With less than one month away from my arrival in Japan, I’m feeling both nervous and excited. I’ve never been out of the country before; in fact, I’ve barely been out of the state! I’ve also never lived alone, which makes this journey both an exhilarating one and a frightening one. I’ve been looking forward…
Category: Japan: Kansai Gaidai
初めまして (◡‿◡✿)
And so it begins… Yo! So this post is going to be a lot of things, my introduction, the blogs introduction, my plans for world domination… So much to cover, am I right? Let’s start off with a small introduction, shall we? I’m Shantell! I am a Junior in College (ew, I know. I swear…
Final Countdown
Well, finals are done and classes are officially over and I am now a week out from going home. It’s weird knowing that these are my final days in Japan. I feel like I’ve done a lot, but then I feel like I haven’t even scratched the surface. There are so many things I’d still…
Lively Hirakatashi
I have always walked past Hirakatashi station, one too many times, however is was not until tonight that I noticed that there is so much life here. I met a special friend of mine at the station. She just came back from her job hunting meetings. I on the other hand needed se time off…
Coming across the Nepalese Diaspora in Japan
Although I knew about Nepali youths coming into Japan for migrant workers, never had I expected to meet someone like that living so close to where I did. For context, two of my really good friends from Nepal, one of my far cousins, a distant family relative and one of my far sister is living…
Aggressive Deers and Fire Festival in Nara
8th March, 2016 On 8th March, 2016, it was a Tuesday and it just so happened that it was a Tuesday. My schedule for Tuesday is not that busy with just one class, which just so happened to be cancelled. As I woke up with nothing in my mind to do, I decided to go…
Spring Break – Nagasaki…
25th and 26th March I had heard about Nagasaki in the books but always wanted to go there to at least attempt to understand, or at least know, about the tragedy that happened during the second World War. After having a great time in Fukuoka, it was time for me to go to Nagasaki. I…
Spring Break – Fukuoka – Tonkotsu Ramen and Shrines
24th and 27th March I had heard a lot about Fukuoka from my friend who lives there but it was not until I was there that I realized what he was talking about. First things first, I love food. My friend used to tell me that Fukuoka has the best food so I had to…
Spring Break – Hiroshima…
23rd March, 2016 After an amazing day exploring the Miyajima island, I made my way to the Peace Museum in Hiroshima after a nice warm morning coffee at the hostel. First, I went to the Atomic Bomb Dome. This is where the hypocenter of the atomic bomb that detonated about 600 meters above the ground…
Spring Break – Floating Gates to Heaven at Miyajima Island
21st and 22nd March, 2016 Even though the Spring Break at Kansai Gaidai started on March 19th, I decided to take some days to myself before heading out to travel across Japan. I got the Seishun 18 ticket, which is an unlimited ride ticket for JR local trains and buses over certain periods of which…