Hey there! So do you like Japanese music and want to watch your favorite artists live in concert in Japan while you’re here? Or maybe you don’t even like Japanese music that much but your favorite American, English, German, etc. group is performing in Japan while you’re here and you want to go see them. Either way, I am here to help guide you through the process of how to purchase tickets in Japan.
It’s finally here! My last recap post I will make about my life in Japan. It’s been a whirlwind of an adventure but I wouldn’t trade the past ten, eleven months for anything in the world. I learned so much and I grew so much while living on my own in a foreign country that was several thousands of miles away from my home. I started off August by attending one last live concert that once again was headlined by one of my favorite artists, Soraru. It was a stars and galaxy-themed concert with the headlining acts performing several songs each that were related to the theme. Soraru even sang “Planetarium” (originally sang by Otsuka Ai) and I could not stop crying.
Our program scheduled us to have two more field trips together before we left Japan! We visited a sake museum and learned about how sake was made in the old days and looked at all the instruments that some places still use to this day. There was also a souvenir shop at the end that let you sample different sake that the area still produces. I can’t handle alcohol that well so I just settled on the samples and refrained from actually purchasing a bottle.
The past few months have been more dry than earlier in the year. By this time, I’ve gotten really used to life in Japan and don’t feel the need to photograph everything anymore. I also had to worry about my moving arrangements, packing up boxes, and meeting up with as many friends as possible before I went back to the United States. I started off by hanging out more often with my friend in Osaka. We met up at JR Osaka Station and went to the Conan Cafe. The line was incredibly long and we had to wait for quite a while!
The sakura inside my university! A lighter, whiter-colored sakura compared to the bright pink ones in Tokyo. I love all the different varieties of sakura. It gives it its own sort of personality, so to say.
Spring Break is so relaxing. There’s nothing to really think about except wondering if you passed your classes or not. Oh wait, yeah, that is troublesome to think about. I passed, though, so don’t worry! I ended up just eating a looooot of sakura-themed snacks and drinks. For example… this! Sakura Latte from the convenience store! It was actually a little disappointing. The actual latte from Starbucks was much more fulfilling.
February! The month before Spring Break finally begins in Japan. In Japan, the school year goes from April to August and October to February, with September and March being the break times in between semesters. That means, in February, everyone is buckling down to study and cram before final exams. The follow three pictures are from my Japanese Tokusatsu Heroes class which I greatly enjoyed. I passed the exam with flying colors, although, it was one of the more difficult exams I took. The overall rubric wasn’t too difficult because my professor said he didn’t mind if we had grammar mistakes or even if we wrote entirely in hiragana. We could even type up everything the night before and rewrite it down on paper for the exam. The only problem was that I wrote entirely too much! I took up four pages before my wrist finally gave out and I had to condense my final three paragraphs into one paragraph or else I would not have enough time. I think this was one of the few times in my life where I actually required the entire class period to finish an exam. Spooky. I guess it just goes to show that if you’re really passionate about a subject, you will actually take time and write as much as you can.
I headed to Tokyo again in December for Winter Comike! Comike is short for “Comic Market,” the bi-annual convention held in Tokyo where amateur artists and corporations join forces to release goods for sale for the general public in the form of fan-made books, limited edition goods like calendars and posters, and the like. It was suuuuuuper crowded and I probably waited over six hours for various things but it was a very worthwhile experience! So much so that I’m probably going to go back with my friends for Summer Comike.
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