Wah! I want the YELLOW one!
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Mini me
Foreigners!
Tug-o-war!
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Octopus??
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Freezing at the bus stop!
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Hi, my name is Hannah and welcome to my blog ‘Tales of a Gaijin’. I started this blog several years ago to share the experiences of my first exchange to Japan and now I’m heading back again. My days of being an exchange student are over (silent tear). This time I am taking on Japan and the big scary ‘real world’. I hope you will join me, whether again or for the first time, as I experience Japan as an employee of a Japanese company (and of course, as a gaijin^^).
About Me
- Hannah
- Just a little ol’ gaijin navigating the concrete jungle that is Tokyo, Japan.
The time in Japan is...
The word of the day is...
55 comments:
WELCOME HOME HANNAH!!!! Looks like you had some fun filled last days. Those kimono's were so pretty!! You should've brought the japanese cat home with you and I'd want the yellow phone too, just cause it's yellow!!! Well, can't wait to see you!!!
~Ari
I saw you on Nick News. Nice blog :)
-Trish
Konnichiwa You are a very awasome person I <33 your experiences in Japan and you love Anime too I saw your bio on Nick News and thats how I found this..hehe would you like to be penpals with me or am I coming on too strong *bows* gomen nasi..But you really are cool. *smiles* jllkirk@adelphia.net I'm also on myspace but uhm yeah ^^;; Have fun in Japan
Arigatou,
Janice L Kirk
Hi, I just saw you at Nick...so out of curiosity I searcehd for your page. I really envy you...I spent 2 weeks in Japan and loved it! Id like to talk more to you about our experiences... mata ne!
Hi!
I saw you on tv, and I think it's cool that you get to live in Japan. I wish I could. Is it really fun because I want to figure out how it is to be there as well, but no wa of getting there. Thanks.
Domo Arigato. :]
I saw you on some Nickelodeon news show this evening. Cool blog. What's with the peace sign in all your pics? Looks like a great experience you're having!!
I saw you on TV!~~~ n____n!
I just saw you on Nick news, and now I feel like visiting Japan!
Anyways just thought I'd say hey!
I saw you on Nick News also!!! Very cool! I wonder how many people googled this lol
XD I saw u in Nick...I would love to live in japan too ><, Im just wondering...is that hard to learn japanese? XD im thinking about join Airforce so I can be in japan XD <3 Japan anyways ^^ nice blog
Saw you on Nick News (not that I particularly like the show, but I have a love for Japan, also founded in anime)
Thought I'd check the blog and let you know I think it's really cool you got to go there and spend time in their culture. I'm planning on going over the Summer after I graduate college. If you wanna chat, leave a comment on my blog or email me at bethels_brian@yahoo.com
Take care!
Hehe, I just saw you on Nick.
Sounds like a lot of fun there. Really interesting, anyway. I've always wanted to go to Japan. Especially as a foreign exchange student, to see what school and stuff was like.
Also, question: Isn't gaijin usually an insulting term? o__O;
o_o can u mail me and tell me if it was hard XD (srry for posting twice) :P anyways thx
Haha, rush of Nick News comments! I just saw you too.
Very nice blog =)
Heh. I saw you on Nick News as well. How'd you get to go to Japan for 10 months? I've always wanted to go to Japan, it seems like a really great place. I'm also jealous that you've beaten Kingdom Hearts 2 before I even played it! It's not even out yet...
Well, anyway, if you could email me your response, quily2002@aol.com
PS... I plan on studying the Japanese language next year, how difficult is it? How much do you need to know to get by in Japan?
HEY! I just saw you on Nick News too! I am 17 and live in Pennsylvania and haven't watched Nick for a longgg time! And i turned it on, and like everyone else, i typed in your blog, Tales of a Gaijin in google! Ha! You are famous now! lol Wow, i would really like to talk to you in email or what not, that is so cool that you were on tv, your like so fam ous now! My email is Sharper131@hotmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you!
