First steps

So here it is, a damn blog...I figure this page will hopefully be helpful to those wanting to see what crazy shenanigans I'm getting myself into over in Japan. I figure it will be nice for friends and family to check out, especially those who don't have Facebook or Myspace.


I fly out of Louisville airport in a mere 7 hours. That flight will last 2.5 hours, and then I have three hour layover in Houston (which I'm glad Ike didn't completely take off the Earth). After what will hopefully seem like a short layover I will be taking a 13 hour flight to Tokyo. Unfortunately, the journey doesn't end there. I then must take a bus ride which will last three hours to Kofu.

For those of you just joining me on this journey the majority of my stay will take place in a prefecture (kind of like mini-states) of Yamanashi in a town called Kofu. I'll be attending the University of Yamanshi with the main goal of attempting to learn the language back and forth, up and down (seriously top to bottom reading). School doesn't start until October 6th, so I'm going to have some time to acclamate myself as well as get back what little language I picked up at EKU.

So after getting to Kofu I'll be staying one night on a friend's floor then me and said friend will be leaving for Tokyo the next morning. Unfortunately, I won't be able to move into my room until the 26th of this month. So I'll be in Tokyo for a couple of days after that. I used an awesome site called hostelworld.com to book a couple nights in Tokyo. I highly reccommend this site to anyone who will be traveling outside of the country and have little luggage. Of course I'm sure anyone reading all of this so far is thinking, "Wow, that shits gots to be 'spensive." Fortunately, I found a clean hostel with good ratings for a massive $30 dollars a night! I won't lie though...I mainly picked this hostel because it was called "Khaosan Tokyo NINJA". Yes, a hostel by the name "NINJA" (gotta capitalize that for emphasis). http://www.khaosan-tokyo.com/en/ninja/




I hope that all friends (and friends to come) as well as family will keep up with this blog and stay in touch seeing as it will be six whole months until I return. So for all my friends that wanna blow it up when I get back mark down March 2nd on the calenders because that's my return flight during the semester break!!!

For all the people I didn't get to say goodbye to, GOODBYE!!! Stay safe and keep in contact!