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| Japanese village in Bangkok, Thailand |
In Thailand, There
are lots of Japanese who settle down here until they have their own village.
You can find Japanese
village in Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Sriracha (Chonburi) etc.
Each Japanese village
has their own identity such as;
Japanese village in
Ayutthaya, it’s due to the fact that Ayutthaya used to be capital of Thailand.
When Ayutthaya was prosperous, foreigner merchants including Japanese came to Thailand
for trading and there was other something special about relationship between
Thailand and Japan until some Japanese needed to settle down here and set their
own village in Ayutthaya. Nowadays Japanese village in Ayutthaya had become to
museum foe people who interested in Ayutthaya history.
For Japanese village
in Sriracha (Chonburi), first I want to tell that Sriracha is industry area. Most
factories are belonged to Japan. So, Japanese village here is full of Japanese
people who their company sent them to supervise their factory in Thailand.
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| Convenient store in Japanese village |
For Japanese village
in Bangkok, it’s set on Sukhumvit road Soi 33/1. Sukhumvit road is one of
business area in Bangkok. The cost of living is pretty expensive. It’s full of
workplace. For sure, there are lots of Japanese companies here. Most Japanese
people who settle down here are sent from head office to supervise here too.
Doing business here is more various than Sriracha’s.
Most Japanese people
who come to work here come with their family and stay here together.Some companies find
accommodation for them and almost accommodations are on Sukhumvit road.
Japanese village in
Bangkok is small village. There are Japanese restaurants, Japanese bakery shop,
bars, convenient store, Karaoke studio, Japanese book shops (both
new and seconded-hand) and cooking school in this village.
I usually find
something to eat here because it’s near from my Japanese school.
Japanese bakery shops
here sell lots of delicious and cheap bakery.
I can find lots of
Japanese housewives carrying their baby shopping something in convenient store
here.
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| Ramen Tei |
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| Katsu Dong of Ramen Tei costs 230 Baht |
I sometimes have
lunch or dinner in Ramen Tei, Japanese restaurant. Every time I have a meal in
this restaurant I feel like I’m in Japan now.
I used to have dinner
on weekday. I found lots of Japanese people who just come back from their work
have dinner here. I heard Japanese language all time I was having dinner here. I
got surrounded by Japanese people. It was likely I was only one Thai here at
that moment.
The cost of food here
I think it’s pretty expensive for Thais. Almost dishes cost over 200 Baht.
Normally, Thai people can pay for a meal in 50 Baht from general restaurant.
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| Tanabata festival in Japanese village of Bangkok |
The latest time I
went to Japanese village in Bangkok. It was ‘Tanabata festival day’, Japanese
festival , they believe that if they write something they wish on paper and take
it to bind on bamboo tree, they will succeed as they wish. This festival will
be held on July 7Th.
That day I found bamboo tree with lots of
paper in front of Japanese bakery shop. There were some people are writing
something on colored paper and some people binding paper on that bamboo tree. The
moment I saw them I could remember immediately that it was ‘Tanabata festival’ so
I wanted to join with them. I wrote something I wish on colored paper in Thai
such as “ I want to get a good job”. Hmm, Now I’m wondering myself why I didn’t
write in Japanese.
For me, this place
makes me feel different from other place. I find something adorable here such
as Japanese livelihood. They look friendly, humble and polite except they are
drunk.
