Română/日本語 My first trip outside Tokyo was in Chichibu, Saitama prefecture. To be honest, I haven’t heard of Chichibu before that. But located close to Tokyo (approximately 2 hours by train), surrounded by gorgeous mountains, it’s a popular destination among Japanese people. There is something to do in each season in Chichibu, autumn-admiring the fall…
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Română/日本語 After Tokyo Tower, the next place I visited in Tokyo was Asakusa, and I was so impressed by it that it remained my favorite place in Tokyo. Stories and movies about geishas were one of my first encounters with Japanese culture, so that atmosphere of a traditional Japan that Asakusa, the oldest geisha district…
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Română/日本語 There are hundreds of festivals in Japan, each Shinto shrine holding its own festival once a year. Major ones usually take place in summer, but I was lucky to attend a Japanese festival for the first time in September when I arrived in Japan. It was a small festival and I got there by…
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Română/日本語 I finally took the train! And I finally bought my own Suica card! But I didn’t do all these by myself, but with the help of the nice and friendly students in WIC. WIC (Waseda International Club) is one of the many student clubs in Waseda, based on international exchange. Along with Niji no…
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Română/日本語 The first week in Tokyo was truly overwhelming. Even taking the train by myself seemed scary at first. I was thinking, what if I get lost in this huge city? I had no sim card to call someone and taking a cab would’ve been out of the question considering the price… But I couldn’t…
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Română/日本語 On the way to the dormitory, from Narita airport My first week in Japan is about to finish and so many things happened in just a week that I don’t even know where to start from. My first days here were quite rainy due to Etau storm, with typhoon influences. This storm caused huge…
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Română/日本語 My biggest dream so far, going to Japan, is about to come true and I almost cannot believe it… You could wonder “Why Japan?” Well, under the influence of my father, I’ve had an interest in Asian countries since childhood but I had the first contact with Japanese language and culture during middle school….
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