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…
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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…
Subways, Deer, and Goodbye Japan- Oh My!
If there are two things I can say for certain about myself, they are that I am very emotional and I am terrible at goodbyes. The two are a terrible combination so you can probably guess what it was like when I received an email about my upcoming flight to Cape Town next week. I…
The Train Is Now Departing To: Kyoto, Japan
This is Anum Bajwa reporting live from Kyoto, Japan! I am a rising senior finishing up my Psychology major as well as Neuroscience and Chemistry minors, and a certificate in Global Health (a mouthful, I know). This Summer will be a true trip around the globe as I will be in Kyoto, Japan for 6…
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…