My first full day in Japan, woo! I don't have pictures yet but I'll be sure to start posting some soon.
Today I went to campus and took my proficiency test. It went ok, I have forgotten more japanese that I thought. But the initial placement is only tentative, we can move up or down if we want to in a few weeks.
Campus is pretty far. Probably about 30 minutes or so walking. Maybe even more. Tomorrow I will go to campus again, so I will time it. I think I'll end up getting a bike soon. However, the path there is quite nice. There's a nice sidewalk the whole way.
I also went to the cafeteria, and ordered something. I don't know what it is I think it was called Katsudonburi. It was pork cutlet, with a bit of fried egg and sauce on top of rice. It was so good. And cheap! I also bought a bottle of green tea and paid only 300 yen or so (approx 3 dollars)
My room is small, about the size of a traditional dorm in America. But since the beds fold into a small size, there's more room to move around. The closet is also big and deep. There's a few storage closets on the floor where we can put our luggage. In a few days they'll unlock them for us, so the luggage will be in my room until then. My roommate came today. She is vietnamese, and it's her second semester here. I think we'll get along fine. The third girl (a temporary roommate who will move out in a few days, for Homestay), has not come yet.
I also met a Japanese friend back from UA. Her name is Sana. She remembered me, too. I also met her friend Eriko, who was at UA, but I don't think I met here there. It was nice seeing someone familiar. I don't know if Sana lives here but she's here a lot apparently.
I was exhausted yesterday but now I'm caught up on sleep a nd I'm on the Japanese schedule. All of our meetings and orientation things are in the morning so it's best that I have a normal schedule anyway.
It's been drizzling and cold all day, I hope that the weather improves soon! I bought an umbrella at the campus convenience store, just something cheap.
I'm going to start trying to figure out how I can get a cellphone. It's weird to be so disconnected from the world without a cellphone and internet in my room (I'm using the dorm computer lounge) but it's not bad.
I'm going to meet some friends and walk to a local grocery store. Afterwards I suppose we'll get dinner somewhere.
Bye for now!
