Archive of my posts from my time in Japan
Today was the last day of exams for me, and after my paper, my friend and I went to watch a movie! This is the one she recommended: Screenshot from: http://himitsu-movie.jp/ The first thing my friend said to me when we exited the cinema was “It was kinda gory, right?” Apparently, all my cowering didn’t go… Read More Movie Review: Himitsu – The Top Secret (秘密)
Remember how I wrote about failing my first exam last year? Well, I retook the subject, and I got the results today and…. I PASSED!!! (Also, sorry for the weird editing. I tried to blur stuff out, but I may have overdone it :p I learnt from last year’s mistakes and studied my kanji this… Read More Good news!
Yesterday, I had my second exam. And since I couldn’t study for very long after that, I decided to go take a look at the Ohori Park Fireworks. Unlike last year, I went alone. (I also think that my photos last year were nicer haha). Anyway, the park was crowded: I don’t know why I’m always… Read More 大濠公園花火大会2016 (Ohorikoen Fireworks 2016)
So, exams started today. This means that I’ll probably be cutting down on the blogging (besides, I don’t think people want to read about me studying :p). I do, however, have this nagging feeling that there were certain topics that I wanted to blog about, but have forgotten, so if I remember what they are,… Read More Exam Period Has Started
Last Wednesday, us foreign students had a lunch meeting with the teachers. Despite the fact that I’m a fourth year student, this was actually my first meeting. Yes, I am that uninvolved :p In fact, if my teacher didn’t put my name down, I probably wouldn’t have gone. I got to the room right on… Read More 留学生ランチ (Ryugakusei Lunch)
Pokemon Go has finally come to Japan! Ordinarily, I wouldn’t be very hyped up, but we’re studying/analysing Pokemon Go in one of my zemi’s, so I actually caved and downloaded the app. (Although my teacher told us that becoming trainers was not the main goal. He’s not going to stop us though… And when he… Read More Pokemon Go Comes to Japan
So, if you’ve been to a Japanese supermarket lately, you might have seen this in the candy/children’s candy section: GUDETAMA PUDDING!! I tried it out recently, and I figured that I might as well share the instructions/pics about the process, because it’s all in Japanese (and I plan to bring this back for my family… Read More Gudetama Pudding
Atago jinja, which is pretty near my house, had a summer festival yesterday and today! I looked up the festival online, and saw that yesterday had a Yukata festival, so I decided to take a look. I did not imagine that so many steps were involved though: And this wasn’t even the half of it.… Read More 愛宕神社夏祭り (Atago Jinja Natsumatsuri)
Hello everyone! I was reading RocketNews24 recently, and I saw an article about this really interesting MOOC. Obviously, I signed up for it, though I have no idea if I can finish it because it’s going to be exam season. But, I thought that you guys might be interested in taking it, so here it… Read More Japan-Related MOOCs
Yamakasa (山笠) is on the 15th, but they had the 山笠集団山見せ (Yamakasa shudan yamamise) today, which is a like a pre-Yamakasa event. Since I was in Tenjin to meet a friend anyway, we decided to go and take a look. We arrived about 30 minutes before the first float was supposed to reach, so we managed… Read More 山笠集団山見せ