Sophia University

There is two different ways of living in Japan when you are a foreigner : you can live as a foreigner (that is to say keep your habits, meet mostly with foreigners...), or try to live as a Japanese or at least with Japanese people. The last way is less easy to do because you need to try to implicate in Japan. However, it is a lot more interesting and rewarding. I learnt a more going to japan, about people, language, and culture, but also about myself.

As students there are a lot of discounts to travel and it is good to ask in order to travel. Japan is very expensive but also very interesting and knowing the advantages that students have makes it easier to have a nice life in Japan.

I would participate in this "Summer Session in Asian Studies" again, but I would then stay in Tokyo for another 1-2 months and teach German or English. Toyko is such a fascinating city that it is worth it to stay at least three months! I would like to go back one day.