7/16: Art and Aesthetics
Art has definitely played a role in shaping my experience in Japan. The paintings done by victims in Okinawa and Hiroshima have been...
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KARA IN JAPAN
Summer 2019 Honors Study Abroad
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1 MONTH IN JAPAN IN 27 BULLET POINTS
An Intro to My Study Abroad Experience
1 • Our family of seventeen
2 • Late nights doing homework in the D Lounge and buying snacks at the DM
3 • ♪ 駅メロディ (eki-melo) ♪ https://eki.weebly.com/yamanote-line.html
4 • Soramame-chan, Edamame-kun, and all the beany friends
5 • Mapless wanderings through Ueno's parks and markets
6 • Exploring tiny side streets and neighborhoods
7 • Coffee and wisdom with Sato-san
8 • Money tossed into the void that is claw machines
9 • Elementary school hats of unbearable cuteness
10 • Fluffy fluffy pancakes
11 • Miki is my kami-sama
12 • Meeting old friends in Hiroshima
13 • Getting completely lost in Shinjuku for an hour and a half
14 • Three unexpected young visitors during Sunday movie night
15 • The attack of the green beetle dun dun dunnn!!
16 • Sumo: gentle giants beating each other up
17 • Neverending moistness
18 • Stripping off our shoes and playing in the water on Miyajima
19 • Love fortunes for the tired souls in Himeji
20 • Duck
21 • Looking down over Tokyo from the 52nd floor, a height at which no living human should stand
22 • Return of the green beetle dun dun dunnn!!!!
23 • More shrines and temples than I ever needed to see in my life
24 • Spontaneous 8th-floor midnight karaoke in Shinjuku
25 • Hand-washing clothes in the bathtub
26 • Packed trains with faces smashed in stranger's shoulders
27 • Making 27 days of memories
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7/10: Places of Tradition
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7/9: Reflections on Pain and Peace
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7/8: Narratives of Tradition and Internationalization
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7/5: Representation and Civil Lawmaking
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7/2: From Aimoko to Daburu: Slang in a Social Context
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6/26: Relationship of Emotions and Politics in Japan
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