Tokyo Week 1: NO ENGLISH ALOUD

Hi everybody! This is Eric reporting in for his first weekly blog post about his time in Japan. Thanks to the Light Fellowship I’m able to study Japanese in-depth in Tokyo! Currently right about now, I look a bit like this:

Tokyo Week 3: MATSURI, MASSAGE CHAIRS, TEA CEREMONY

Warning: This week I did not go to an animal cafe, so in case you were looking forward to me getting rejected by more animals, unfortunately I have nothing to show this week. On the other hand, if you actually came here to read about my…

Tokyo Week 2: SENSEIS AND OWLS

Hi everyone it’s Eric again! At the end of this week I look a little bit like this:

Week 5: GETTING LOST

I have officially survived the first week of living in an apartment in the outskirts of Shinjuku! Although I am now bereft of my host family’s hand-cooked dinners and daily laundry (so amazing), I have nonetheless been able to pass a week without anything burning down.

Week 8: BYE BYE TOKYO

It’s finally my last week in Japan! Obviously sad to go, but it’s been fun and I’ve enjoyed every second of my time here, EXCEPT for the hour of waiting for the sunrise at Mt. Fuji. Anyway, due to a couple of issues (packing, packing, and more packing) this post will be a little shorter…

Week 6: NIKKO, SADNESS, YUKATAS

Saturday

Woke up pretty late today. Today I was in the mood for a little wandering, so first I set out to drop by a shrine in Akiba that somehow I had never been to. The Kanda-myojin shrine is home to the deity of Akihabara and many other…

Week 4: ALMOST TIME TO MOVE OUT

Wow, it’s been a really long week this time around. Today is already the last day of living with my host family, so I thoroughly enjoyed all the time we spent together speaking in Japanese (and the dinner, as always). However, a weekly report is also in order today, so here…

Week 7: MT FUJI SPECIAL

The time has finally come — it’s time to climb Mt. Fuji! I’ve been waiting in anticipation for this trip for 3 weeks, carefully planning the details of the climb and searching every other day on the internet whether I will freeze to death if I only bring 1 jacket. Right now it seems…