my opinion, the background song is just wonderful (but too bad i couldn't search it anywhere) and the story is also good! The plot is you are from the future and suddenly you are taken back to the bakumatsu era ( the japan era where shinsengumi is still exist ), after that it is all up to your decision whether you will back to the future again or stay with the guy you fall in love with. It has the right composure of dramatic and romantic, because it also has a lot of intrigues too, which is in my opinion is the best element for a story. In this bakumatsu era, you will getting involved with a lot of shinsengumi and samurai's topic, like the famous okita shouji, hijikata toshizo, sakamoto ryoma and hajime saito (which is my most favourite story of all, you might probably want to try his route first)
Destined to love also have gacha, which lead you to get your secret side stories of your route, but sadly it took a lot of time to unlock all of the stories, so yeah, sometimes i ended up not redeem it because it took too much to fill out the gacha :-/ and also, they rarely have any free event stories which is sucks and it cost a lot of coins to get exclusive event stories, so yeah i always passed that one.

3. Samurai Love Ballad ( 天下統一恋の乱 )

samurai love ballad

Samurai love ballad is soo underestimated because i found out that eventhough the artwork is not as artsy as all of cybird's games (because samurai ballad is from Voltage) but their stories are soo great and it is well-developed. A lot of actions are involved and the sweet and romantic side is just well-balanced in every stories and routes, and also, to get pearls (which is almost the same like coins in cybird's games) are easy to get so eventhough i didn't pay anything, i could get easily all the event stories and main exclusive stories by collecting pearls from events, voltage is just the best at freebies after all xD and also, you can easily get new outfits too, which is double perfect. 
The plot is you have a small restaurant in kyoto, and suddenly your little brother have to assigned as poison taster, and afraid of what might happened to him, you will change into boys and served in the lord you will chosen later. The story will involved around the famous lords and daimyos in sengoku era, just like oda nobunaga, akechi mitsuhide, tokugawa ieyasu, toyotomi hideyoshi, etc. By this far, i have a lot of favourite routes because all of them is just too good to be true xD but if i have to choose, it would be the shy sanada yukimura, because ahh he's just damn too cute TwT

Samurai Love Ballad Stageplay

TRIVIA : there's the stageplay for samurai love ballad eventhough i cannot find where to purchase the cd/dvd or any video teaser :( but the cast really looks promising and i personally think that they're all fit to the roles xD specially takeda shingen and nobunaga! (and damn, kojuro is just asdfghjkl too handsome??) anyway, the only thing i know about the stageplay is they are being performed by banchoboys and you can see further information here : LINK 
you can see the rest of the cast here : LINK

UPDATED !! 
i've found their store that sell all the stageplay merchandise and dvd~ you can click it here : LINK

2. Ikemen Sengoku (イケメン戦国)

Ikemen Sengoku

Ikemen Sengoku is the best of all cybird's game. Graphic, stories and events, they are all just perfect. i spent my days waiting for my love passes to come just because i'm getting too attached with the story :') I really love how they made every character far different from each other and i just love how they develop their story to make you deepen your feeling to the character (like the challenges and the jokes and the pick up line, OH) (and should i mention that i could LITERALLY CRY and SMILE and LAUGH a lot because i read the stories??) everything is just perfect!
About event stories, rather than destined to love, it is usually easy to get the exclusive stories without purchasing any coins but just like i told you, in every cybird's mobile game to get the main premium story needed exclusive outifits that only can be purchased by coins :') but hey, the normal route is okay too, because they are still sweet eventhough you cannot get the exclusive portrait and the sound *sigh*
What i like the most about this game again is, the chara's sound! This is way different than the other above because sometimes, you will get to hear the chara's sound and yum, i love hearing their seiyuu's talking x'D (specially masamune!) but sadly, for right now, ikemen sengoku only have 4 routes which is oda nobunaga, date masamune, sanada yukimura, and the latest is tokugawa ieyasu. I personally hope they will develop another character just like in their psvita!
The main plot itself is almost the same like destined to love, you are from the future and you get 500 years back to the sengoku era, where you will save oda nobunaga from his famous honnou-ji incident and lead to the change of history as you deepen your bond with sengoku warlords. Hell yeah, ruining history never feel so good as this HAHAHA