PS Your blog is really awesome! I love how you set it up! I would appreicate it if you would help me with mine, i really am not that creative! lol :)Shawn Sharper131@hotmail.com
hah! i love how everyone just saw you on tv and then googled for your blog. but, of course i did the same thing. i saw you'd been going home on january 28.. so i guess you're back in the states, now. :) anyway, just wanted to say hey. and hope you're having fun now that you're home.
Hi Hannah! I'm Raquel and I just saw you on Nick News. Heh, seems like everyone else has too. You certainly got popular after that! I just felt like saying hi, and that I love Japan! I've never been there, but I seem to love everything that's from there. I watch a lot of anime and read manga and listen to way too much J-Pop. My friends make fun of me for that last one. Hehe. Anyways, I guess you're already home from Japan (if I read your info correctly) so I'm glad you had so much fun in Japan. If you ever want to talk, you can always check out my livejournal. See ya!
Like other people I saw you on Nick News, and googled the name of your blog.
Prepare for this post to have 219031923091231923 comments. =)
SIWTCH TO LIVEJOURNAL!!!!
I saw you on Nick News too. O.O
Um, I don't watch nick often, i just um, was channel surfing...yeah... ^^u
Anyways, sooo cool!! :D
Are you already back in America?
Anyways, I saw u on Nick News and I you were the only anime fan! what's w/that? xD
Anyways, I think that it's totally awesome that you lived in Japan. O.O
I wanna!! >O<
Um, my blog thingy is http://xanga.com/kawaii_otaku323 (I hope that address is right)
I dnno if you're actually going to read this, cause you've got a lot of other comments but yeah.
School uniforms!!! I want one!!! xD
Hey my name is arrick i just saw your thing on nick news i know this is random cause you dont know me But i think its so cool that ur getting to go to school in japan i just recently came home from japan about two weeks ago and i love it. its so amazing over there
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/ajd0269/DSC05635.jpg that is a pic of me either in shabuya or asakusa lol im not sure
p.s. hope i get to hear more about your travels
I enjoyed reading your blog. Interesting enough, I have also been to Japan. My mom is in the navy, so I lived there for 3 years. :) It was a wonderful experience, and I hope to return someday. My favorite place was Kyoto!
i just saw your part in the Nick News show, and HAD to check out this blog... it looks like you're already back in the states.. but i hope you had fun, all the pictures look amazing! how was it??
cool blog, i saw u on nick news so i came here lol, thats really cool living in japan, i'd kill to visit that country. do u have a myspace? maybe we could chat sometimes, just as friends though im not tryin to come across as a creepy stalker or nuttin lol.
e-mail me sometime at samuraikatana1@hotmail.com if u wanna chat about stuff. ttyl.
-Andrew
It's funny how television brings people together. :)
nick news you and japan are gnarly.
Holy Guecemole (sp? O_o)! I too, have just seen you on Nick News and I must say, I'm thoroughly jealous. ^.^ I've been trying to get into a Japanese Language immersion program for the last YEAR and my, it's hard! Sooo much money goes into those programs. I would absolutely LOVE to do a program like yours but the whole language barrier thing is a major obstacle! I've found great programs though, don't get me wrong! Places like AYUSA and AFS seem glad to take my hard earned, not quite exsistent money! Anyway, thanks for the great blob. It's given me some much needed insight on what it might be like to travel as an otaku to Japan. (hehehe) I'll stop pawing at you and your totally awesome experience and say bye!
~Steffie-chan!
(P.S. What anime did they show on the Nick News segment?!? O_o Whatever it was, I'm sure I've never seen it! T.T)
Hey there. Just like the other bazillion people who have commented, I saw you on Nick as well. I was wondering if you might be intrested in talking with me, well.... because I would love to hear every little detail of what you have done. I would love to go to Japan. I love anime, and manga, and Japanese culture. Theres a littttle chance you might see this, but I would love to talk to you. You seem like such a cool person,and I would love it if you were able to give me some advice on my trip to Japan. ^-^
My email is deadlyxscream@bellsouth.net.
dude i just saw you on a TV Special. sicckkkk dude.
hey! i saw u on Nick News tonight. check out my sites when u can.
