The worldwide Augustana College experience
Sorry for the delay! I’m in Tokyo right now, and there’s an awful lot to do here..Hopefully I’ll be all caught up in the next week or so September 5th
Posted on September 15th, 2010 by phillip-litchfield
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Arriving in Matsuyama was a bit more of a culture shock because there is very little English anywhere in the city. However, it has some interesting aspects. The first restaurant we went to was unique. We ordered our meals out of a vending machine type thing and handed the receipt to the cook and they [...]
Posted on September 8th, 2010 by kimberly-coakley
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September 1st Getting ten friends through a Japanese subway station is a pain. Getting eighty students through? That’s a nightmare. The whole group went through three stations leaving mass destruction and utter chaos in a our wake on our way from Kyoto to Hiroshima . My personal favorite moment was when everyone got on the [...]
Posted on September 4th, 2010 by phillip-litchfield
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We made a quick stop in Hiroshima after Kyoto. While Kyoto is my favorite city so far because of it’s beauty and just the feel of the city while walking around, I also really love Hiroshima. I like the river that is near the park it is relaxing to sit and watch it. I also [...]
Posted on September 3rd, 2010 by kimberly-coakley
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August 25th Adventures today started just after class. We wandered into an arcade, which was pretty cool. It sounded like a Vegas casino inside, but with crane games instead of slot machines. Except here, they’re known as UFO Catchers, not crane games…We also played the Japanese version of Guitar Hero…Taiko Drum Hero. After seeing a [...]
Posted on September 1st, 2010 by phillip-litchfield
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August 24th Today was Nara. Yet again, I’ve been struck by the welcoming nature of many Japanese. On the train, I got gum from a little Japanese lady who was excited to meet such an okii gaijin (big foreigner). I joked with a little Japanese boy, who mocked me for my okii-ness. I laughed with [...]
Posted on August 30th, 2010 by phillip-litchfield
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Hello from Kyoto! Our time in Kyoto is over halfway done and we’ve been having a blast! We left Osaka on wednesday and on the way to Kyoto we went to shrines that I mentioned in my last blog. We started with the Horyuji Temple in Nara and then visited the Byodoin Temple. Byodoin is also called [...]
Posted on August 28th, 2010 by eileen-andrews
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Currently we are in Kyoto right now, we have been here since Wednesday night and have done so many exciting things. Kyoto is a beautiful place to walk around in. Everywhere you go you see mountains surrounding you. For our first lunch in Kyoto we found a restaurant that was more of a traditional Japanese [...]
Posted on August 28th, 2010 by kimberly-coakley
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Greetings from Japan!!! After a long and tiring 14 hour plane ride, we arrived in Osaka, Japan! Plane seats were in alphabetical order so it was awesome because the first three last names that started with A got the exit row. The three of us had so much leg room so our plane ride experience [...]
Posted on August 28th, 2010 by eileen-andrews
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So, I know I’m a little late on this whole blogging bandwagon, but I’ll do my best to catch up. I’ll do my best to post a serious of journal entries for each city, but the timing may be delayed due to lack of internet access. Anyways, here are some of my Osaka adventures! This [...]
Posted on August 27th, 2010 by phillip-litchfield
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