Ikemen Sengoku anime cafe

Ikemen Sengoku musical cafe

TRIVIA : since ikemen series is getting more and more popular recently, there's a lot of events and merchandise going on, like events cafe and the musical (also they like to make collaboration, like the last i've seen is they are doing a collaboration with hotel *sigh* which if you stay at the hotel, you will get limited merchandise :( ) I didn't get the chance to attend the cafe, but my friends went to the events cafe and the desserts looks so cute :( also, there's cybird anniversary pop-up store that sell limited merchandise TwT i feel like i want to cry looking at my wallet tho.
I only managed to buy the manga, which is featured in PRINCESS magazine (which has a really beautiful cover of nobunaga in their September 2017 issue), you can purchase ikemen sengoku manga at akitashoten and they will come with a bonus card, so i heard. 

about ikemen sengoku stageplay, there's already two story about it. The first is sanada yukimura-hen and the second is Oda nobunaga vs mouri motonari. i haven't seen both of them since i cannot found the link to where to purchase the cd/dvd, but you can purchase their goods (like maps, fan, or poster) you can see further information here : LINK

Ikemen sengoku stageplay : Oda nobunaga vs Mouri motonari

Ikeme Sengoku stageplay : Sanada yukimura-hen

 And the last is the anime, i'm pretty excited when i first heard that they're going to release the anime, but then reality vs expectation hits me  x'D it's far different from what i expected, BUT when i watched it, (eventhough it's only a 5 minutes per episode) they are sooo funny! i laughed too hard and somehow, the animation is so cute eventhough i hope they will make a serious makeover later on the story and character design xD but in the end, i really enjoy it a lot ~

Ikemen Sengoku expectation.....  

  

VS. REALITY HAHAHAH

Ikemen Sengoku Anime

but still, don't you think they are cute? xD if you follow the story and play the games, i'm pretty sure you will enjoy the anime~ 

gif credits to : acrispyapple.tumblr.com 

 
1. Mystic Messenger 

mystic messenger

A lot of people might already know this, specially if you surf a lot in tumblr xD mystic messenger is way different than the other above and that's what makes it special! There are no events, no avatar decorating. Only a chatroom that will be the story of everything. And just like its name, mystic messenger is all about the mysterious messenger app that will lead you to the RFA, an underground-not supposed to be accessible for you-group that consist of 6 people from different background. Their main project is to bring back the party they used to held, and by you joining the group, hopefully the organization can have the party again. BUT WAIT, it's not that simple. Mystic messenger itself might be simple on the first time, but as you get attached to every route stories, you will notice that it will get darker and darker, specially if you unlock the deep routes (707 and jumin story) and unlock the secret ending if you finish the 707 ending. And the latest is, cheritz finally released V's route that is only accessible in mystic messenger another story, but it will need 300 hourglass TwT 
So, the conclusion is mystic messenger is really really good~! it feels almost like you chat and you call (yeah, you can call them and they can call you too, but only it is in korean *don't worry there's subtitle there) in real life. And since there's no love passes, you need to follow the chatroom in specific time, and this is where you need to be careful because if you miss the chatroom past the time, you will not be able to join the chat (sometimes it is okay to pass, but most times just don't because it is important to follow the story and get the guest to attend the party) or else if you doesn't have enough hearts from the character, you will get the bad ending :0
Yeah, this is what makes mystic messenger way different than the other. They have bad, normal and good ending. you can even achieve bad ending in the early chats if you are not careful, but to get the normal and good ending, you need to follow until the end. Remember my saying about mystic messenger can gets darker and darker the more you know? yeah, just try to get the bad ending and the deep story.

