The Search for Mount Fuji

Today was my last day in Japan. Tomorrow I am flying to Seoul, South Korea with Jenny and her mom. Yay! Our plan today was to get a good view of Mount Fuji. It's hard to see most days of the year, but we decided to give it a try. Jenny's mom drove us to …

Shinjuku, Ginza, and Akiba

Japanese customer service staff are more polite than anywhere I've ever been. I have no clue what kind of paragraph they are saying to me or to anyone each time a transaction is in progress, but with the smiling and bowing and "arigatou gozaimas" (thank you very much)'s I feel very cared for and respected …

Harajuku, Meiji Jingu, Shibuya, and Asakusa

Many people ride bicycles in Tokyo instead of driving cars. I love it; it makes the city cleaner than most and they look so cute being all dressed up on bikes (people dress way fancier in Tokyo than in the USA). But what I love even more is that at least half of the bikes …

Everything is smiling

Also, almost every shirt that I've seen English words on makes no sense or is just so random. The first one I saw said "NUDE".

Tokyo Day 1

I thought my butt would start decomposing on the 12.5 hour plane ride from Toronto to Tokyo. But fear not, it is still alive! Jenny's parents are graciously letting me stay in their apartment during my time here. Their building is in the middle of the city...here's the view! It was 5pm by the time …

Call me Miss McDonald

Holy crap. I HAVE SURVIVED MY FIRST YEAR TEACHING! Okay fine, I still have 2 more weeks but it consists of reviewing for finals and then the actual final exams (easy peasy...for teachers!). Here are the 3 main things I've learned: There ARE stupid questions. Some stupid questions are due to laziness, and that is sad …