Tag: Japan
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My First Japanese Elementary School Entrance Ceremony
On Thursday, April 6th, I attended one of my elementary school’s (the same one I went to the graduation ceremony for) entrance ceremony. Ok brief intermission before that. No one actually told me when it was or that it was happening. The new staff introduction ceremony (“taking up a new post” is what the dictionary…
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Nagoya/Tokyo Diaries: Hammock Head Spa and Goodbye
Here’s the last part of my Tokyo trip! Did you read Part 1 and Part 2? March 31st: After a short day in Nagoya, this was our go back to tokyo day, with our reserved shinkansen tickets for 9:40 am. This was to give us some time in the morning to grab some breakfast, and…
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Tokyo/Nagoya Diaries: TeamLab Planets and Ghibli Park
Here’s part 2 of my Tokyo trip! March 28th: Our main planned thing to do of the day was TeamLab Planets, and other than that, just chill in Tsukiji in the morning, and Asakusa and Ueno in the afternoon/evening. Because I planned on getting a brunch at Tsukiji, I bought tickets for TeamLab for 1pm…
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Tokyo Diaries: Strawberry Hunting and Tokyo DisneySea
I went to Tokyo! My friend and I had been talking about her coming to visit a while back, and a couple months ago we finally made solid plans and booked things. We’re just hanging around Tokyo for the most part, since it’s her first time here, and also exploring some of the more touristy…
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Money Matters
You’ve probably heard many things about Japan being a cash-based society, although they’ve probably transitioned quite a bit on that front since Covid hit. Nevertheless, it’s still generally true relative to living back in America. I did use cash sometimes, but it really was mostly when collecting or making payments for bulk college club purchases,…
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My First Japanese Elementary School Graduation
Last Monday, March 20th, I attended one of my elementary school’s graduation ceremony for the sixth graders. Unfortunately I couldn’t go to my other school’s since that one was on the same day, but I’m glad I was able to experience the vibe at this one. The graduation ceremony took place in the school’s gym,…
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Japanese Hole Punchers
I guess I never really thought about it, but since I spend a lot of time at school (go figure), I’ve seen my fair share of Japanese school supplies and stationary. Now, obviously some Japanese things will be the same (pencils, generally erasers, pens), and some will be different. Now I don’t know if this…
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Sapporo Diaries: Sanrio 60th Anniversary Exhibition
On March 4th, my boyfriend and I went out to Sapporo, with our main goals this time around were to see the Sanrio 60th Anniversary exhibition at the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, and to get a haircut for my boyfriend. That’s been long overdue for him, and he’s been kind of waiting until he…
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Sapporo Diaries: Taking Myself on a Solo Date to the Movies
Happy Birthday to the Emperor! February 23 was a national holiday, which meant I get the day off work. It’s a little awkward, because it’s kind of a random Thursday off (so not a three-day weekend…), and I have to go into work the next day, only for it to turn into the weekend, ha!…
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Otaru Diaries: 26th Snow Light Path
On February 11th, my boyfriend and I spent a day in Otaru to go see the lights that were happening in the evening. Apparently there’s a famous event there called the Snow Light Path (translated), and the 11th was the first day of the event. I decided to spend the whole day to make the…