Japan

January - May 2008

In my junior year of college, I spent spring semester in Japan. I should have kept a journal and always intended to put something together, but it wasn't until nearly two years afterwards that I even started. A lot of this is naturally colored by faulty memory, and some things I nearly would have forgotten about without copious photos and the fact that I kept nearly every ticket stub and flyer from the places I visited. A lot of this is also more for myself than any readers, but I hope that at least a few anecdotes prove amusing or even informative.

  1. Arrival in Japan
  2. The First Week
  3. Nanzan
  4. Commuting by Train
  5. People Met in Passing
  6. The Host Grandparents
  7. Food
  8. Japanese Television
  9. A Shopping Bag of Bleach :: February 2
  10. Piano Recital :: February 3
  11. Kyōto :: February 6 - 9
  12. Nara :: March 1
  13. Okinawa :: March 15 - 20
  14. College Visiting :: March 29
  15. Hanami :: April 3
  16. Ise Jingū :: April 13
  17. Mt. Fuji :: April 26 - 27
  18. Hiroshima :: May 6 - 9
  19. Final Projects at Nanzan
  20. My Parents Arrive in Nagoya :: May 15 - 17
  21. Kyōto, Reprise :: May 18 - 20
  22. Kamikōchi :: May 21 - 23
  23. Tōkyō :: May 24 - 29
  24. Culture Shock?


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