Just a writer having the time of my life exploring this world
Though I'm a native Pacific Northwesterner, I still get a little chilly when I return home from UCLA during school breaks. Such was the case this Thanksgiving. Bundled in a new Black Friday coat, I still wanted to explore Portland as I do every time I come home. My top priority was Pine Street Market, …
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Its not that you shouldn't go to Tokyo... it's that you shouldn't spend your entire Japanese vacation there. Instead, venture outside of the city into the country. I always thought I was more of a city person until I visited Fukui, Japan. From August 8-12 I was teaching in Fukui, which is a very rural …
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My second week teaching English in Japan was in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. It's one of the underrated tourism destinations but they're trying to beef it up — they added a new bullet train to Kanazawa last year (which I took). I definitely recommend you visit the small city of Kanazawa if you're looking for a …
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My first week in Japan was spent in Niigata City, Niigata. It's a coastal city with great seafood and rice. A lot of my time was spent with my hosts in Kameda for the week as I taught English at a local high school. It's a very beautiful, suburban, medium-sized city. Some strip malls and …
I had one day in Tokyo on July 23 before my teaching internship began. We were staying near Kanda in East Tokyo but decided to explore Shibuya, Harajuku and Shinjuku throughout our free day. I kind of just went with the flow of 10 other interns — led by one who spoke Japanese. Shibuya and Harajuku …
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