We all know fox, the animal that became mozilla's icon, the creature with soft furry tail and appear on lots of stories, but I never seen one, before I went to this place, a place where more than hundred fox roaming around! Cuteness everywhere!
Saya pertama kali
melihat foto-foto fox village dari Instagram, sebuah foto yang menggambarkan
lebih dari sepuluh rubah berkumpul dan sangat menggemaskan. Setelah googling, I found out that it's in Japan! another
cute place in Japan, selain Bunny Island dan Cat Island yang memang sudah
terkenal (meski saya belum pernah berkunjung ke sana juga).
I first saw pictures of fox
village on Instagram, a photo that illustrates more than ten foxes gather and
are very adorable. After googling, I found out that it's in Japan! Another cute
place in Japan, in addition to Bunny Island and Cat Island which are famous
already (although I've never been there too).
Berada di Prefektur Miyagi, tepatnya di Shiroishi, perlu ekstra effort untuk datang ke fox village. Dari Tokyo saya mesti naik shinkansen ke Stasiun Shiroishizao di Miyagi, dan kemudian naik taksi sekitar 30 menit. Kami menyusuri jalanan di Shiroishi yang dihiasi bunga di kiri-kanan jalan, saat itu musim panas sehingga pemandangan dipenuhi kehijauan.
Located in Miyagi
Prefecture, precisely in Shiroishi, need an extra effort to come to the fox
village. From Tokyo I had to ride the shinkansen to Shiroishizao Station in
Miyagi, and then take a taxi about 30 minutes. We walked the streets in
Shiroishi decorated with flowers on the sides of the road, it was summer so the
scenery was filled with greenery.
Kami tiba di satu
tempat dengan gerbang kecil dan (err) patung gorilla persis di sisi gerbang,
cukup absurd untuk lokasi yang
dipenuhi dengan rubah.
We arrived at a place with
a small gate and (err) gorilla statue in right side of the gate, quite absurd
for a location filled with foxes.
"Patung itu
hadiah dari salah satu tamu," ujar supir taksi kami
"Oooh,"
saya bergumam, kemudian kami segera turun dan memasuki gerbang
"The statue was a gift
from one of the guests," said our taxi driver
"Oooh," I
muttered, then we immediately got off and entered the gate
Fox Village bukan
desa seperti bayangan saya, dengan rumah-rumah penduduk dan rubah berkeliaran,
namun area ini lebih seperti kebun binatang, namun khusus untuk rubah (fox). Oh well, tapi ada juga kambing dan
kelinci di area depan :)
Fox Village is not a village like I had imagined, with citizens' houses and foxes roaming, since this area is more like a zoo, but specifically for fox. Oh well, but there are also goats and rabbits in the front area :)
Fox Village is not a village like I had imagined, with citizens' houses and foxes roaming, since this area is more like a zoo, but specifically for fox. Oh well, but there are also goats and rabbits in the front area :)
Saat masuk pertama kali kita akan melihat berbagai jenis rubah di kandang, sebagian besar adalah rubah yang masih kecil, serta yang perlu dipisahkan dari kawanannya. Nah, dari sini kita akan melihat papan peringatan yang menganjurkan kita untuk tidak memegang rubah yang ada di balik pintu, di mana rubah-rubah ini bebas berkeliaran!
When first entering, we
will see different types of fox in cages, mostly the small foxes which need to
be separated from the herd. Well, from here we will see the warning signs that
encourage us not to hold or touch the foxes that are behind the door, where the
foxes are free to roam!
Saya dan Reni langsung masuk dan menemukan rubah-rubah yang asik tidur di siang hari, sebagian tidur dengan posisi melingkar, persis seperti logo Mozilla Firefox! :D
Reni and I walked straight
in and found foxes sleeping soundly during the day, some sleep with a circular
position, just like the Mozilla Firefox logo! :D
Kami menyusuri
jalanan setapak dan menemukan lebih banyak rubah lainnya yang berkeliaran. Saat
musim panas, bulu mereka rontok, sebagian bahkan terlihat masih terus rontok
bulunya dan membuat mereka terlihat "kurus," namun buntut rubah ini
tetap fluffy dan menggemaskan!
We walked the footpath and
find more other foxes wandering around. In the summer, their fur loss, even
some of them still continue to fall feathers and make them look
"skinny," but foxtail remains fluffy and adorable!