BONUS : Dress Up Diary

Dress Up Diary

eventhough i cannot say that this one is also categorized as otome games, but still there's romance element in the whole point and if you get tired on all the games above, i might recommend you this. I don't really remember about the plot (since i always skipped it to the dress up challenge, which is the point of this game) but all i remember is you get thrown into a whole new world, which you will meet luca the elf and you need to get dressed in specific outfit to pass to the next story. The great thing about this game is the outifts! i realllly love their wonderful design and there's soo many outfits you need to get because they're all really pretty. You can see some of them here : LINK
The art is wonderful too, and the boys are really cute~ There's also certain events and mini games to level up your points, and it's not pretty hard to tackle the challenge ^^ further information here : LINK

credits : dress-up-diary-walkthrough.tumblr.com
 

FAQ & Syarat Visa Korea

Hallo~
sekarang tentang visa korea ya~ yang kemarin belum sempat baca tentang persyaratan visa jepang, yuk dibaca dulu disini
pengalaman kemarin waktu bikin visa korea, bener-bener mepet banget nget, masalahnya kena liburan idul fitri dan waktu ke travel agent pada ditolakin semua :( saran aja nih, buat yang mau trip ke korea, jangan lupa perhatikan jadwal libur dan jadwal kerja mereka PLUS, pembuatan visa korea terhitung lebih lama dari jepang (minimal 6 hari kerja) jadi kalau bisa sebulan sebelum berangkat urus dulu itu visa, jangan sampe kemepeten karena persyaratannya pun tergolong lebih rempong dari visa jepang.

Jadi, apa yang dibutuhkan untuk membuat visa korea? (sumber : kedubes korea jakarta )

nah bisa lihat kan, bedanya sama persyaratan visa jepang? 

• Gimana kalau SPT & SIUP nggak ada?

kemarin kendala paling banyak waktu ngurus visa buat temen juga, kebanyakan dari mereka nggak ada SPT dan SIUP, alhasil waktu kita ke travel agent, dibuatin surat tentang pernyataan hilang bertempelkan materai deh. Buat yang masih pelajar, SIUP & SPT memang masih belum ada tentunya, jadi kalian bisa pake punya ortu kalian. Sekalipun punya ortu kalian hilang, kalian tetap harus bikin keterangan hilang bermaterai. terus juga, kemarin buat jaga-jaga kita juga diminta untuk melampirkan fc npwp nih.

• Surat keterangan kerja dan mahasiswa disediakan nggak disana?

Buat surat keterangan kerja dan keterangan mahasiswa ini kalian urus di tempat masing-masing ya, kalau bisa dibubuhkan cap dan tandatangan atasan kalian. Kalau di universitas aku sih kemarin waktu ngurus langsung ditanya buat apa, jadi karena jawab untuk visa, langsung dibubuhkan cap + tandatangan dekan/rektor.

• untuk persyaratan fotonya gimana ya?

nah ini kemarin sempat bingung juga sih, waktu kemarin lihat di web memang gak ada keterangan, tapi dari sananya memang persyaratan untuk foto visa korea 4,5 cm x 3,5 cm, tapi waktu di travel agent kita diminta untuk menyerahkan foto 4 x 6 cm (ya mungkin untuk dipotong), berlatar belakang putih ya~ kemudian juga kemarin diimbau buat foto presentasi muka 60% di travel agent kita

•  berapa biaya buat bikin visa korea?

per Juli 2017 kemarin, bikin visa single entry harganya 544k, multiple entry 1.244k, dan double visa 952k, mahal, memang, tapi sebanding kok sama belanja sampe puasnya disana wkwkwk

• dimana visa download formnya?

nah kemarin nih pengalaman waktu mau ngajukan sendiri, langsung gagal paham sama form yang di download di web resminya karena semuanya berbahasa korea, hangeul pula wkwkwk jadi alhasil karena bahas korea saya tidak se-expert itu, langsung aja deh ngurus di travel agent. Tapi ternyata saya baru menemukan kalau ada form yang berbahasa inggris hohoho jadi kalian bisa download disini di web resminya

• berapa minimal saldo tabungan buat pembuatan visa korea?

