In Japan

A review and overlook.

Previously while in Japan, before I arrived here in August to study abroad, I had several experiences, including:

• going to a sumo wrestling tournament
• driving up Mt. Fuji and standing on it
• doing a homestay with a Japanese family
• going to a Toyota museum and inside a car factory

Overall, I've been to various Japanese cities, including:

• Nagoya
• Kyoto
• Osaka
• Nara
• Hiroshima
• Kobe
• Tokyo
• Yokohama
• Naha

I've eaten Kobe beef, been to Miyajima, bought a bicycle, saw the deer in Nara, met an atomic bomb survivor, went to a Takarazuka performance, and visited Okinawa.

I've taken a shinkansen three times:

• from Nagoya to Tokyo in August 2010
• from Osaka to Hiroshima in October 2013
• from Osaka to Tokyo in March 2014

I seriously considered traveling up north to Hokkaido this semester, but decided against it. I don't have much time to travel since I'm a student, and I'd rather spend time with the friends I have here than go to Hokkaido by myself just for the hell of it. Besides, I can always come back to Japan in the future and perhaps visit Sapporo then. I also wouldn't mind seeing Kumamoto Castle or checking out Fukuoka, which are on Kyushu. I also want to go to the Studio Ghibli museum. Maybe I'll even travel around northern Honshu someday.

I don't have to do everything during my study abroad time here.

Overall, I'm satisfied. Coming here was a great decision.