Before I came to this college in Mass this August, I have been many places in the world this year. So far, I visited 5 countries including the US. Don't be fooled. I am not rich at all. I had saved money for the trips after graduation. In Japan, it is very popular to travel before graduatung college/ high school. We call it "graduation trip."
I just graduated a college (undergrad) in Japan this March. Before I graduate, I visited Bali, Indonesia and Singapore this March with my friend from my dance team. We planned to go to Bali first because we did not want to spend much money and Bali is kind of close to Japan. And then we realized that we have about 9 hours to change our flights in Singapore. So we dicided to visit Singapore as well. People in Bali value protecting their culture, tradition, and nature. I was impressed by thier lifestyle, dance, and food! Everything was amazing!! Even though I am from Japan, it is very different for me to visit another Asian country. We have different cultures. Actually, Bali is a very popular place to visit for Japanese people. I know many friends have been there this spring! Some people in Bali can speak Japanese so that Japanese people don't have to worry about language there.
On the other hand, Singapore is a modern country. There are many buildings and people in downtown. I was surprised that the color of taxies are various, such as red, blue, yellow, green... and the fare was not that expensive! Good for the travellers. Since we had only 7 hour to see around in Singapore, we went to see Marlion, and Night Safari. Marlion was underconstracted unfortunately, but we really had fun at Night Safari.
In May, I went to Ohio, US for my roommate's wedding!!! She just got married with her boyfriend and she invited me!! I was so happy that they became together and I could see their happy faces!! I spent some time at my former college in Ohio with my friends and moved to stay in Cleveland a few days. I love baseball so my friends took me to the ballpark. The game was awesome as usual, but I remember it was so cold outside. After the stay in Ohio, I headed to New York to visit my friend. She and her family are always sweet to me and I really appreciate it. I also had oppotunity to meet up with my another friends in NYC. It is always nice to catch up with my loves because they alwasy inspire me a lot.
A few weeks later, my bestie and I went to Europe!!! This trip was much needed for us because it was supposed to be our last trip before I move to the States for grad school. We tried to manage this trip cheaper because we are both student obviously, and we were kind of broken at the time. But we know that we travel together in Europe, so we worked A LOT!!! In addtion, we found the cheapest airline tickets and hotels. We visited Milan, Rome, and Paris in 10 days. It was busy trip, but we realy enjoyed it!! Sometimes we had trouble, and sometimes we felt that we might not be able to go back to Japan... But we made it safe eventually. People in Milan are so fashionable. Rome has many historic sights. I really loved there becuase I am kind of interested in history. And Paris...oh my god. I love Paris so much! Everything is pretty and adorable! The buildings, cafe, and food made me feel that I am in a movie! I know it is so expensive to eat and drink in Paris. We wanted to save money so we sometimes bought dinner at supermarket. I definately want to come back to Paris in the near future!
And then, I'm in Mass, US now. I love being the States becuase everything is exciting to me whenever I come back to the States. I really feel that any experiences are good for me and my future. I want to keep challenging anything that I want and always thinking of my country, Japan.
So this is a video about my journey in the world. I learned how to make a video in my Media class. I know the quality is not that good, but I hope you enjoy it. Thank you!
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