Kemarin waktu sebelum ngurus, baca-baca ada yang bilang 10jt, eh tapi ternyata waktu tanya di travel agent kita dibilangin kalau minimal saldo tabungan per orang 35juta

• bagaimana cara membuat surat referensi bank?

nah khusus yang satu ini kalian langsung dateng ke bank kalian masing masing ya, kemarin waktu teman-teman ke bank bri, butuh 2 hari untuk bikin surat referensi bank (selesai hari besok) dan buat bank bca, langsung sehari jadi, dua-dunya kena charge 100k. Jangan lupa, kalau kesana minta surat referensi bank ditujukan untuk kedubes korea di jakarta yaa~ terus, kalau ditanya mau dicantumkan saldo tabungan atau nggak, ini bebas, tapi kemarin sengaja nggak kucantumin biar kalau disuruh nambah saldo tabungan kita nggak usah ganti surat referensi bank yang baru lagi.

Nah buat visa korea, sekian dulu ya, karena pengalaman terakhir kemarin memang nggak apply sendiri, alasannya karena jakarta sangat jauh dari tempat tinggal dan kemarin sudah mepet banget jadi langsung aja deh ke travel agent hehe. Yang mau cari tahu lebih lanjut tentang apply visa korea sendiri, coba baca di blog backpackstory disini 

CARA MENGECEK VISA KOREA

Kemudian, bedanya sama pembuatan visa Jepang, hasil jadi visa korea ini bisa kalian lihat di website mereka, jadi kalian  bisa tahu apakah visa kalian sudah selesai di proses atau tidak. Kalian bisa cek disini, tapi sering error kalau dibuka, jadi disarankan bukanya pake vpn ya.

Terus juga, ini nih, kemarin sempat ada masalah kalau pas dilihat di web kok search data not found, nah ini berarti kesalahan kalian di input datanya. Ikuti langkah langkah ini jika kalian mau input data untuk mengecek proses visa kalian :

1.  Pilih application > Diplomatic office
2.  Select > Paspor no. > input nomor paspor kalian, tanpa spasi ya 
3.  Name in english : Masukkan nama kalian dari Last Name dulu baru first name, middle name

Jadi semisal nih nama kalian ada 3 kata, seperti 'mira wiji lestari' nulisnya jadi 'lestari mira wiji' dan semisal nama kalian ada apostrophe (') tandanya nama kalian bakal dipenggal, daaaan ini pengalaman banget kemarin submit visa korea bareng temen berlima, 4 sudah approved, 1 orang search data not found mulu sampe keringat dingin. Ehhhh ternyata, kalau ada apostrophe di nama kamu jadinya dianggap dipenggal namanya, jadi begini, misal namanya 'emeralda cintya fikrotul mar'ah' kalian nanti tulis jadi 'ah emeralda cintya fikrotul mar' begituu, dan syukurlah akhirnya kita berlima bertuliskan approved dan visa korea akhirnya bisa diambil xD

Jadi sekian dulu penjelasannya tentang visa korea ya, yang mau tanya-tanya bisa silahkan komentar dibawah ini~ See you later~

FAQ & Syarat Visa Jepang

Hallo!

Kali ini edisi bahasa Indonesia karena mau agustusan ya, kidding, karena memang target audiencenya yang ini khusus untuk orang indo, jadi yuk langsung aja 

untuk yang satu ini, aku selalu ngurus di kedubes Surabaya karena memang yang paling dekat dan kata orang-orang paling cepat dan mudah buat ngurusnya (sempat waktu itu ketemu orang Jakarta dateng jauh-jauh ke Surabaya buat ngurus visa jepang, alasannya karena ditolak di kedubes jepang jakarta dan karena urgent, dia dateng ke surabaya dan diiyakan) walaupun gitu, tetap saja kalian harus siap semua berkas dan sesuai syarat buat mengajukan visa Jepang.

Selama ini aku sudah ngurus dua jenis visa jepang, yaitu Visa Jepang Knjungan sementara untuk wisata dan Visa Jepang kunjungan sementara untuk mengunjungi teman. Dua-duanya beda persyaratannya dan harus diakui, kunjungan teman berkasnya lebih ribet jadi kalau memang mau niatan wisata walaupun ada teman disana, langsung aja pakai yang visa jepang kunjungan sementara untuk wisata. Walau begitu, ada keuntungan kalau kalian pakai visa jepang kunjungan sementara untuk mengunjungi teman, apa? kemungkinan besar kalian dapat visa akan lebih tinggi. Alasannya? yuk dibahas bareng-bareng.

