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Come on, did you think I was going to be in Tokyo for a month and not do the most touristy thing you could possibly do in Tokyo - go up Tokyo Tower?

I have to preface this post with my extreme gratitude for my friend Shintaro’s family, who hosted me for the new year oshōgatsu お正月 and took me on their hatsumōde 初詣.

伏見 Fushimi is the ward of Kyoto where this shrine is located.

Osaka Aquarium is called the “Kaiyukan,” or sea 海 play 遊 building 館.

After arriving at Hirakata and sleeping in late, my friends and I went to Kyoto to see Kiyomizu temple.

In Fall 2010 I studied abroad at Kansai Gaidai University.

This summer I interned in the news desk at WBUR, an NPR station in Boston known for Car Talk and Here & Now.

We’ve been having a warm, sunny spring here in Maine, so it was a surprise a couple days ago when a huge snowstorm hit out of nowhere.