Gakusei Travels

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  • Things I wish I Knew Before Going to Japan

    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

  • Summer Reflection

    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

  • Japan Cost Break Down

    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

  • Top 5 Memories in Japan

    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

  • Summer Festivities

    夏の浴衣会! Today we got to partake in a tea ceremony. The Tsuda Fureai Network is like a program, I think, through the school, and they help Tsuda Exchange Students have Memorable moments during their stay in Japan by experiencing Japanese culture.. This time, we got to wear a yukata (Summer Kimono) and experience Japanese summer Read more

  • Wrapping Up, Packing Up

    How Do I get this stuff home?! I sadly leave Japan on July 30th. I really don’t want to go home, because going home means going back to reality. Lol. But I do really miss my family, so although I’m sad to be leaving, I am excited to see everyone and make going to Japan Read more

  • Lock Down

    不審者がいます！ 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. Today….was a day, to say the least. Around 5 PM, it was reported that two suspicious men entered the campus. This afternoon, Sam and I were hanging out Read more

  • Kodaira Festival

    ヲタ芸を頑張りましょう！ Today was the Kodaira Festival! Time to put all our hard work and practice to show! I’m so exhausted after today, because I’ve been up so early to help get ready to prepare for the performance. I was up around 6 am this morning. The club president asked if a few of us would Read more

  • 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 Read more

  • 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 Read more