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Farewell Japan
10/28/2015 Japan
So this blog is coming to an end~ My program in Japan is now finished, and I have returned back to America resuming my studies at UCSD! I already had midterms and stuff too!! How funnnnn XDDDDD haha haa....haaa.ha.. Actually, after my program ended in August, I stayed i...... |
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Goodbye Tohoku
10/27/2015 Japan
My one-year study abroad program at Tohoku University has come to an end. It was a really eventful year filled with lots of great adventures and new experiences~ I'm really glad that I chose to go to Tohoku University, because I was able to live in Sendai! I've never felt attached to a city...... |
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So Many Events
05/25/2015 Japan
Like always, I've been having a blast here with my life in Japan~ Alongside my research and classwork, I've been going to a bunch of different events over the past few weeks. I even went to Nagoya for a 2-day trip! Not to mention I just experienced the best concert ever~ >w<..... |
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Homestay
04/19/2015 Japan
This weekend, I had the wonderful opportunity to "home-stay" and go live with a Japanese family for a night. It gives you the chance to practice your Japanese in a Japanese home, while also giving you a taste of the life of a typical Japanese family! You call your host- mom an...... |
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1000 Cherry Blossoms
04/12/2015 Japan
With the coming of Spring in Japan, the beautiful cherry blossoms (sakura) have begun to go into full bloom! These famous flowers actually only last for ~3 weeks though (and are only in full bloom for one of those weeks), so Japanese people and all the gaijins (foreigners) in the...... |
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Round Japan Trip
04/05/2015 Japan
In Japan, spring break isn't just one week; it's a whole 2 months! That's because the school year ends in the Fall and begins in the Spring, so during March many students are preparing for school entrance exams. As for me, I got to go on the trip of a lifetime! So in add...... |
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Sapporo Snow Festival
02/19/2015 Japan
A few weeks ago was the Sapporo Snow Festival (雪祭り, yuki matsuri）, one of the world's most famous winter events. Hosted in the city of Sapporo in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, the week-long Snow Festival is famous for its enormous snow sculptures and ice scul..... |
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Culture with Field Trips
01/17/2015 School, Japan
It's almost the end of the first semester here at Tohoku University. That also means that our two month spring break is coming up next month~ :3 But before that, we have finals to take and presentations to give; typical college stuff. >_> One of my finals in particular is for Cu.... |
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Towards a New Year
01/12/2015 Japan
Happy New Year Everybody! (yeah yeah, I'm late >_>) It's finally the new year~ Another year to go fill with new adventures and new memories! Especially since I have tons of plans for traveling during the upcoming spring break and summer vacation! I can't believe I'm not even.... |
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Merry Christmas from Sendai~
12/25/2014 Japan
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!~ >w< It's finally Christmas, my favorite day of the year. This is my first Christmas away from my family. I always spend this day with them every year with a small party and a gift exchange, however this year I am here in Japan. But a..... |
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Life in Sendai
10/20/2014 Japan
Sendai is a great city to live in~ Living up to its nickname as "The City of Trees," it's a city that's surrounded by nature in every direction. It has almost been a month since I arrived here and I've gotten quite used to its lifestyle. Since I have now officially lived in three of the great regi.... |
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Bento in Kobe
09/07/2014 Japan
I have been staying in Kobe for a while now as part of my summer vacation~ Thanks to a good friend, I was able to stay in a very nice apartment on a small man-made island. There isn't much here and it's very quiet, but that also means that it's peaceful :) I'm only staying here for a sh..... |
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Family Travels
08/31/2014 Japan, Random
My loving family came to visit me in Japan the past week~ My parents were worried about me living alone in Japan, so they wanted to check up on me (and use that as an excuse to finally travel to Japan... lol not jk) It was just a short six days, but it was refreshing to see family again.... |
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Mai Mai Summer
08/14/2014 Japan
And now the Senshu Program is over~ Now I am currently in my Gap Period, which is about a 2 month period between my summer program and my Tohoku program~ This is basically our summer vacation in Japan~ (Which is awesome :3) However, we are responsible for finding ou.... |
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Traveling x5
07/24/2014 Japan
I have been traveling.... alot. I went to the Mitama Festival at a Shrine, to J-World at Ikebukuro, an overnight trip to Nagoya, played around in Odaiba, and then enjoyed the Doraemon Museum. This is how you enjoy Japan!~ Traveling everywhereeeeeeeee~ Many of you guys ha..... |
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Ghibli, Girls, kabuki~
07/14/2014 Japan
How's life everyone? Good? Good :) So I had my Japanese midterm last Friday and that went by with a breeze. We also had a couple of cool dorm events again~ We went out to the famous Ghibli Museum, an all-girls Japanese High School, bowling, and then t...... |
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Shodou and Tanabata
07/05/2014 Japan
So short story, my dorm is pretty awesome. lol First of all, I have been lagging my blog posts a bit lately cause of my lack of time due to all the HW I've been getting from class (my midterm is already next week and I have a 5-min presentation Monday T_T) And then I w...... |
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Shibuya and Kamakura
06/30/2014 Japan
Traveling~ So in the past few days I went to the famous Shibuya and then checked out Kamakura for a school trip. We took the train to get to these places, and it was a long train ride. There was also a TON of walking along with this as well, as expected of Japan @_@ But yeah, either w...... |
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食堂Cafeterias
06/26/2014 School, Japan
School cafeterias in Japan are amazing~ Simply amazing~ The food is delicious, reasonably priced, and pretty healthy. Since I've started going to Senshu University, I've been eating at the 食堂 (shokdou - cafeteria) pretty m...... |
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Izakaya!
06/24/2014 Japan
After a long day of taking our 3-hour placement test for Japanese, all of us here at the Senshu International House went out for a 飲み会(nomikai - drinking party) at an 居酒屋(Izakaya). From this I learned one thing: Japanese students are insane. lol This is just going t...... |
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Japanese Arcades
06/22/2014 Anime, Japan
One of the best things so far in Japan was the arcade~ [Yes, I'm a nerd... and if you aren't, you won't get this post] Japanese arcades are completely different from an American one. So let me tell all you gamers out there what it was like and how I got my butt handed to me o....... |
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First Day in Japan!
06/21/2014 Japan
Woo hoo, I'm finally in Japan! Still feels really natural to me.... I'm too used to traveling around by myself. Now that I've settled into my awesome dorm and have some time, let me tell you about my first day ;) .......... |
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planning japan
06/08/2014 Japan
Just in case you didn't know because you are too lazy to look at the rest of my website: I'm going to Japan! :D I will be going to Japan for 14 months, so I have made plans and preparations to make sure that it will be a m...... |
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日本語 A bit of Japanese
06/08/2014 Japan, Random
So if you haven't seen it yet, go check out my "About Me" page to see my introductory video and little biography. It actually took me a lot longer than it should have to make it.... Anyways, now that you've seen my video, you will pro....... |