Buat kalian yang memang murni mau wisata, kalian bisa mengajukan visa kunjungan sementara untuk wisata dengan persyaratan seperti di bawah ini : (sumber : kedubes jepang jakarta)

Syarat Visa Jepang untuk Wisata

kalau kalian sudah siap semua berkas, kemudian pastikan hal-hal dibawah ini :

1. semua berkas dalam A4 (ya, termasuk fc ktp, ktm, lalalayeyeye)
2. Tidak boleh distaeples, nggak boleh ada lipatan, tekukan (pokoknya mulus)
3. foto ditempel dengan lem 
4. semua berkas disusun URUT sesuai persyaratan. Semua ini penting banget buat dipatuhi kalau kalian nggak mau berkas kalian ditolak bahkan sebelum mengajukan ya. 
5. yang satu ini, entah gimana, tiap kedubes kayaknya bakal beda-beda dan tiap waktu bakal berubah juga, tapi berdasarkan pengalaman terakhir (per Juni 2017) minimal saldo tabungan per orang adalah 30 juta, yang mana nambah 5 juta dari per Januari 2017 yang cuma 25 juta. Karena itu sebisa mungkin diisi yang banyak yaa. Triknya, kalau memang kalian tidak ada uang segitu di tabungan, pinjam dulu ke saudara/teman, terus di print tabungannya setelah itu bebas deh uang mau dikemanakan~ atau kalau jalan-jalan bareng temen-temen, bisa banget uangya dioper terus diprint biar saldo terakhir cukup sesuai persyaratan ^^
6. yang satu ini juga penting, pastikan tabungan kalian jangan ada peningkatan yang terlalu drastis, karena memang waktu pertama kali ngajukan, aku jarang banget pake atm dan begitu diisi banyak, langsung ditanya macam-macam, alhasil ganti pakai tabungan ortu deh yang flow masuk-keluar uangnya lebih masuk akal :')
7. Syarat foto. Yang satu ini harus diperhatikan baik-baik ya, kalian bisa lihat di bawah kriteria foto yang bagus seperti apa. Buat yang biasa pake jilbab, pake jilbab tentu saja gak apa-apa, dan kalaupun memang di ktp/paspor nggak pake, tapi sekarang pake jilbab juga gak ada masalah kok sejauh ini (pengalaman juga dari teman). Oh iya, perlu diingat kalau bisa senatural mungkin ya fotonya, karena pasti disuruh ganti kalau makeupnya terlalu menor + pake lensa kontak warna warni yang nggak normal wkwk
8. Untuk surat keterangan belajar, di kedubes surabaya disediakan sendiri formulirnya dan bisa diambil cuma di loket kedubes, jadi kalian bisa isi sekalian disitu~
9. Jangan melampirkan halaman yang nggak diminta, alasannya karena akan mempersulit proses dan kurang efisien
   
   
   
   

   

   syarat foto visa jepang

    Kalau semua syarat sudah, langsung deh, ke kedubes jepang, pengajuan di surabaya sih setiap hari senin-jumat 08.15 - 11.30. Pengerjaannya minimal 4 hari kerja, meaning kalau kalian ngajukan hari jumat, otomatis akan jadi hari rabunya, jadi kalau kalian mau berangkat, jangan mepet-mepet dan jangan terlalu awal juga (karena masa berlaku visa hanya 3 bulan). Perhatikan juga sama jadwal libur kedubes, apalagi kalau akhir tahun dan hari besar lainnya. 
   
   
   FAQ (Frequently Asked Question)

•  Persyaratan di web kedubes jepang Jakarta sama Surabaya sama aja? 

sama aja kok, aku dua kali pakai persyaratan di web kedubes Jakarta dan waktu disana (di surabaya) juga sama aja~

•  Bagaimana kalau paspor sudah kadaluarsa? Apa boleh ngurus visa dulu baru diganti?

yang ini tentu aja nggak boleh ya, karena syaratnya paspor harus aktif dan seingatku juga minimal 7 bulan sebelum tanggal berakhir paspor (jaga-jaga aja setahun sebelum tanggal berakhir ya!)

