Category: Japan: Kansai Gaidai

This round needs no introduction. Halloween is in the air and creepy surveys and ghost stories are filling the atmosphere with things I sometimes wish I didn’t hear. The spiders and their webs are getting bigger and the days are getting chillier. Enjoy some of these Japanese horror stories and the chaos that conversations in the school…

Although there are tons of things that I love about Japan so far, the friendliness of the Japanese students at Kansai Gaidai is one the best. If you sit still for too long, you are almost guaranteed to have a student approach you to practice their Japanese or make a new friend. One girl that…

I’m almost two weeks late! Welcome back — I can’t find the words to describe how busy Japan is — it’s pulled me in and now I understand how traveling, learning and experiencing new things everyday can change your life.  My goals for this project have become much larger — there’s too much to capture…

Why Japanese Fashion is Exhausting Literally everything about Japanese Fashion is on point. From the hair styles to the clothes that they wear down to the types of shoes that they have, it’s great to look at, to keep up with (catch up with) is a completely different story. Back home, in America, I realized…

Now that things are starting to slow down, I’m beginning to find a rhythm. I feel at home here for the most part, and I’m starting to try things that I never would have tried in America. I have some kind of event written down almost every week until December, so I’m rarely bored. For…

I’m finally in Japan! Even though I’ve only been here for two weeks, I’ve already travelled more than I’ve probably ever travelled in my life. Osaka Castle, Kyoto temples, Hirakata City, Osaka shopping malls (including the Ghibli Store and the Osaka Pokemon Center), restaurants and stores galore… Needless to say, I’m loving every second of…

Huh? Five? Where did my four go? And did I even really get to nine? Everything here is backwards and I am already skipping a beat — I’ll chock it off as being usual for someone’s first week starting a new life in an unfamiliar society. Last time I talked to myself about philosophy alone in…