Hello! I, too, found you on Nick. You were the best of the gaijins! XD I'm really envious of your experience in Japan because I haven't been there yet (I'm 19, so it's kinda late to experience High School there) I know you have a lot of comments to get back to but I was wondering if you were into any japanese bands? As for me, I'm a HUGE L'Arc~en~Ciel fan~
Risa
Hello Hannah! I saw you on Nick news! Great work on the show! It's very cool you're experiencing new things and I hope you enjoyed every moment of it (excluding the smelly rags. ^__^)
KAKOI!
Saw u on NICKNEWS last night and so awesome! Yeah. Cool you were on though. Seriously. U are one lucky woman.
Anyway, I read ur last post about Kingdom Hearts 2. Which sounds better, american version or Japanese version? ANyway, hope i can be an email budy with you! saturn678903@yahoo.com
HAve a great school year!
Ja matte ne!
Konnichiwa, I just saw you on Nickelodeon, in the U.S.! Just to point out, its Tokyo-to [東京都], and not Tokyo-ken.
I am also a Japanese person, lived in Japan, and move into the U.S. 8 years ago, and I find it interesting how American people react to Japanese things.
Whoa, just noticed so many people saw you on Nick News!
Kore kara mo gambatte kudasai!
こんいちわ〜げんき です か？Hi, I posted in the wrong blog post. I saw you on tv~ Lol, you have a lot of comments~ anyhow, just saying this again so you might see it this time- I think it's so cool that you get to live in Japan. I plan on going there some day. I've studied Japanese for almost two years now, and i'm still not very good at it. I plan on making cartoons and comics, so I wanna go to Japan and check out some anime and manga companies... I would like to be your pen pal, if it's ok. email me at kittykomix2@yahoo.com
or IM me if you have aim, lilookami89
Ummm hi. I saw you on nick news and I got curious. I wanted to find out more about your time in Japan so I looked up your blog.I myself have been very interested in Japan for a while now,and I was hoping ot find a blog like yours around here one day. Japan is the best place ever! Well at least in my opinon.
I'm a middle schooler and i'm pretty sure my school and my soon to be high school don't have any programs that allow students to go to Japan. They may have a forein extange program but I'm not sure. I would love to go to Japan,after I work on learning the basics first.
Okay i'm ramling once again(-sigh-),so i'll cut to the chase.
I was wondering if you wanted to be stora my penpal or something,and we could talk about japan and stuff. You don't have to though,I won't mind.If you do,my email adress is Vixen_Kitsune_Demon@Yahoo.com,so yeah.
I hope you have a good....err can't really say day can I....how aobut Life! Yeah! I hope you have a good life!
Congrats on the Nick News piece, which I caught last night! You are a very cool person! Best of luck reintegrating to American life!
hey, I saw you on nick news too. I think that'd be such an awesome experience, especially since I'm a complete japanophile! thanks for sharing ^_^
~tooni
Wow, nice blog! I don't know much Japanese. The most useful phrase I know is wakarimasen.
This is Tucker again from before. After seeing your spot on Nick News I went to your blog. NOW, I am reading your entire blog (I'm up to June 05)and eventually I ended up on the Student Exchange program website. I am SERIOUSLY considering going there in the near future, I think it'd be a great experience.... If you could, please share all thoughts, my AIM is Quily2002, and my email is quily2002@aol.com, I know very original names :P. I'd like to know all about your experience, because I'd need to know all I can before making a decision to go to Japan for a year. Thank you for your time!
