Happy New Years! Hopefully 2017 will treat everyone well :)
I've gotten lots of information since my last blog post. Just this last Saturday, January 7th, I had a SEVEN hour orientation. And this orientation is going to be my shortest one! The orientation really made the concept of going abroad real to me. This is really happening. I am going to Japan! was a constant thought circling my head. It's actually pretty cool, because there are three people from Colorado who are going to Japan at the same time as me. That's a substantial amount, considering ~35 kids from the US go to Japan, so 3 is a large percentage for a kind-of low population state. I only got to meet one of the kids going, a girl who is a junior. She was super cool, so I'm excited to meet the other kids going to Japan as well.
Now on to the information that basically made me jump up and down in excitement: my host family and city placement. I will be in Miyazaki in the Miyazaki prefecture. It's in Kyushu (very far south) and practically a tropical paradise. At first I was a little bummed I was gonna be super far from Tokyo, but then I watched videos on Miyazaki and realized I'm going to be right next to the ocean in a tropical paradise! I've never even been to a beach before, so I'm super psyched. Here's a video about Miyazaki if you're interested, by Rachel and Jun.
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| Miyazaki Prefecture! |
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| Miyazaki compared to Tokyo |
My high school is going to be Miyazaki Nichidai High School, which has SUPER cute uniforms. According to my mom's Japanese boss, it's a good school.
here's the uniforms. Cute!I've also decided to make a YouTube channel, so if you want to check out vlogs as well feel free to check that out!
Have a nice day~
