We arrived on Sunday in the evening at Narita airport, Tokyo. We were met by our host families and their exchange coordinate, Mr Kitashiro. After introductions, we split up and went our...

While on the Keio Exchange, one of my favourite experiences was going to Hakone. Hakone is a countryside town near Mount Fuji which is only about a 2-hour ride West from Tokyo. It is often...

On the Thursday of our first week, we went to Enoshima, a small island off the coast. It felt more like rural Japan than the city it resides beside, except for the large “Sea Candle” that...

On our first week in Japan, the four of us went on an excursion to Kamakura, a coastal town just south of Tokyo that used to be the old capital of Japan for more than a century. Known for...