Life abroad🌸

After speaking to my new coach in late March I began training there in April because in this case you have to join a coach's team to...

I'm in level 6 class this semester! The semester has only just begun and there are 3 textbooks we use: the purple one is for...

There's one thing you should know that is if you leave Japan temporarily for a holiday or going home. You need to fill in this...

In December I went to see a friend in Nagoya, I went by bus and it took around 2-3 hours. I arrived in nagoya station and went around the...

Here are some pictures of my new place. It's actually quite spacious for a studio apartment and compared to other places I have quite a...

Our last destination was Osaka! Somehow we managed to book a hotel that was pretty cheap bang in the centre. It was by Ebisu-cho and...

After our trip in Kobe we went sightseeing around Kyoto. This was honestly really nice because I somehow never had the time to go around...

For the Christmas holidays, my cousin came to visit me and we went around Kansai (Kobe, Kyoto, Osaka). One thing that's annoying about...

It's been a while since I have updated this blog and time passed so quickly since the first half of the semester! After the mid-term...

There are 7 levels for Japanese classes at Ritsumeikan University and I was put in level 5. We have a compulsory of 8 classes a week and...

From the dorm you can take either the bus to Kyoto station or the train. The bus stop is right outside the dorm but the closest train...

I was really homesick and you know how I dealt with it? Run away to Tokyo to see my friends. It was actually the best trip ever, I took...

The nearest supermarket and konbini is around a 15 minute walk downhill, meaning when you finished your food shopping you have to walk...

My room is fairly empty, I don't have anything bad to say about the room except for the fact that I hate the location of this dorm and...

I arrived at Utano dorm in the afternoon since the train services were delayed, and in fear that I would have to stay another night...

If you saw on the news about typhoon Jebi hitting Kansai Airport on 4th September and seeing people stranded at the airport that's...

I flew to Japan via Paris on Air France airline, I personally hate travelling for long periods of time therefore Air France was a good...

Hello, I'm Katie ^^ and I will be studying abroad as an exchange student at Ritsumeikan university in Japan. There were quite a few...