IN THE CITY (9/71) - Photo with Essay

Maybe It's Not Customary In Indonesia To Eat Fruit When You're Hungry

It's Hard To Tell If Indonesian Kinship Names Are Older Or Younger

I Don't Know, But There Are Many Different Ways To Wrap A Hijab, And Apparently You Can Tell Which Part Of The Country A Person Is From By Looking At The Way

People Selling Food On The Street Have To Provide Their Own Electricity And Gas, And It's Not Easy

When Filming A Movie, When It Is Set In A Rich Person's House, They Put Few Things There, But When They Want To Express Poverty, They Put Things In A Messy Way

In Jakarta, It Seems That It Is Not Customary To Keep Motorcycles Inside The House, And There Are Many Motorcycles Parked In The Alley

Convenience Stores Are A Part Of Daily Life In Jakarta, But You Don't Often See Them In Densely Populated Residential Areas

The Roadside Stalls In Jakarta Seem To Function As A Social Gathering Place As Well

Even Convenience Stores In Jakarta Offer Cashless Payment With Electronic Money

Bakwan, A Vegetable Fritter, Must Be Easy To Eat Even If You're Driving

Pasar Baru, A Street In The Sour Besar District, Is A Historic Shopping Street Built In The Early 1820s

The Eating Place In An Alley In Jakarta Where Women Without Hijab Also Ate Their Meals

Mosques In The Arab World Often Have Beggars, But There Were No Beggars In The Istiqlal Mosque

The Istiqlal Mosque Is The Largest Mosque In Southeast Asia And The Third Largest Mosque In The World In Terms Of Capacity

The Bus Stop On Hayam Wuruk Street Is Magnificent And Not Inferior To MRT Or Other Stations

Hayam Wuruk Street Is A Big Street With Bus Lanes, But There Are Food Stalls Here And There

The Eating Place Serving Bakso, A Dumpling-like Food With Noodles, Was Crowded With Local People

Ketoprak Is A Local Jakarta Food Made Of Rice Balls And Mixed With Bean Sprouts, Coconut Milk, And Chili Peppers

There Were No Cars Or Pedicabs To Be Seen In The Residential Areas Of The Taman Sari District, And The Only People Coming And Going On The Streets Were Locals In Their Normal Clothes

When Everything In Town Is A Skyscraper, There Will Be No More Little Girls Lounging On The Street With Their Fathers

There Was A Bench At The Entrance Of An Alley In Jakarta, Where Well-wishers Could Hold A Meeting

In Jakarta's Residential Areas, Children And Adults Spent Time Lingering In Alleys

Indonesia, Like Other Southeast Asian Countries, Should Stop Drinking Tap Water

The Chinese Culture Of Celebrating The Chinese New Year Was Confined To The Precincts Of Jin De Yuan

Jelly Made From Medicinal Herbs Called Cin Cau Was Sold At A Food Stall In Jakarta

Jakarta Is Full Of Street Food, So If You Get Hungry While Walking, You Won't Have A Problem Eating

Unlike The Overseas Chinese On The Malay Peninsula, The Term Straits Chinese Is Not Used To Describe The Indigenous Chinese In Indonesia

Looking At The Works Lined Up On The Sidewalk, Portraits Seemed To Be The Most Popular, And There Were Few Works Depicting The Mythical World Like In Bali

Perhaps It Is A Trend Of The Times, But Not A Single Person Was Selling Postcards Even At Fatahillah Square, Jakarta's Most Popular Tourist Attraction

Even Though Old Batavia Is The Old Part Of Jakarta, Not All Of The Town Is Old-fashioned, Or Rather, Most Places Are Quite Normal

It Is Said That Overseas Chinese, Who Make Up Only About 5% Of The Population, Hold About 90% Of Indonesia's Economy

And Even In January, The Maximum Temperature Is Over 30 Degrees Celsius In This Tropical Country

Otak Otak Is A Street Snack Made Of Fish Paste Mixed With Tapioca And Spices, Wrapped In A Banana Leaf And Baked

There Was Also A Fruit Shop On Raya Mangga Besar Street In Jakarta That Sold Only Durian

Jakarta's Raya Mangga Besar Street Is Wide But Dimly Lit With Few Streetlights

Outside The Glass Window, An Aircraft Flying From Somewhere Was Running On The Runway

Yebisu Garden Place Is The Site Of The Former Ebisu Beer Factory, But There Is Little To Indicate That It Was Ever A Factory

The Daikanyama Area Is Named After A Mountain And Has Many Ups And Downs

As I Watched Her Walk Into The Glass Door With The Reflection Of The Outside, It Was Like Walking Into A World Of Mirrors

Somehow A Double-decker Bus Was Parked In Front Of The Gate Of Kanda Myojin