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Some Footage from my first week on Tokyo!

It’s happening! I’m actually leaving for Japan tomorrow.

Here’s The Plan for Today:

ยท       Finish Packing

ยท       Start Packing

ยท       Buy supplies for class

ยท       Buy enough junk food to counteract any healthy food encountered

I decided to wait to pack because Iโ€™m a spontaneous Taurus and DEFINITELY NOT because Iโ€™m an irresponsible procrastinator.   I also didnโ€™t just get my passport less than a week ago, if anyone asks.

As far as food goes Iโ€™m really nervous about Japanese cuisine.  Hereโ€™s a list of things that I imagine are big in Japan:

ยท       Seafood

ยท       Vegetables

ยท       Healthy Foods

Now hereโ€™s a list of foods that Iโ€™m big on:

ยท       Cheeseburgers

ยท       Candy Bars

ยท       Donuts

Iโ€™m not sure it will be a match.  But maybe Iโ€™ll find a nice McDonaldโ€™s for my entire stay.  But I also bought some muffins so hopefully I can stretch those out over the course of my trip.  EDIT: I havenโ€™t even left the computer yet and the muffins are GONE.  Why did I buy them so early? Anyway, super excited for some other things.

Iโ€™m really glad Iโ€™m going with a few friends from my class.  Weโ€™ve worked so hard together in our Japanese class.  Usually we only meet once a week but in Japan weโ€™ll have class everyday, so Iโ€™m hoping that Iโ€™ll be able to retain more.  I even bought a few supplies so Iโ€™m a head of the game.  I have some note books, pens, a pencil, a case to hold my coins, a case to hold my pens, and a case to hold the case holding my coins and my pens.  Case closed.

Iโ€™m looking forward to taking a dance class in Japan, Iโ€™ve never taken a dance class outside of the East Coast so I might be a bit out of my comfort zone.  Weโ€™ll see if I get any videos or pictures of me doing anything like that,

Iโ€™m also really curious to see if thereโ€™s a โ€œvideogameโ€ scene, because thatโ€™s what Iโ€™d like to concentrate in professionally.  Not necessarily making them, but project and community management seems like something I can get into.

Other than that, Iโ€™m looking forward to seeing the other side of the world.  Dreading this 20 hour flight though. 

Cheers,

Karon

Karon Cannon

ใ“ใ‚“ใฃใซใกใฏ! My name is Karon Cannon and Iโ€™m a junior at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Iโ€™m currently studying Advertising and Marketing Communications and pursuing a minor in Japanese Language. I hope to work in the interactive Entertainment Industry using the growing culture of videogames to promote social change. This is a large step in the right direction! Thereโ€™s so much to learn as so much culture behind the language, that I am thrilled to have the opportunity to study it in Japan. Iโ€™m looking forward to traveling with my classmates and professor so I can build on what Iโ€™ve already learned throughout my time here at FIT.