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Alyssa C. was a Psychology major who went to Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka Prefecture in Spring 2012 as a junior.\u00a0 She has since graduated from WCSU.<\/p>\n
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Alyssa C. attended Kansai Gaidai University in Japan in the Spring of 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n What were your favorite and least favorite foods?<\/b> Did you travel a lot?<\/b> What did you do during your free time?<\/b> What were your favorite and least favorite things to do while abroad?<\/b> Was communicating easy?<\/b> What difference did you find with regards to academics?<\/b> What advice would you give to other students traveling abroad?<\/b><\/p>\n Alyssa: Although you may read about culture shock, there’s nothing like experiencing it.\u00a0 It gets pretty scary in the beginning and you’ll doubt why you ever decided to travel, but force yourself to get out and try new things and you’ll love it!<\/em><\/p>\n How would you summarize your overall experience?<\/b> Alyssa C. was a Psychology major who went to Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka Prefecture in Spring 2012 as a junior.\u00a0 She has since graduated from WCSU. Hirakata, Japan, Kansai Gaidai University: Alyssa C. attended Kansai Gaidai University …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"left-navigation.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/isep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/isep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/isep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/isep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/isep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/isep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/isep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAlyssa: My favorite foods were curry, gyudon, and okonomiyaki.\u00a0 My lest favorite food was Japanese pizza (has mayonnaise on it). <\/em><\/p>\n
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\nAlyssa: Yes, to Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, and Tokyo.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAlyssa: During my free time I hung out in the seminar house with many of my friends, went out to bars and clubs, and ate a lot of food!<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nAlyssa: My favorite things were to discover new places to eat and travel and make new friends.\u00a0 My least favorite thing was going to the bathroom on a Japanese style toilet.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAlyssa: No.\u00a0 At first, I didn’t know any Japanese or even how to order food, so I had to have my friends help me, but after a few weeks I got used to it.\u00a0 Not as many people in Osaka speak English as in Tokyo.\u00a0 I did learn basic Japanese, and i don’t consider myself fluent, but I can communicate with people and read and write Japanese.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAlyssa: The classes were much different.\u00a0 Japanese classes were five times a week and were pretty difficult.\u00a0 However, our lecture courses taught in English were very easy compared to home.<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nAlyssa: I absolutely loved everything about my trip and was sad to leave at the end.\u00a0 I\u00a0 will never forget the people I lived with, and we’re already planning our reunions.\u00a0 This trip was a once in a lifetime experience, and I wouldn’t have had it any other way.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"