When I decided to go to Japan for the first time, I was nervous!Questions kept circling around in my head. I couldn’t shake them: What is Japan really like? What do the Japanese people like to talk about? How can I become friends with Japanese people? What if I make a big fool of myself? I loved Japan. I loved everyone I had ever met from … Continue reading What do the Japanese think of Americans?
As I stepped off the plane with my fellow volunteers, we looked around at the foreign scene in front of us. Screens saying, “Welcome.” Others saying, “Youkoso!” Was I really in Japan? I was. And no amount of language training had prepared me for the barriers I would face in the weeks to come. I struggled to grasp even a drop of the fire hydrant … Continue reading 8 Tips for the First Week of Student Teaching
Before my first visit to Japan, I was reading blogs everywhere on life there. I happened to stumble on this: “Christmas in Japan was definitely… Different. Apparently Japanese Christmas is a couple’s holiday like Valentine’s day. It was definitely a different atmosphere. But they really do try to act like Americans, so they eat KFC and cake.”(See her full post here.) I wasn’t so sure myself, … Continue reading Do the Japanese Really Eat KFC on Christmas?
Onward! Japanward! 