Studying in Japan

By Patrick - Guest blogger traveling in Japan. To be honest my desire to travel and study in Japan, most especially Tokyo was inspired by the movie, "Lost in Translation" not by a study abroad office. While my good friend Linda was convinced it was better to study in Osaka and live with a family, I opted for this mega city. In my opinion nothing compares to the awesome lighted billboards and giant TV's of the city, like Times Square NYC but a thousand times better. It is cool to live and interact with futuristic technology I feel like I am living in a Jetson's cartoon. This city is unbelievable like the Japanese girls in short skirts and the highest heels possible singing Britney Spears everywhere, baseball games at the Tokyo Dome what a surreal, amazing experience I am having. My Japanese language skills are not progressing as fast as Linda who is studying and living with a family in Osaka. I recently took the high-speed Shinkansen system of bullet trains to pay her a visit for a long weekend. Osaka is a great city and takes the lead role in the overall cultural development of the nation of Japan. Over the next few days we spent hours exchanging tales about our experiences in Japan so far, Linda had a interesting cultural story of her own to share with me. To be continued.