じゃあね (ja ne, “see you”), Japan

It’s been almost exactly two weeks since the Pitt in Japan program ended, since I said goodbye to all of the new friends that I made, and since I left Japan (for now). 🙁 Despite all of the logistical issues and stress that I ran into throughout the process of applying and going on the…

Navigating Japan

It’s been two weeks since the Pitt in Japan program has started, and I already know I’m going to miss everything so much when the program ends. I’ve made so many friends — Pitt students and Konan University students — and have already made so many good memories.  We live in single-gender student apartments/dormitories that…

Jet-Lagged in Japan

Hello! My name is Amy Tan, and I’m a senior majoring in Information Science and Statistics and minoring in Computer Science. In my last semester as an undergrad, I will be spending 5 weeks studying at Konan University in Kobe, Japan through the Pitt in Japan program. Throughout my time at Pitt, I was heavily…