Category Archives: Week 2

Introduction Week two, done, already! Wow. I feel like the days are flying by. I’ve been having so much fun! I feel like I’ve said that phrase a million times already. In this blog post I will go more into … Continue reading →

Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji are referred to as the Japanese lettering system. Dating back to the 5th-6th century C.E., Buddhist monks began to simplify what they’ve been using, Chinese characters, and creating their own language, separate from the Chinese characters. … Continue reading →

This past week has been a whirlwind of experiences and realizations. During this blog I will be talking about two main ideas— the first being my own personal experiences, and the second being what I have learned from class and … Continue reading →

Halfway through the program and I am feeling better than ever. Kyoto has become comfortable to me and feels like home base after a nonstop weekend visiting Tokyo. It feels slower here now, like a place that’s meant for us … Continue reading →

The awe and glamor of Japan slowly went away as we went into week 2. Japan is still very much fun and I am much happier being here, but there is now a grounded feeling going into week 2. Even … Continue reading →

Wow. Another week has just flown past me once again. This week’s trips and classes were definitely some of the most fun I’ve had on the trip, as well as learned some really cool new things. We spent much of … Continue reading →

  This week in class we focused on Kanji and its history within Japan. We learned Kanji had been introduced to Japan by Korean scholars. With the introduction of Kanji, Japanese people realized that there were too many kanjis for … Continue reading →

This last week we learned about the Japanese writing system, and how it formed throughout history. We addressed how the three different scripts developed and what each one was used for. We also focused on how the scripts are used … Continue reading →

This week, we read an article about the anthropology of the Japanese language. We learned that Japanese has three different writing systems: kanji, hiragana, and katakana. We focused more on kanji for the first few days of the week. We … Continue reading →

With our second full weekend in Japan ending, it’s hard to believe it’s been that long already. It still felt like we just landed, but here we are already halfway through our trips. This week we focused a lot on … Continue reading →