This past weekend our university hosted a sports festival called Yui Cup, which was a competition between all the floors in the Yui international dorm. Sports days at schools in Japan are a very common competition to raise morale and bring the school closer together. Kansai Gaidai’s sports day consisted of dodgeball, scavenger hunt, ball toss, and a relay race. I had a lot of fun competing with my dorm…
When I first signed up for a semester abroad in Japan, I was filled with various emotions. One part of me was nervous and sad, while another part of me was excited. One of my fears before coming to Japan was not finding my people. My nervousness came from the fact that I felt I would immediately be hit with a wave of homesickness and that I would want to…
Hello! My name is Emilia Olson and I am a Sophomore with a double major in Public Health and International Studies with a concentration in Latin American and the Caribbean, as well as completing my pre-med requirements. I am studying abroad this semester through the School of International Training (SIT) in the International Honors Program on the Health and Community track. The International Honors Program is a multi-country program that…
After about a month of living in Hanoi, Vietnam, you just start to feel comfortable crossing the street. Never in my life would I think that I would have to re-learn how to do something so basic, but when living halfway across the world, something as simple as walking can become the ultimate challenge! My typical day in Hanoi starts at four in the morning when either my host family…
Hello my name is Jem Dahabi and I am a theater major with a concentration in costume design. I am currently a junior studying abroad at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan. I chose this program because I have always wanted to see japan and the Kansai region is famous for both its’ rich history and modernity. One of the main reasons I wanted to study in japan was so…
Since coming to China, food has been one major thing that has pushed me out of my comfort zone (being that I have been an extremely picky eater). But, I am glad to say that after spending a number of months here, I am so in love with the food! In each area of China you can find a number of different “specialties” if you will. My biggest piece of…
