Wow, so today officially marks one year since I arrived for the very first time in Japan and I can definitely say that the old age saying "time flies" is no exaggeration. The past 12 months have been a wonderful whirlwind filled with many new experiences, adventures and of course the obligatory ups and downs (although many more ups than downs). So in a sort of "Flashback Friday" way I thought I'd post some pictures of some of the many things I got up to in my first year.
Warning... major photo dump ahead!
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| Osaka Castle, the first Japanese castle visit |
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| Pretty kitty from a very random first time at a cat cafe! |
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| First Shrine visit in Kyoto |
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| Deer Cookies! |
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| Deer feeding! |
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| Deer! |
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USJ visit number 1!
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| Ogigahama beach |
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| Kiyomizudera, Kyoto |
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| Kiyomizudera 3 |
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| Kiyomizudera 2 |
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| Shirahama Beach with my mother |
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| Shirahama beach fireworks! |
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| Tokyo Skytree! |
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| Akihabara, Electric City, Tokyo |
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| Imperial Palace Grounds |
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| Penguins! Sumida Aquarium, Tokyo |
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| Climbing Fuji-San! |
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| Night Climbers! |
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| The shrine at the top of Fuji-San |
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| Hiking in Wakayama |
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| Ritsurin Gardens, Takamatsu |
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| Takamatsu seaside sunset |
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| Tanabe Benkei Festival Fireworks |
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| First ever half marathon, Yodobashi River, Osaka! |
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| And after completing the half marathon |
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| First time making 餅!! |
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| Second USJ visit, Christmas themed |
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| USJ Christmas Tree |
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| Iwatayama Monkey Park, Kyoto |
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Kinkakuji, Kyoto
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| Many プリクラ times |
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| Minabe 林 |
And there we have it, a brief visual look at my first year in Japan! Even just making this post has made me super excited for what is in store for my next year here, so to year 2 in Japan I say bring it on!
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