Author Archives: Sunja
Spring Break: Day 5
On Wednesday my parents and I decided we would venture to Nara, just south of Kyoto, to visit its parks and famous temples. We took a shuttle bus from the hotel to Kyoto Station, then took a train straight down to Nara. Inside the station we bought day passes for the Nara bus-line for about […]
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Spring Break: Day 4
Our last day exploring Kyoto, we decided we would visit the Imperial Palace. It was within walking distance of our hotel, so we again set out by subway–bound for what we hoped to be landscape just as beautiful as the Heian Shrine’s gardens. [singlepic=414,320,240,,left]We arrived on the Imperial Grounds after rounding a wall of shrubs […]
Read MoreSpring Break: Day 3
Day 3 Monday my parents again woke up very early. I woke up around 7:00 around the time my parents were calling my grandparents and my youngest brother via Skype. Justin, my youngest brother, is adorable. While my parents told him about the food and how they didn’t like it much, Justin was the one […]
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Spring Break: Day 1 & 2
March 13th was the last day of school before going onto spring break. I finished classes around 1:00 with ceramics, and not having much else to do, I rode my bicycle back to the seminar house and fixed some ramen noodles for lunch. I was nervous and extremely excited, because on Saturday I would be […]
Read MoreNaked in Japan
There were naked women everywhere. I was still stuck by the entrance, hugging my towel to my still clothed chest. Welcome to the Japanese public bathhouse! My adoptive mother, Chieko, pulled me inside. I knew it was true, logically speaking, that people were naked beneath all their clothing. Still, I must iterate that there is […]
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