After a 12-hour plane ride...
I and my group members, with whom I would develop wonderful friendships, made it safely to the Land of the Rising Sun.
I know that culture shock is typical when visiting a new country, but my research, tales from my Japanese teacher, and a quick briefing by the EIL program had prepared me well for what lay ahead.
... though there were a few setbacks that I didn’t expect.
We started out in Tokyo, where we stayed for a few days to do whatever we pleased. I didn’t know where to start, but my group members had some solid ideas. Some of them were into fashion and wanted to go to parts of the city where they could buy clothes. Others were passionate about Anime and Manga, and knew where to find it.
I just followed them wherever they went. All I cared about was that I was in Japan, and that I had photographic evidence to prove it.
www.cty.jhu.edu/imagine
imagine
19
http://www.cty.jhu.edu/imagine
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - November/December 2012