Random mungkin kata yang tepat
untuk mendeskripsikan satu malam yang aneh di Shinjuku, Jepang ini.
‘Random’ is perhaps the perfect word to describe one weird night in Shinjuku, Japan.
Bagi saya area Kabuki-cho sudah
cukup hingar bingar. Lampu-lampu bangunan, banner dan plang besar serta
warna-warni cahaya memenuhi jalanan di Shinjuku ini. Saya tiba di depan plang
berwarna-warni dengan tulisan Jepang yang ramai. Hampir saja saya tidak melihat
tulisan "Robot Restaurant" karena tulisan warna-warni yang begitu
meriah.
For me,
Kabuki-cho area is quite hectic. The building lights, banners and gigantic
signs with colorful lights fill the streets in Shinjuku. I arrive in front of
the colorful sign with a lot of Japanese characters written on it. I almost
missed seeing the words “Robot Restaurant” because of the merry and colorful
words.
Saya tidak terlalu lapar karena
saat itu sudah pukul 9 malam. Kalimat "Dinner with the robots,"
"One of the best attraction in Tokyo" membuat saya bersemangat malam
itu.
I wasn’t too hungry, as it was already 9 o’clock
at night. The sentences “Dinner with the robots” and “One of the best
attractions in Tokyo” made me excited that evening.
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| the glowing waiting lounge |
Area pendaftaran dan area masuk
ke lokasi atraksi berada di jalan yang berbeda, meski letaknya berdekatan.
Sejak masuk dinding penuh ornamen bercahaya memenuhi semua sudut mata saya,
mulai dari lift, tangga hingga ruang tunggu.
The
registration area and the entrance to the attraction area is on a different
path, even though they are located close to each other. From when I entered,
the walls are full of shiny ornaments everywhere I look, starting from the
lift, the staircase, and all the way to the waiting room.
Saat waktu perform dimulai, saya
masuk ke area dengan deretan kursi di sisi berseberangan dan area kosong di
tengah. Dibandingkan restoran, area ini lebih mirip lokasi mini teater atau
konser.
When
performances started, I went to an area where there were rows of chairs across
each other and an empty area in the
middle. Instead of a restaurant, this place looks more like a mini theater or a
concert hall.
Bento box disajikan, ada juga
opsi membeli popcorn yang bagi saya lebih cocok untuk atraksi semacam ini.
Tidak lama mulai terdengar suara musik dan tokoh-tokoh ala Jepang mulai muncul
sambil memainkan musik. Sebagian dengan gitar listrik, drum dan sebagian penari
dengan kimono beraksi di panggung dengan roda yang memutari area di antara
deretan kursi.
Bento boxes
were served, but there is also another option of buying popcorns (of which I
feel is more appropriate for this kind of attraction). It wasn’t long until I
start to hear the sound of music. Japanese characters soon appeared while
playing music. Some had electric guitars, and some had drums. Some dancers
donning kimonos went in action on stage using wheels, circling the area with
the rows of chairs.
Saya terus menantikan si robot
ini muncul. Pertama-tama hanya manusia berpakaian ala robot yang melakukan duel
di tengah, sebelumnya petugas memagari area kursi dengan rantai untuk menjaga
tamu. Kemudian robot asli ini akhirnya menyapa kami. Ada yang berbentuk seperti
tokoh di film Transformer, robot dengan ornamen sayap dan layar LCD di bagian dadanya,
serta robot ular yang sangat besar yang memutari area di depan deretan kursi
pengunjung.
I eagerly
waited for the robot to appear. First, it was just some people wearing a robot
costume dueling in the middle. Before that happened, the staff restricted the
chair area from the guests using a chain. Then the real robot finally came and
greeted us. There is one that looks like that character in Transformers, there
was one with wing-shaped ornaments with an LCD monitor on its chest, as well as
a huge snake robot circling the area in front of the chairs where the audience
were sitting.
Yang menarik robot-robot asli ini
menari, diatur dengan remote control oleh petugas, yang dapat kita lihat saat
mereka mengatur robot-robot ini "pulang" usai menari.
The
interesting part, is that these robots dance by being controlled from a remote
control by the staff. We can see this when they were marching the robots home
as they finish their dance.
Kemudian hal-hal aneh terjadi.
Mulai dari tiba-tiba laba-laba besar datang, "hiu" besar yang
menabrak rantai yang melindungi penonton serta "memakan" lawannya dan
semua keanehan lainnya. Sulit bagi saya mencerna semua bentuk, tokoh, figur dan
apapun yang seakan-akan dicampur tanpa perlu ada benang merah di cerita
"teater" ini. Robot Restoran seakan mencampur apapun yang terlintas
di benak pengatur alur cerita tanpa melogika-kan fiksi sekalipun.
Then odd
things started to happen. Starting from a gigantic spider suddenly appearing, a
huge shark crashing into the chain that protected the audience from it and
eating its opponents, as well as other oddities. It was hard for me to digest
all the shapes, characters, and figures as if everything was mixed together
without anything summing up the whole story in this theater. It’s as if Robot
Restaurant combines anything that enters the story-teller’s mind without even
once logicizing fiction.
Random and Mind F*ck, itu bahasa
yang tepat mendeskripsikan 90 menit yang aneh di Shinjuku ini. Robot Restoran
mungkin aneh, mungkin memberikan sensasi terbelalak sambil terus berpikir
"what the f just happened?" tapi saya setuju ini adalah salah satu
atraksi super seru yang akan membuat anda tersenyum dan tertawa meski pikiran
berkata "where the hell am I?"
‘Random’ and
‘mindf*ck’. Those are the perfect words to describe my 90-minute experience in
Shinjuku. Robot Restaurant may be weird - it may give a jaw-dropping sensation
while thinking “what the f just happened?”. But I must say, this is one of the
best attractions that will make you smile and laugh, even while thinking “where
the hell am I?”
Ready for Japan randomness?
@marischkaprue
- some things or some shows are just more
absurd than her life
NOTES:
- Robot
Restaurant terletak di 1-7-1 Kabuki-cho, B2F, Shinjuku, 160-0021, Tokyo
Prefecture.
- Robot Restaurant is located in 1-7-1 Kabuki-cho, B2F,
Shinjuku, 160-0021, Tokyo Prefecture. Open from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m. (last show
starts at 9 p.m.)
- Contact
Robot Restaurant di +81 332005500
- Contact Robot Restaurant at +81 332005500
- Harga tiket
untuk mengikuti satu sesi (90 menit) atraksi termasuk makan malam di Robot
Restaurant adalah 7.000 Yen, saya sarankan booking melalui tour karena jauh
lebih murah (mereka menawarkan diskon khusus jika booking melalui tour). Harga
melalui tour (Sunrise Tour JTB) adalah 4.500 Yen. Cek lengkapnya di sini
- The ticket price to attend a session (90 minutes)
that includes dinner at Robot Restaurant is 7000 Yen. I suggest booking through
a tour because it’s way cheaper (they offer a special discount if you book
using a tour). The tour price (Sunrise Tour JTB) is 4500 Yen. Check out the
full info here
