Learning Japanese

What I will be doing in Japan

What will I be doing in Japan?

I am going on a study abroad program with Green River Community College. I will be taking classes in: creative writing, digital photography, Japanese language and the culture and history of Japan! I have 9 weeks of classes with field trips every Wednesday and one week on my own to tour around Japan. I will also have the weekends to explore Tokyo and neighboring areas to the university in Hachioji.

Where am I going in Japan?

I will be studying on the Kogakuin University
campus in Hachioji west of Tokyo.

Why am I going to Japan?

I am going to Japan to be a stranger in a strange land;

To challenge my perceptions, to challenge who I am.

I want to learn how to see things differently and

how to be differently.

I want to be alonish to get to know me.

I want to be brave, independent, open to possibilities, and try new things without worrying about failing, at least some of the time.

I want to remember just how lucky I am to have family, friends, and students who care about me.

I want to enjoy and delight in the everyday experiences.

I love to travel, I love to go to school,

I love to meet and know new people!

I can’t wait to hear Japanese surrounding me and not understand anything.

I can’t wait to absorb new imagery and ways of artistic expression.

I can’t wait to experience the unfamiliar.

I look forward to being lost, alone, and awkward.

But most of all I look forward to the beauty I will seek out and find in Japan.