This past weekend, I had the chance to go out to the countryside of Japan. It was at a place called Karuizawa (軽井沢, ka-ru-ee-za-wa) in Nagano Prefecture. Unlike the usual city where I have been the past few weeks, Karuizawa was a different side of Japan that I have never seen before. I got to know many new faces and did many new things such as curling and going to an onsen(own-sen). One thing that shocked me about the onsen was having to get completely naked. These experiences will stay with me for the rest of my life.
Regarding some of my observations about the trip, I didn’t notice that I never hung out with any of the girls until the last day when we did curling. Honestly, I found it much easier to connect with the other guys and they were quite nice in welcoming me into their conversations. It could have been that I didn’t take the jump and start the conversation with any girls, but that’s usually how it always has been with me. Whichever of the two it was, I did eventually get to know a couple of them at dinner and curling.
Ending on a random note here, I learned this past weekend to not spend money while I am hungry. Having nearly not enough food in me and seeing delicious chocolate led me to purchase unreasonably expensive chocolate. But, I guess there’s always next time for a better purchase to happen. Until the next blog post…
Studying In Japan 