• Katanya Jepang bebas visa? gimana caranya?

nah khusus yang ini cuma buat pemegang e-paspor, artinya kalian tidak perlu mengajukan berkas dan persyaratan semua pengajuan visa TAPI kalian tetap harus mengisi formulir dan registrasi bebas visa disini . Yang satu ini lebih mudah dan cepat lagi, karena 2 hari jadi (jadi hari berikutnya).

• Biayanya berapa?

nah yang satu ini ada kabar gembira bagi kalian yang masih pelajar dan S1, karena visa jepang bebas biaya buat kalian. Kalau sudah S2 dan seterusnya tapi tetap bayar ya, biayanya tergolong standar kok (nggak semahal biaya visa korea hiks :( ) Single Entry 370k, Multiple Entry 740k, Transit 90k (per April 2017)

• Waktu ngajukan visa, apa boleh diwakilkan? 

Kalau memang kalian mengurus lewat travel, boleh, tapi kalau memang sendiri, sebaiknya kalian datang sendiri-sendiri karena mau tidak mau pasti nanti ditanya. Kalian bisa baca lebih lanjut tentang pengajuan yang diwakilkan ini disini

• Di form ada tulisan guarantor dan inviter in Japan, apa maksudnya? Gimana kalau tidak ada guarantor dan inviter in Japan?

Nah yang satu ini, berhubung saya ada relasi disana, jadi bisa mencantumkan. Buat kalian yang nggak ada inviternya, mungkin kalian bisa mencoba mengurus visa kalian di travel agent saja, karena dengan begitu mereka bisa mengisi semua berkas kalian yang kurang~ buat yang masih lama mau ke jepangnya, cari teman di jepang, biar bisa ngurus visa sendiri nantinya hehe

• kalau masih pelajar, kolom address of employernya diisi apa ya?

kalau masih pelajar, kolom ini harus kalian isi dengan nama sekolah kalian ya~ kalau nggak diisi nanti pasti disuruh ngisi

• Apa penyebab visa Jepang ditolak?

yang ini aku nggak bisa jawab karena syukurnya, nggak pernah ngalami dan selama ini kedubes tidak pernah memberikan alasan kenapa ditolak bagi orang-orang yang visa nya nggak jadi. Kemungkinan besar alasannya mungkin karena di saldo tabungan, walaupun di kedubes jepang Surabaya biasanya akan diberitahu ketika kalian sampai di loket berapa minimal saldonya, tapi mungkin tidak sama dengan yang di Jakarta. Alasan lain mungkin karena persyaratan kalian nggak lengkap atau mungkin memang bukan rejekinya, apapun itu jangan patah semangat karena masih ada banyak kesempatan untuk datang ke Jepang, so keep your head up! ^^

• Gimana caranya biar visa Jepang diterima?

caranya tentu aja dengan membawa berkas yang lengkap dan sesuai persyaratan dong, kemudian cara lainnya (mitos sih ini) dengan pakai Juminhyo. Nah, khusus yang satu ini memang nggak diminta kalau kalian mengajukan buat visa yang wisata, tapi bakal ada di persyaratan kalau kalian mengajukan visa untuk kunjungan teman. Juminhyo sendiri merupakan surat register kependudukan Jepang, yang mana tentunya cuma dipunyai oleh orang yang tinggal tetap di Jepang. Juminhyo nya sendiri harus asli, bukan scan-an, bukan fotocopy an, jadi ya... harus minta kesana dan dikirim kesini huahaha. Pengalaman sih, juminhyo disana memang dicetak sendiri khusus di pemerintahan sana, dan harus di stempel asli sana ya. Selain itu juga kalian bakal butuh surat undangan jika kalian berniat mengajukan visa untuk kunjungan teman/keluarga. Persyaratan lainnya bisa kalian lihat disini. Yang ini memang ribet, tapi kesempatan buat dapet visanya bakal lebih besar~

Anyway, happy holiday buat kalian yang mau ke Jepang! Jangan lupa baca artikel-artikel lainnya ya~ bisa langsung kalian search di tag : Japan ~ Bon Voyage!

