by Grace Kueffner | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
It seems like since before our trip even started, everyone in our group was getting sick. One girl missed the flight because of illness, and it seems like there hasn’t been a single day that my roommate hasn’t been dealing with a migraine, a cold, or both....
by pumili1 | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
As we are nearing the end of out month-long excursion in Japan, everything’s getting busier. People are writing papers and finishing up their research, but we still have time for one more trip off ARI. Tomorrow, we are heading for a place that almost everyone...
by bolden | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
In Japan, it is popular for people to enjoy taking baths to clean themselves or relax after a long day, rather than taking a shower. There are two ways in which people in Japan choose to bathe, either in public or private. Many Japanese people have private...
by mai | Jan 23, 2016 | Food, Uncategorized
During our month in Japan, we have 2 free days where we can choose to travel. We spent our free days in Shinjuku, Harajuku, Asakusa, and Ikebukuro. On the day where we suppose to unite with the group in the afternoon, Hikari and I went to Hidemi Sugino in the morning....
by beaupr1 | Jan 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Throughout our time here in Japan we have seen and experienced many foods that are “normal” in Japanese culture, but would be considered strange or even elegant in American cultures. But elegant, strange, or normal, food is food. Everyone eats. Everyone...
by stewar2 | Jan 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s been a while since I posted. The last time I wrote on this blog, I was an excited newbie in a country I had no previous experience. I write to you, dedicated readers, a changed man. My brain has been pushed to the limits with thoughts that are both...
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