So this weekend is ’spring break’ at JCMU. Its ’spring break’ in quotes because they gave us a Monday off. And that’s it. Although, I guess it all evens out since I will actually be done with my classes 2 weeks before everyone at U of M. So [...]

For the weekend of March 11-12, I plan on visiting Tokyo, leaving JCMU immediately following the Friday Project on March 10 and taking the JR trains in the direction of Tokyo (end destination still undetermined). The trip will last at least 7 hours but because we will be using the Seishun 18 ticket (which [...]

Thank you Hard Rock Cafe. I’ve been on the fence in the past week attempting to figure out where I should travel to in my last month in Japan, especially where I should go for the upcoming ’student directed fieldtrip’. Well today, HRC was so helpful and sent me an email to say [...]

While randomly surfing the net yesterday, I stumped upon Japan-Guide.com, a site I’ve used in the past to look up information on various potential travel locations in Japan. It just so happened that I looked up information on the Seishun 18 ticket (which, you may or may not remember, I used very extensively during [...]

Ok, so its been quite a while since I’ve updated my blog, not because nothing has happened around here, but because its been actually fairly busy and I just haven’t had time to be blogging. So, here’s what’s been happening since last week:
Saturday February 11 was the first of 4(?) field trips for my [...]

Should be studying for tomorrow’s test right now so no time to proof read so beware of typos and enjoy!
Day 1 (Friday February 3, 2006)
As I’m typing this, its 4:17pm and I’m sitting on JAL Flight 2507, 37,500 ft. above sea level on way to Sapporo. We’re scheduled to land at 5pm. The [...]

I’m leaving for Hokkaido in (as of now) 19 hours!! As such, I won’t be online for the next couple of days (unless our hotel has wireless, which I highly doubt). The official website for the Sapporo snow festival is here, and you can see what all of the large snow sculptures are [...]

I’ve been pretty busy lately with no time to be blogging, emailing, or other social activities to let people outside of JCMU know that I’m still alive. So, since I should be studying right now for tomorrow’s test, and packing for my trip to Hokkaido, here’s a quick rundown:
-After getting my test back on [...]

After the events of Friday night, I wanted to get out of JCMU for at least a day trip. Luckily the night before I had chatted with Scott and Michael, who had planned on meeting Brian in Omihachiman (the closest stop to his homestay), for a day in Kyoto. I told them all [...]