🇯🇵Jazzy Japan

I’m going to format this blog post in bullet-points to change things up a bit!

• Field class with Buddhist Philosophy class in Kyoto
• Practiced Zen Buddhism Meditation
• Walked through the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto (orange torii gates that is a well-known Shinto Shrine)
• Admired a Japanese Zen garden in person
• Adventured around Universal Studios Japan
• Took a selfie with my queen, Marilyn Monroe
• Met two Filipino Youtubers at Universal and became friends 🙂
• Bought Hello Kitty Ears at Universal
• Pineapple jumped in front of the Universal Studios Japan globe and Christmas tree
• Couldn’t understand any of the rides because all the characters spoke in Japanese
• Ate Kobe Beef in Kobe, Japan
• Wandered and shopped around Chinatown in Kobe, Japan
• Got an iconic Gacha Ball from a Gacha vending machine store
• Took a bullet train to Hiroshima
• Ventured around Hiroshima by trolley
• Went to Atomic Bomb Museum
• Stayed in a hostel with super neat bunk-beds
• Met some really fun French guys and a spunky British girl at the hostel
• Got soaking wet in the rain while wandering around Hiroshima and hid out in a public restroom
• Soaked in the fall colors while hiking around Japan for the week
• Sang karaoke at a karaoke bar in Kobe
• Ate McDonald’s nuggets and a divine choco cake from a Japanese Mcdonald’s
• Ate some really tasty gelatins and an ice cream cone from a 7Eleven gas station
• Saw all the puppies😍
• Took a Ninja lesson on the International Creep like a Ninja Day in Kyoto (December 5th)
• Ate my weight in pork buns in the shape of panda bears and pigs
• Found a tie patterned with the Chick-fil-a logo
• Fell in love with Japanese toilets because they’re heated and played music for you while doing your business
• And, wrote an article about my Ninja Lesson Adventure for The WAVE magazine

Enjoy these pictures from my week in Japan!

Arigatō! (Thank you!)

Jaiden