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Out of the 13 people who were at the sleepover, 8 people were able to come to the airport with me and Jake. My host family took my...

I was so incredibly sad that this was my last day at Kogakuin. It did not feel like my last day at all, so I couldn't wrap my head around...

Friday was a day with one of the best schedules because I had a lot of English classes, which meant that I could debate and have...

Today was also a pretty normal day at school. Since the end of my stay was approaching, I started to have my some of my last classes of...

Today, I had another normal day at school. I went to class and sat with my friends. Something unusual did happen though; during long home...

I was so incredibly sad that it was already my last week in Japan. Time flew by so quickly, and I was really close with my whole class,...

This was the last day of Golden Week, so I was really sad. It was raining very heavily, so my friends and I decided to go to an aquarium...

On day 7, I hung out with most of the people who I had hung out with the day before. We went to Harajuku again because Jake wanted to go...

On my sixth day of Golden Week, my friends and I went bowling and to a sports/game center in Saitama. The last time I bowled was a very...

On day 5 of Golden Week, I went to the Chinatown in Yokohama with my host sister, Jake, and his host brother. First, we went to an...

Today, I went to Sanrio Puroland with my host sister and our friend from class. I'm a huge fan of Sanrio and I love the characters My...

Today I hung out with my friend who's also in the band club with me. He's been helping me learn the drum part for one of the songs I'm...

Today, I went to Asakusa with Jake and our friend in our class. Our friend and I both love cats a lot so we made plans to go to a cat...

Today is Saturday, but I didn't have school because of Golden Week. Other schools are still in session today, but at Kogakuin we have the...

Today was the last school day until Golden Week break, which is a week long celebration. Getting up at 5 am every day was getting really...

Today, there were no classes because everyone had to take a health check up (kenkoshinda) at school. I was really surprised that there's...

Jake and his host brother invited me and my host sister to go to Disney Sea with them during the weekend. We were debating whether to go...

Today was a very eventful day at school. I had General Paper class first period. I had no clue what General Paper was, but after taking...

Today was my first day of classes at Kogakuin. My host sister always arrives at school an hour before class starts, so I had a very early...

My first day at Kogakuin was a field trip to Mount Takao. My host sister and I took the train to the Takao station where we met up with...

Jake (the other student on the exchange with me) and I made it to the airport! My friends wished me a safe flight and a great time at...