*yang mau tanya-tanya silahkan coret-coret di komentar ya~

Korea AirBnB : Yongsan-Gu

Hello! I'm here again to review my previous airBnB when i was in korea ~
Korea itself is such a shopping heaven! eventhough i thought that i didn't shop that much, but well in reality... i really bought so much things when i was in korea xD specially all dat beauty products and fashion! ( i will review these shopping streets later, okay)
now, now, i will review my stay when i was in Korea ^^

Since this is my first time in Korea, i still didn't know that much about the area and surrounding, but looking from its place, my stay is really strategic! It is located in Yongsan-gu and my reason for choosing this place is because it is really near to station and to the center of the town, and plus it's cheap but the place looks really great, and it has been proved! The host itself is really nice and friendly, eventhough i'm so chatty and have a lot of question, he really helped me so much in the end TwT that's why i'd love to recommend this place ~

Namyeong Station

it is only about 5 minutes to Namyeong station by walk (Namyeong station is really close to seoul station, you don't need any stops if you went to this station from seoul station, and it's like only 2 minutes by train from seoul station to namyeong) and on the way home, you will meet a lot of shops, from 7-eleven, gs25, krispy kreme, and a lot of restaurants! even the house itself is beside and just in front of restaurants, so you don't need to worry about empty stomach xD (the restaurant just beside the house is open until 11 am) and there is nearby cute small cafe called cafe comma ~ and there are dozens of korean restaurant just behind your house ^^

neighborhood, a lot of cafes and restaurant

The way to the house, there is sooo many korean restaurant here!

The Restaurant that is just beside the house (it opens until midnight)

And GS25 that is close to the house ~

The house itself is located in the second floor, so if you have suitcase, you need to bring it upstairs since there are no elevator and the alleyway is small, but after that everything about it is perfect ^^
The house is pretty vast and the amenities are perfect. You got everything you need for (from hairdryer, steamer for ironing your clothes, washing machine, soaps, shampoo, LCD, wifi, laptop, etc) i would say that this stay is the best stay i've ever been in korea! If you look at the photos in the airbnb page, it's true that the place is like that, it's clean and it's perfect ^^

In the kitchen, you will have seasonings, ramen, refrigerator and a lot of kitchen supplies too ~ we have a really good time staying here, we made breakfast and dinner just perfectly because the supplies is just great ^^
I remembered very well that it has 3 bedrooms, thus this stay is perfect for me and my friends because it has a lot of beds. The main bedroom has 3 beds, and the second bedroom has 2 beds, and the last has one bed with makeup table.

In the center, you will have living room and there is lcd and its 'hidden' screen (you can just pull it if you want to watch movie, so it will separate the living room and the space between kitchen) and there are a lot of manga and novels, like really a lot but of course in korean xD i feel like the host really match to my manga taste, it has nishimori hiroyuki's works, gantz, jin, hunter x hunter and so on. I spent the other night reading manga and also novels that located in the first bedroom, i can only read a little since everything is in hangeul x_x

korean books

The bathroom is just fine, it has washing machine and shower ~ there are two bathroom, but in the end we only use one because the second bathroom we use for drying clothes. oh and also, there are so many clean towels to use, so you don't need to worry xD

The entire look of the main room (so sorry, i was completely forget about taking pics of the house xD instead i fool around and made videos that later is unusable for my blog TwT)

There are a lot of air conditioner and fans, that's why this house is really cool eventhough it's summer, and i'm really thankful for that! i dunno why but i kinda hate summer in korea because it has this horrible humidity eventhough it's not raining :( it's not that hot, but oh it's just so humid i hate it (it is way worse than in Indonesia i think, specially in my hometown) it is the kind of humid that makes your face gets oily in second and makes you sweat just seconds after you go outside the house D:

But afterall, my journey and my stay in Korea is great!
If you intend to book an airbnb, please use my voucher here so you can get a discount on your first trip ^^ just click and voila, you'll get 350k IDR discount, good luck!

