My New Home!

On Saturday I left Hamamatsu to go to my apartment in Izu. There is one other ALT in Izu, so he and I took the train together to meet our IC. An IC is a Japanese who speaks English who helps us set things up.We took the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) from Hamamatsu to Mishima. When I took the Shinkansen before it was dark so I couldn't see much. This time I could see much more and could tell more how fast we were moving. When we would pass by another...

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Hamamatsu Shopping and Hamamatsu Castle Park

I am now finished with training and have moved into my apartment. But there's a lot to catch up on, so I will do a separate post to talk about my apartment and town.During training I went out in Hamamatsu quite a bit by myself and did some shopping. Sooooooooo much cute stuff!!!!!!! Here are some pictures from my shopping trips:Kawaii!!!!!!! Cute miniatures!!!The manga (Japanese comics) section at the bookstore was huge!I enjoy trying different flavors...

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I am in Japan!!!!!!!!!!!

I arrived in Japan yesterday and so far it has been great! :) I am training in a city called Hamamatsu and I had my first day of training today. Here are some highlights so far!Here is a video of the shinkansen (bullet train) soon after leaving Tokyo Station.On the left is a picture of my first real meal in Japan (not just juice from a vending machine and candy from a kiosk at the train station... though that was also good lol). Japanese ramen is...

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