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[Indonesia] Take pictures like you're in Tokyo / MRT station is a popular photo spot

  • Release date: Jan 03, 2020
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Hajinawi Station, popular with motorcycle commuters

It's been about nine months since Jakarta's subway MRT opened its doors. At Hajinawi station, one of the 13 MRT stations, it has become a trend to take pictures of motorcycles with the station in the background. The most popular time to do this is in the evening, when the streetlights come on. The combination of the signboard lights at the station's entrance, the narrow street next to the station, and the coffee shop-like atmosphere of the shops in front of the station make it feel like you're in Japan. The photos are posted on social media, but some people have added Japanese words such as hiragana, katakana and kanji (such as "Tokyo" and "Shibuya") along with the photos to make them even more Japan-centric. At other stations, works by up-and-coming artists were decorated on the stairs and in the MRT station to coincide with Art Week, and they became a hot topic on social media.

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New MRT Values Discovered by Younger Generations

A photo taken at Hajinawi station was posted on social media, and people started talking about how it looked like they were in Tokyo, and the number of people who came to take photos of the station skyrocketed. There are motorcycle shops and cafes popular with bikers nearby, and the station is on the way to work, making it easy to get to, which is probably one of the reasons for its popularity. When the MRT opened, the only pictures taken were of trains and their interiors, but now the younger generation is discovering new values in the MRT from a new perspective.

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This article is co-authored by TNC Lifestyle Researcher (http://lifestyle.tenace.co.jp/) and Intage's Global Researcher.

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