Airbnb voucher

Japan AirBnB : Takatsuki House

Voila! I'm here again to review some AirBnB i use just last week when i go to Japan (again) hehe. This year surely has been a year of adventure since i travel abroad so much! I went to Japan last January, and decided to go again to Japan (and korea too) this July xD it was such amazing experience because i cannot get enough of Japan!

Last week, my main destination is to visit Gion-Shijo since i really want to see Gion Matsuri, that's why i tried to search everywhere near Kyoto but sadly almost all of it is already booked TwT good thing about Japan is they have super fast train (yeah, go rapid trains!) they are a lot cheaper than shinkansen but ofc more pricey than normal JR trains, but it was totally worth saving your time!

And that's why eventhough i didn't get any stay in Kyoto, i decided somewhere just near Osaka or between them will do, and voila, i got this super great and comfy house in Takatsuki. I'd say that this house is everything that i want and i need because its location is very strategic. It is only about 6 minutes to train station, very close to supermarkets (there are probably a tons of them), very close to shopping street, and also very close to ONSEN (about 6 minutes walk) but still, the area is very peaceful at night ~ so i guess this is the perfect airBnB so far ~

*psst : if you want to book airbnb in japan and have no idea about it, don't forget to read my review and tips for Japan AirBnB here

I have to thanks a lot to Taki-san because he really helped me a lot with all of my question and he really provide us the best stay and information all around. Really fast respond and very understanding, that's why i really suggested this stay to all of you who want to spend the night in Japan just between Kyoto (about 13 minutes with train) and Osaka (about 16 minutes with train) ^^

The house itself is really clean and very neat. Since it is 3 floor building, then you might encounter problems if you want to carry out your suitcase upstairs, but hey, why bother? because you can just keep your luggage downstairs near the bathroom because you don't wanna ruin the tatamis in second and third floor ^^ 

The first floor contain bathroom and laundry room. Just like any japanese house, the bathroom have its ofuro and i really love it since i don't have any back home xD of course there are shower too, but i suggest that you try their ofuro because why not? Near the ofuro is bathroom sinks and washing machine, so you can clean your clothes ~

First Floor : Bathroom and Laundry Room

The second floor contain everything you need, from dining room, kitchen, toilets and living room. The living room is floored with tatami, so you must be careful if you want to put things on top of it. Meanwhile the dining room is just beside the kitchen, and the amenities are perfect (and also the host provide you free instant tea, coffee and water) so you got everything you need to make your own food. The living room is also perfect because it has television and blank paper + pencil colour, so you can write or draw your thoughts just like mine xD (many previous guest write their hellos and goodbyes in here)

doodles for host ~

Second Floor Kitchen and dining room ~ the amenities are perfect ~

Andddd the best view is the third floor ( i seriously love this part!) because it has this classic japanese look. As you can see, the floored is also matted with tatami, and the fusuma sliding doors, and also the view from the window is very peaceful :') when i just got back home really late, i spent my night just looking from the third floor window and saw the peaceful night of Takatsuki. From afar, you can see there are still people who just got home really late and the outstanding banner that read 'ramen' (?) i planned to go to that shop but sadly i have no time to visit it in the end :( please if someone have their chance to go to that shop, do tell me is that really a ramen shop or not xD

Third floor Bedroom and Second floor living room

The view from third floor at night

Meanwhile, since the house is very strategic, in the way home you will meet a lot of vending machines, 7-eleven, mini stop (my favourite!), bread shops (which sell melon breads, yum!), shopping street, cafe and so on. Also, don't forget the ONSEN because OH. GOD. THEY HAVE THE BEST ONSEN EVER. like, ever. because Tenjin Spa (the name of the onsen) is a third floor onsen with a lot of onsen varieties, from 19 c onsen (yeah, you read that right) to 40 c onsen (yeah, you also read that right HAHAH and it burns like, hell) and sauna, and of course their outstanding  ROOFTOP OUTDOOR ONSEN (this literally win my heart) but well, i think i'm going to review it later in my next post~

ministop haul at summer night ~ (since the street is very quiet and peaceful, we just spend the night in front of the shop because our legs are really tired xD)

thank you and see you!
also, don't forget to use my airBnB voucher if you want to stay in any airbnb stay! ^w^)/ you'll get 350k IDR discount ~