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12 years ago
Hope you all are doing well- I'm sorry I've seemed so dormant these past few Months!
Wow time has flown by; I've been so buys I haven't been able to keep up everywhere that I would like to. I don't have much time to do much else around the Japanese Language program that I am taking. It basically stuffs a whole years worth of Japanese classes into less then 3 1/2 months. It's insane. I have never had to work so hard in a class ever. I'm usually caught up in 5 hours of studying, if not more, everyday on this one subject. I do have two other classes on top of these 10 (yes, they break down the Japanese classes into 10, 2 each day which is 4 hours).
Anyway.. Spring has melted away into the oncoming summer. It was cold and rainy when I first got here, and the Cherry Blossoms just coming into full bloom. Those lasted about two weeks before melting away with the the changing winds to summer. The weather has somewhat warmed up from a cool 60 degrees to 80. I don't know how to convert celsius in my head just yet, so that's trying. The different measurements can be hard when speaking of distance too- people tell me meters instead of feet or miles. MATH. Yay.
I've been here already 2 1/2 months. I miss home greatly and find myself still getting a bit homesick, but I'm much better these days. I've settled in to the hustling Kyoto lifestyle, though much different from Tokyo- for the better. I'm glad to be in the old city- there is so many beautiful things to see. As much as I love Tokyo, the greenery around Kyoto makes me feel much better then being trapped in a giant city. I'm only a 30min ride from the heart of Osaka, so I get my anime fix there. There was a large festival called the Aoi Festival this past week; the next one is the Gion festival- if you don't know what they are, you should check them out! Neat stuff, cool outfits of old.
Continuing on through my time here- enjoying it, though it's very challenging. Get a work out every day with a 45 min traveling commute one way to school and living on the 5th floor of my place (our elevator does not work). Beefy leg muscles!
Hope to talk to you all soon, good luck in all you do!
Logan
Wow time has flown by; I've been so buys I haven't been able to keep up everywhere that I would like to. I don't have much time to do much else around the Japanese Language program that I am taking. It basically stuffs a whole years worth of Japanese classes into less then 3 1/2 months. It's insane. I have never had to work so hard in a class ever. I'm usually caught up in 5 hours of studying, if not more, everyday on this one subject. I do have two other classes on top of these 10 (yes, they break down the Japanese classes into 10, 2 each day which is 4 hours).
Anyway.. Spring has melted away into the oncoming summer. It was cold and rainy when I first got here, and the Cherry Blossoms just coming into full bloom. Those lasted about two weeks before melting away with the the changing winds to summer. The weather has somewhat warmed up from a cool 60 degrees to 80. I don't know how to convert celsius in my head just yet, so that's trying. The different measurements can be hard when speaking of distance too- people tell me meters instead of feet or miles. MATH. Yay.
I've been here already 2 1/2 months. I miss home greatly and find myself still getting a bit homesick, but I'm much better these days. I've settled in to the hustling Kyoto lifestyle, though much different from Tokyo- for the better. I'm glad to be in the old city- there is so many beautiful things to see. As much as I love Tokyo, the greenery around Kyoto makes me feel much better then being trapped in a giant city. I'm only a 30min ride from the heart of Osaka, so I get my anime fix there. There was a large festival called the Aoi Festival this past week; the next one is the Gion festival- if you don't know what they are, you should check them out! Neat stuff, cool outfits of old.
Continuing on through my time here- enjoying it, though it's very challenging. Get a work out every day with a 45 min traveling commute one way to school and living on the 5th floor of my place (our elevator does not work). Beefy leg muscles!
Hope to talk to you all soon, good luck in all you do!
Logan
sounds intense! lots of luck in that case sounds like quite the adventure
And omg yes, from my own personal experiences of Japan it is seriously the land of endless STAIRS. x___x