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The last week was a quieter one, as everyone spent most of their time working on their projects. I don’t have any pictures of it, but I definitely spent more time in the arcade at the Osu Kannon shopping street … Continue reading

The Kyoto trip was a pretty big shift from what we had been doing in Nagoya. It was really interesting seeing how different the more tourist-centric were compared to where we had been living. I thought it was really cool … Continue reading

The highlight of this week for me was definitely the trip to Magome and walking the Nakasendo. The mountains in that area are probably the most beautiful natural scenery I’ve seen. I’d love to walk some other parts of the … Continue reading

The program has been a lot of fun so far. I’ve become very familiar with Nagoya at this point, and I’m pretty confident at navigating the city. Our excursions have taken us to a lot of places I wouldn’t have … Continue reading

Hello, I’m Brendan Riley and I’m a rising sophomore at Dickinson. My major is international business, but I might double major in Japanese. I’ve been studying Japanese at Dickinson for a year, and I’m really enjoying it. I’m very excited … Continue reading