Well I didn't blog last week as quite frankly nothing much of interest as occurred This coming week is the last week of classes, so my life has pretty much been absorbed in final papers and preparing for final exams.
Hard to believe I only have a month left in Japan. I cant wait for school to be done so that I can move back to Tokyo and welcome my family to Japan!
We'll be vacationing for 2 weeks together and then we will return to America.
Coming home will be my birthday present, lol. Looking forward to it.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
Takayama
So this past weekend my school had a field trip to Takayama, a quaint historical town about 2 1/2 hours away from Nagoya.
We rode the bus together and when we arrived at the town we split up into groups. My group consisted of an American friend of mine and a new Japanese friend I made previously in addition to several new people.
It was a great group! I made several new friends and we had a blast! First we went shopping in the historical district in town, which is a beautiful place full of old buildings and traditional craft shops.
Also, the food was wonderful! Ice cream and special beef stands everywhere.
After shopping we had to return to the bus, which was unfortunate as we only covered one street. I would've spent a whole day there easily.
Then we went to our next location, Hida Folk Village. This is an historical (uninhibited) village comprised of very old houses and buildings (maybe...17 century 18th?) and was full of mountain nature. It was beautiful! Also the weather was perfectly clear so we could see the mountains clearly off in the distance.
After spending some time there we sadly had to return home. It was a fantastic trip and I made new friends which is great!
Then on Sunday, on my way to church, I saw an amazing thing. A group of Marios playing soccer Only in Japan will you find a bunch of guys dressed in Mario costumes playing soccer in the local town park.
Of course I didn't have my camera on me. >.<
Anyway, hard to believe only 3 weeks of school left! I'm counting down the days till my family arrives here in Japan. Vacationing with them will be a great way to end my stay here in Japan.
We rode the bus together and when we arrived at the town we split up into groups. My group consisted of an American friend of mine and a new Japanese friend I made previously in addition to several new people.
It was a great group! I made several new friends and we had a blast! First we went shopping in the historical district in town, which is a beautiful place full of old buildings and traditional craft shops.
Also, the food was wonderful! Ice cream and special beef stands everywhere.
After shopping we had to return to the bus, which was unfortunate as we only covered one street. I would've spent a whole day there easily.
Then we went to our next location, Hida Folk Village. This is an historical (uninhibited) village comprised of very old houses and buildings (maybe...17 century 18th?) and was full of mountain nature. It was beautiful! Also the weather was perfectly clear so we could see the mountains clearly off in the distance.
After spending some time there we sadly had to return home. It was a fantastic trip and I made new friends which is great!
Then on Sunday, on my way to church, I saw an amazing thing. A group of Marios playing soccer Only in Japan will you find a bunch of guys dressed in Mario costumes playing soccer in the local town park.
Of course I didn't have my camera on me. >.<
Anyway, hard to believe only 3 weeks of school left! I'm counting down the days till my family arrives here in Japan. Vacationing with them will be a great way to end my stay here in Japan.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Gale Force Winds in Da Ghetto
Alright, sorry for the lateness of this blog, but man I have been busy!
To start, I went on a weekend trip with my roommates this past weekend. Originally it was to just be a one night trip in Kyoto, but thanks to the typhoon like weather coming our way, we canceled our hotel reservation in case we couldn't make it. Why did we still go you ask? Because we had already purchased the train tickets, so we had to use them!!
Train were still operating, but many were delayed or canceled, making traveling incredibly difficult. And I don't know why so many Japanese people were also out and traveling, knowing about the bad weather. I guess they were in the same boat as us. Anyway, trains were packed everywhere.
When we got to Kyoto, it was raining, but the wind wasn't too strong yet, so I still enjoyed seeing the beautiful shrine and bamboo forest. Did some shopping as well.
After that we decided to go to Osaka since it was close. We booked a cheap hotel online, rode the train, and collapsed in the hotel (which was in a ghetto I'm pretty sure).
Osaka is basically the Japanese ghetto city. It's dirty, the people are interesting (apparently if you point to someone in Osaka and make a gun noise, they will pretend to be shot) and graffiti is everywhere. Some people like the feel of Osaka, but I didn't really like it. Glad I only spent half a day there; I much prefer Tokyo or Kyoto.
Other than that I've been busying with school and Judo. Only 4 weeks of school left, I cant wait!
To start, I went on a weekend trip with my roommates this past weekend. Originally it was to just be a one night trip in Kyoto, but thanks to the typhoon like weather coming our way, we canceled our hotel reservation in case we couldn't make it. Why did we still go you ask? Because we had already purchased the train tickets, so we had to use them!!
Train were still operating, but many were delayed or canceled, making traveling incredibly difficult. And I don't know why so many Japanese people were also out and traveling, knowing about the bad weather. I guess they were in the same boat as us. Anyway, trains were packed everywhere.
When we got to Kyoto, it was raining, but the wind wasn't too strong yet, so I still enjoyed seeing the beautiful shrine and bamboo forest. Did some shopping as well.
After that we decided to go to Osaka since it was close. We booked a cheap hotel online, rode the train, and collapsed in the hotel (which was in a ghetto I'm pretty sure).
Osaka is basically the Japanese ghetto city. It's dirty, the people are interesting (apparently if you point to someone in Osaka and make a gun noise, they will pretend to be shot) and graffiti is everywhere. Some people like the feel of Osaka, but I didn't really like it. Glad I only spent half a day there; I much prefer Tokyo or Kyoto.
Other than that I've been busying with school and Judo. Only 4 weeks of school left, I cant wait!
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