2017 OurWorld Travel Abroad Program

Explore with the students of HPA

Back to Tokyo

I remember it like it was this morning. It was cold...so cold. I had to bust out the beanie. I fell asleep on the train for who knows how...

Today I woke up with Hans beating me with my own pillow which felt like it was filled with rocks. The pillows here aren't soft in the...

Today we came from Shin-Osaka to Nara. We took two trains, each about a half an hour. We woke up early in the morning, and I ate takoyaki...

Today we got to explore the city of Kobe. In the morning we went to the Japanese Overseas Migration Center. When we got there, we learned...

It's 11:30 pm I'm brushing my teeth trying to prevent myself from falling face first into the sink. Today was a long amazing day so let's...

We arrived at Miyajima (宮島: means noble island) by ferry. We made leaf shaped manju (饅頭) with azuki and chocolate filling. It was fun and...

BEFORE and AFTER the home stay... BEFORE: "What if I do something wrong?" "What if I cannot understand them?" "What if they are mean?" ...

I met my host sister Runa at Kokutaji HIgh School and we instantly bonded over our abysmal ping pong skills. As we walked around campus...

On the first day of the home stay we left Kokutaiji High School and went to the house. Then at night my host mom and sister went to the...

First night, I remember it like it was 3 days ago. We walked to a sushi restaurant about 10 minutes away from Ai's house, as I entered...