Sightseeing
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The Air and Space Museum I made it through my second full week of work! This week seemed to drag forever, and I’ve been so exhausted. But I only have 10 weeks in D.C. and didn’t want to spend every weekend lounging around, so today, me and another friend from work went to visit some… Read more
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Psychic Fever at Howard Theater Today I went to a concert! One of my favorite music groups is a Japanese boy group called Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe (or Psyfe for short!) The group consists of seven members: Tsurugi, Ryoga, Ryushin, Ren, Jimmy, Kokoro, and Weesa. I believe the group was established in 2019, but… Read more
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Little Post-Work Adventure Yesterday, I was so tired after work that I didn’t want to look at anything. I just wanted to go home, get a pizza, get in my pajamas, then go to bed. Today, since I didn’t have much to do, I was able to leave early at about noon, which I won’t… Read more
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Next Stop: Washington D.C. Today’s officially the day. We start yet another adventure in Washington D.C. I feel like this day simultaneously took forever to come and came too quickly. I’d only been talking about going for months now, and it’s finally time to go. Leading up to today, packing was a bit of a… Read more
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2025 Travels I can’t believe that 2024 is over. The year honestly felt like a fever dream, and sometimes I find it hard to believe that I actually accomplished all that I did in the past year. Japan was a dream of mine for a long time, and I’m so thankful to have been able… Read more
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Some Advice For Travelers I’ve been home for almost two months now. I’m fully adjusted back and on my normal routine of going to work and school. It’s not as exciting as being in Tokyo and I do miss it, but it’s definitely nice to be home. There are so many exciting things happening within… Read more
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次回まで、日本！ The summer is over. I really can’t believe it. It seems like the time I was in Japan went by fast. It felt like April and May dragged on. The next thing I knew it was June, and once July hit it was like okay, time for you to go home. Although it was… Read more
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How much Did it cost to live in Japan? I lived in Japan for 4 months for my study abroad term. Now during the time I was here the yen had dropped way weaker than it has historically been, so for me as an American, things were relatively cheap. At one point, the yen fell… Read more
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ただいま Well, the day has officially arrived. It is time for me to head home. This summer honestly flew by so fast, I feel like I just got here and now it. I’m sad to leave, but I’m honestly really ready to go home. I miss my family, and I just want to have my… Read more
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大切な思い出 I leave Japan one week from now, and amidst all the stressful packing and trying to get stuff home, I’m doing a lot of reflecting. I’ll probably go into more depth about all I’ve learned this summer in a later blog post, but I thought it would be fun to count down what were… Read more
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