Every year in Japan, on the 12th December, a kanji (Japanese character adapted from Chinese) that received the most votes from the public is chosen, the meaning of which they felt defined the year. 2016’s kanji was 金, gold, a reflection of the pride that people felt when Japan brought home 12 gold medals at the Olympics in Brazil. This year’s Kanji was 北, North. When I …
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We’re fast approaching Christmas, and I’m pretty sure UEA breaks up tomorrow – I’ve still got another week here though, ending on the 22nd December and resuming from the 6th January. Not as brilliant as the one month off for Christmas that I got used to.
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I’ll start off with some disappointing news: the Christmas Pepsi was kinda gross. I can’t say I’m too surprised, but I was keeping my fingers crossed for the slim chance that it might’ve be good…
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So a strange phenomenon happened this week, in that some kind of a film set magically appeared in front of the church just outside my dorm, stayed for a few days (along with caravans for actors, etc), and then left just like that. No idea what was being filmed, but it seems pretty high budget, so if ever find out I’ll keep this blog updated…
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Hello!! I’m currently writing this on the train from Kamakura back to Tokyo! But, to discuss events in chronological order: I hope everybody had a super spooky Halloween… 🎃
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