Di area dekat bangunan kayu, ada puluhan rubah berkumpul. Rupanya pengunjung dapat memberi makan dari "bale-bale" ini supaya aman. Melihat rubah-rubah ini menanti makanan sangat menggemaskan, mereka duduk dan sabar menunggu kami membagikan makanan mereka, ada satu rubah yang sepertinya tidak sabar menunggu, sangat menggemaskan!
In the area near the wooden
building, there are dozens of foxes gather. Apparently, visitors can feed from
the "bench" to make it safe. Seeing these foxes waiting for food is
so adorable, they sit and wait for us to feed them food, there is one fox that
seemed impatient to wait, so adorable!
Fox Village Fight Arena |
Satu hal lagi
yang unik, ternyata suara rubah sangat cempreng! Mereka sangat noisy, selalu
berisik dan sering berkelahi karena urusan apapun, makanan, teritori, namun
suaranya lebih besar dari pertengkarannya, mereka sama sekali tidak saling
gigit saat berkelahi, hanya saling mendorong dan mengancam dengan suara keras, see them on this video:
One more thing that is unique, is that fox's voice is very shrill! They are very noisy, always noisy and often fight for any kind of business, food, territory, but its voice is bigger than the fight, they do not bite each other during a fight, just pushing and threatening with a loud voice, see them on this video:
One more thing that is unique, is that fox's voice is very shrill! They are very noisy, always noisy and often fight for any kind of business, food, territory, but its voice is bigger than the fight, they do not bite each other during a fight, just pushing and threatening with a loud voice, see them on this video:
Anyway, fox village benar-benar memberikan doze of
cuteness! I'll surely visit this place again during falls or winter; want to
see them in their best fluffy moment during cold season! Amen to THAT!
@marischkaprue - she still don't understand what does the fox
said
NOTES
ZAO FOX VILLAGE
Kawarago 11-3
Fukuokayatsumiya, Shiroishi
Miyagi Prefecture
Japan
OPENING HOURS
9 AM - 5 PM
GETTING THERE
From TOKYO
Tokyo to
Shiroishizao Station by Shinkansen Yamabiko (Dari Tokyo Station di platform No.
20/ 21/ 23, cek jadwal dan platform terlebih dahulu), lama perjalanan hampir 2
jam, one way shinkansen ticket ¥ 9.830
Tokyo to Shiroishizao
Station by Shinkansen Yamabiko (From Tokyo Station at platform No. 20/21/23,
check the schedule and platform in advance), almost 2 hours trip, one way
shinkansen ticket ¥ 9,830
Tips: Untuk menghemat biaya, gunakan JR East Pass (¥ 20.000), namun dapat
digunakan selama 5 hari ke berbagai area
Tip: To save costs, use JR
East Pass (¥ 20,000), but can be used for 5 days to various areas
From Shiroishizao Station
- Taxi menuju Fox
Village (¥ 4.000) one way, tips: sharing dengan pengunjung lain, jika melihat
turis asing di Shiroishizao Station, kemungkinan besar mereka menuju Fox
Village, bisa sharing 4 orang di satu taksi.
- Bus (hanya ada
2x di hari Selasa: jam 7 pagi dari Shiroishi Station -- berbeda dengan
Shiroishizao -- dan jam 2 siang dari Fox Village menuju Shiroishi Station)
From Shiroishizao Station
- Taxi to the Fox Village
(¥ 4,000) one way, tips: sharing with other visitors, if you see foreign
tourists in Shiroishizao Station, chances are they headed Fox Village, 4 people
can share in one taxi.
- Bus (only 2 times on Tuesday:
7 am from Shiroishi Station - unlike with Shiroishizao - and at 2 pm on Fox
Village towards Shiroishi Station)
Opsi: Datang
dengan taksi, dan pulang dengan bus sehingga menghemat biaya taksi
Option: Comes with a taxi
and go home by bus thus saving the cost of taxis
***
4 comments:
wahhh lucu banget parah <3
VONNYDU
td udh mikir biaya taxinya bakal mahal ga ya, trnyata masih okelah :).. cuma ini fox village pas winter ttp buka ga ya mbak? secara aku kesananya feb nanti
keren kak
Wah lucu-lucu sekali ya. Kita juga bisa masuk ke dalem kandangnya ya? Bisa foto-foto juga. Lain kali kalo ke jepang wajib ke sini nih.
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