I did not get to post yesterday about my hike (after being so tired), but I just recently had the best day climbing Mount Kurama in Kyoto! I had known about the mountain and about the Buddhist shrine (Kurama-dera) that you are able to visit while you are there, and when the day of the…
Category: Japan: Kansai Gaidai
First Week in Japan and the start of Classes
Ahhhh, Japan… How your vending machines have been calling me back for the past three years. How could I forget how deliciously cold and wonderful your Milk Tea is. Of course, vending machines haven’t been the main aspect of my exchange so far, but I would be lying if I said they didn’t play a…
Fall 2015 in Japan
After many months of planning, today is finally the day I leave to study abroad in Japan! Going to Japan has always been a dream of mine, and to get the opportunity to be there for a semester has been pretty exciting for me. This last month of August, I’ve been visiting a lot of…
Pre-Departure: 2 months out
The first time I lived in Japan was when I was seventeen. I had graduated high school three months prior at the age of sixteen, youngest of my graduating class, and was eager to get out of the country and off into the unknown. I studied abroad through an organization known as Rotary Youth Exchange, with whom…