Japan can often seem like a bewildering place for a gaijin (outside person = foreigner) and I still get surprised about some of the little things that occur on a daily basis. Once you get over all the obvious differences like vending machines every 50 metres, height difference, the cutsie cartoons that tell you how [...]
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Peculiar Japan
Posted in Early days, tagged confusing, cultural differences, homestay, japan, Nanzan, organisation, rent, vending machines on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Studytrip to Kyoto
Posted in Early days, tagged izakaya, japan, kyoto, peace, ritsumeikan, shremples on October 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This first month has absolutely flown by, and I can hardly believe its October already! I’ve just got internet in my room which I’m so happy about (even if it isn’t wireless and has taken a month to arrive!) So I’ll be able to update more frequently from now on. I just got back from [...]
Toyota factory tour
Posted in Early days, tagged busy, cars, clothes, fashion, robots, SOAS, toyota on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday afternoon the CJS office arranged a trip for students to go around the Toyota factory and museum which was really interesting. We saw all the “dancing robots” doing welding, and it was like something out of star wars or the matrix, or that Picasso advert where the robot goes crazy and starts painting the [...]
Sorry mum, I spent last night in prison…
Posted in Early days, tagged alcohol, atomic bomb, dinner, Hiroshima, japan, lizard, museum, nagoya, prison, sakae, yaba-cho on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m serious. Last night I went to prison. Well a prison themed restaurant at least! What an experience it was as well! Mina, Jenny, Cynthia and I made our way to Yaba-cho station where we met 4 Japanese girls, who I had met at one of the welcome parties on campus, and one of whom [...]
お月見 - Autumnal Moon Viewing
Posted in Early days, tagged autumn, お月見, earthquakes!, japan, moon, nagoya on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night most of the students in the dorm and I went back to the main campus green area to do a “moon viewing”. It sounds a bit awkward when you translate it like that, especially as we don’t really have an equivalant festival, but thats exactly what we did. Its the first full moon [...]
プリクラ (purikura) and everyday life
Posted in Early days, tagged calligraphy, castle, glitter, nagoya, photos, purikura, sakae, stickers, 名古屋城, 栄 on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Life in Nagoya is very laid back compared to London – it seems like there are always people around, but they don’t rush in the same way that Londoners do. Even in Sakae (the heart of Nagoya where we all hang out, go shopping etc) the piped music makes it feel like toy-town or Disneyland! (It certainly [...]
Settling in – officially an alien
Posted in Early days, tagged alien, calligraphy, cell phone, classes, hanga, keitai, woodblock carving on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m already feeling very settled in my new life here, I cant believe its only been a week. Settling in has been very easy as the Japanese students in my dorm have made me feel so welcome and helped me all with getting to grips with everyday life. Some things are incredibly different (like recycling) [...]
Too much to say and not enough time/space to write it all!
Posted in Early days, tagged beer, campus, engrish, japan, japanese, jelly, nagoya, Nanzan, pint, pub, SOAS, university on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The first few days have been a total whilrwind of food parties, meeting new people and JAPANESE! Its already been such good practise as I have to speak Japanese 90% of the time, and my confidence has skyrocketed. Theres no way I could write it all down, but a few things that have amused me [...]
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