Category: Japan: Kansai Gaidai
My Last Week in Japan
My last week in Japan was filled with a ups and downs but was arguably one of the best weeks that I have had in Japan! To start off my last week my host mother got me all dressed up in this super pretty Kimono. We spent the whole night the previous night picking out…
Japan: Letter to Anonymous
Studying in Japan in my 2016 Fall semester. Before touch down at Haneda Tokyo Airport, I had serious regrets. What was I getting myself into? What the hell was I thinking? The first four weeks in Japan were spent in a mixture of merriment and trepidation. “Japan really is for the Japanese” is what…
Japan – Overtures and Preludes
When you begin to write and explain an experience, along the way you come to realize that by recording the experience you begin to miss out on what is really happening around you. The first few weeks I spent ambling around in Kyoto and the Kansai area I was stricken with a clear feeling that “Japan was…
So this is goodbye… さようなら!
Well, this is it. My finals are done, the other exchange students are moving out, and I’m getting ready to say goodbye to Japan. Although it’s a bit sad to be leaving what I have grown to consider my second home, I’ve made so many great friends and memories so I can’t say that I…
Japan: B Side Extra Play
Preface this for me: I’m not a singer. I’ve never sung or played in a band nor enjoyed doing anything in public. I have nerves. And they freak out when people are focused on me. Even if it’s just helping someone fix their computer issue, if you’re lording over my shoulder – I can’t think…