Pre-Departure: #Packing 1/1/17
I decided to leave HI on late December and enroll in Human Academy Japanese Language School in Osaka for 2 month before reporting to Keio University on March 23. If anyone is interested you can read more information regarding my Language School here. Note, I left for Japan on a tourist visa so what means I would need to leave and reenter the country with my student visa before starting school in Tokyo. I had emailed the exchange coordinator at Keio and she had told me the visa package will arrive late February to me directly in Japan.
Prior to leaving I had packed super light and mostly winter coats, mainly for the time in Osaka, Here is the content of my suitcase + bag pack
-2 Trench coats
-4 sweaters
-3 pair of jeans
-laptop and camera
-Lots of Hawaiian nuts and chocolate
When arrived in Japan I purchased socks, T-shirts, and boxers at Uniqlo it was very affordable and good quality. The convenient store here is like ABC stores you can probably find one every 5 min but fully stocked from batteries to fried chicken, most of the time you'll be able to everything there.
I decided to leave HI on late December and enroll in Human Academy Japanese Language School in Osaka for 2 month before reporting to Keio University on March 23. If anyone is interested you can read more information regarding my Language School here. Note, I left for Japan on a tourist visa so what means I would need to leave and reenter the country with my student visa before starting school in Tokyo. I had emailed the exchange coordinator at Keio and she had told me the visa package will arrive late February to me directly in Japan.
Prior to leaving I had packed super light and mostly winter coats, mainly for the time in Osaka, Here is the content of my suitcase + bag pack
-2 Trench coats
-4 sweaters
-3 pair of jeans
-laptop and camera
-Lots of Hawaiian nuts and chocolate
When arrived in Japan I purchased socks, T-shirts, and boxers at Uniqlo it was very affordable and good quality. The convenient store here is like ABC stores you can probably find one every 5 min but fully stocked from batteries to fried chicken, most of the time you'll be able to everything there.
Pre-Departure: #thelastdinner
Right after finals week we decided to round up all the Freeman Scholars to meet up for a dinner, to discuses our plans to meet up and visit each other while aboard. Some of the scholars could not make it but we also have a Facebook Group to keep every updated.
Right after finals week we decided to round up all the Freeman Scholars to meet up for a dinner, to discuses our plans to meet up and visit each other while aboard. Some of the scholars could not make it but we also have a Facebook Group to keep every updated.