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Jun 16, 2015 9:59 PM

My Experience in Japan (Part 1 of 2)

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My Journey in Japan

I made this blog to share my experience in Japan, so may be more aware on what would be like to see this amazing country in person.

Notice: The smaller pictures were taken my Nintendo 3DS while the bigger ones were from my new HD Camera.

Day 0 - May 16, 2015

My group and I depart from the Chicago O’Hare International Airport to begin our journey to Japan. The flight was about twelve hours long. It was surprisingly mostly a smooth flight with only mild turbulence. The japanese food in JAL Airlines were new to me.
The movies I watched were Big Hero 6 and a Japanese movie called Midnight Dinner. There were J-pop musics to listen such as from Momoiro Clover Z

We arrived in Tokyo around 2:00 pm in their timezone, but we had to rush across the huge airport to get our luggage and head to the JetStar domestic airline flight to Matsuyama. The flight was about two hours long. The sun already set by time we reached our final destination. As we arrived in the airport, we converted all my American dollar to Japanese yen and wait for an international teacher to pick us up.

Regarding yen, 1 American Dollar usually equals about 100 Japanese Yen. However, our timing couldn't be any better because, at the time, 1 American Dollar is about 120 Japanese yen. In other words, we gained a little more Japanese money.

The bus ride took us to a Japanese sharehouse (think of it as sort of a dorm) where we would sleep over there for two weeks in Matsuyama. Luckily for me, I got the most spacious room.

Before we would sleep our first night in Japan, our sensei took us to Seven Eleven. Much to my surprise, Seven Eleven is almost more like a grocery store. There are many microwavable Japanese food and cheap, yet high quality donuts. There were some Attack on Titan and Pokemon banners hanging around the shop. There are some Nintendo and Playstation games, manga, magazines and even the ecchi ones covered on blue tapes.

Oh and a friendly reminder from what our sensei always reminding us. Always make sure to carry your passport when wandering around in Japan. There is a chance a police might stop and ask you if you're carrying one just because you're a foreigner. In such an event, just kindly show it to them and they'll eventually say "thank you" and let you go.