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Follow along for Nya’s adventures and updates around the world!

Los Angeles 2023 –> Tokyo 2024 –> Washington D.C. 2025

  • Myth Busters

    Common Misconceptions about Japan Japan is unfortunately subjected to a lot of stereotypes. Taking a contemporary Japanese studies course has really opened up my eyes to a lot of misconceptions about Japan that were taught to me in America. Not only that, but it has also taught me a lot of ideas Japan pushes that


  • Wake Up Call: there’s an earthquake

    地震が起きた! Disclaimer before anyone reads this, so that I do not cause any widespread panic, first and foremost I am safe. My friends and I are okay. This morning, around 6:31AM JST, I had the pleasure of being startled awake by my phone screaming at me that there was an earthquake. Now, back home, we


  • Let’s Go to Karaoke!

    カラオケに行きましょう Yesterday, I tried Karaoke for the first time. Sam has been wanting to plan to do this for a while now so that the exchange students can hang out. To be honest, it’s not that I didn’t want to go…ok maybe a little. I’m just not a singer and I fully intended to just


  • Halfway Point

    二月間後で We’re officially in June! I’ve been in Japan for two months now and I have two months left, so I thought I’d give a little update about class, friends, and my journey so far. Classes for starters are hard. This past week has honestly been a little rough, because everyday I’m studying or taking


  • Let’s Go to Puroland!

    ハローキティと友達 Today, I visited Puroland with Sam and Licca! Now, to be honest, I didn’t really know where we were going. I had never heard of Puroland and just said yes to going out lol. Basically, Sanrio Puroland is an indoor amusement park centered around Hello Kitty and all her friends. Licca wanted to open


  • Anime & Video Game City

    次は秋葉原 Finally back out and exploring Tokyo again! Class felt so long this week, and with all my homework, I felt like I haven’t been able to do anything besides study, sleep, and go to class. The next place on my list of places to visit was Akihabara. I did a little pre-research courtesy of