Wow! I thought I was unique. My sister is fascinated with Japan. It's borderline obsession! When I saw the commercial for the special, I knew she should check it out. I ended up watching it with her and saw you! So I searched your blog today, and wow. I love your stories, and I can't beileve you're already back in the states. But I guess that's how it goes with television productions, huh? I'd like to know how you're doing now that you're back in America. It must have been so sad to leave, but I thought that'd be cool. So should you find the time, update a bit! :D Bet you've got a new appreciation for janitors, eh? Haha, well should you read this comment among the others, I enjoyed reading your blog. Must have been a nice break :)
-- Katie
(PS: Livejournal rocks! ;D)
Hi I was wondering if it wasn't to much of your time could you tell me how you got involved with this 10 month program? and is it open for anyone who lives in the united states or just denver? teambeta12@yahoo.com what level is it for people? currently I'm in Japanese AP and speak pretty fluent japanese and I would love to do my junior year in japan I think it would be quit an experience.
Hi,It's extremly cool that you've been on t.v. I've been into japan since the fourth grade and for a few months I've benn wanting to become an exchange student in Tokyo.Is the exchange program in North Carolina ? I wish I was as lucky as you and the other people in Nihon (nippon) Also I've benn looking at a lot of international schools in Tokyo,Sapporo,and Hiroshima!
Hi! I saw your piece on nick news as I was flipping through the channels. I would think it would be totally amazing to be in your position. Very Interesting blog, check mine out!My names Travis, feel free to drop me a line.
Sitting here pwning some noobs online at like 5AM and some how this thing on Nick News comes up... lol, I never watch. Anyway, very cool... I wish I could gooo I'd go crazy, ooh man the arcades ddr iidx, anime, manga, POCKY...
lucky <_<;
Hello. I know its been several months since you have been back (according to your blog), but I figured that I would leave a comment in case you still read this. I saw your spot on Nick News like everyone else here, and thought that I would check it out. I spent 3 years myself in Japan so I understand a lot of what you went through. I know you have a lot of pen pal requests here, but if you'd like to talk more about Japan, feel free to drop me a line.
Forgot to leave my email address :D
rwd4j@hotmail.com
Later
Just saw you on Nick news!
Cool!
haha like everyone else.. i had to comment this and say i saw you on nick news to.. which was pretty neat..
Hannah.. I know you don't know me, but if you see this PLEASE respond. This is actually the 3rd comment here, but this one's actually important!
I plan on doing what you did and stay in Japan for around one year. I'd REALLY appreciate it if you could contact me either by AIM (My screename is quily2002) or by EMAIL (My email address is quily2002@aol.com). I'd really like someone with a first hand experience to answer my many questions! You may end up being the person who decides my fate :) And maybe you could read my blog, just like I did yours :P
Anyway, if you ever see this, please help me out and contact me.. I'd greatly appreciate it.
o.o" Wow. I did take a long time to search your blog. Yes I admit like all the others I saw about you on Nick News. Hehe. Well anyways you are so lucky that you got to go to Japan for about a year right? Wow. I might go this summer w/ my school because I go to a Japanese language school. I just started going a couple weeks ago and I thought it wasn't so tough w/ the hiragana and katakana but when we got to the Kanji -__-" I was wrong. Kanji.. is... hard.. You probably already know this but yeah. Sorry my comment is so long just I read all your posts and they are really interesting. Alright Saiyonara!
-Nick
._. this girl forgot her blog XD
I watched Linda Ellerbee this morning and as a result, I read through your blog.
It was years ago, and under much different circumstances that I visited Japan, Okinawa, and the inevitable tour in Vietnam.
I find now that I hold those memories closer as I've aged and wish at times that I could return to present day Japan.
I hope your time spent there will reside in your memories for such a period......you seem to have a great perspective and I would imagine your family is directly responsible for that. I was impressed.
Take care and have a most wonderful rest of your life.
Hallo! ;)
heh... what distracted comments!
what do you suppose about it?
hi, i an thinking about going to this high school next year, oh and by the way my name is emilee. today 6 different high schools came to grant middle school and i found that i liked this school more than the others. im going to apply for almost all of the schools but i hope i get accepted to either this school or Kennedy.oh and i also like anime and really want to go to Japan. well i hope that u had fun. Arigatou. toodles.
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