i realize this is coming kind of late, seeing that i got back two weeks ago, but i've been busy (lazy) so i haven't had a chance to properly update. (more pictures up on flickr)

naerim, susan, and i left for narita on march 24 and spent two days wandering around tokyo with our friend, jeanie, who was an amazing tour guide. we spent our time shopping in harajuku, eating sushi and candy, clubbing in roppongi, and roaming around shinjuku and shibuya, taking in all of the sights and basically eating nonstop.


saturday night, susan, jeanie, and i took the night bus to osaka to meet up with naerim and her relatives who reside there. the original plan was to take the shinkansen with naerim, but unfortunately, tickets were alot (A LOT) more expensive than we had thought they would be (or at least, the internet told us). so intead, we spent 8 hours on a bus and arrived in osaka at 7am to spend easter sunday with the kim family! we were able to stay with naerim's grandmother, who was so sweet and cooked us breakfast every morning and fed us strawberries and oranges at night. we spent sunday at naerim's grandfather's church and milling around america and europe streets (which reminded me nothing of america and europe).

the following monday, we met up with some other friends in kyoto. we were able to visit a really beautiful temple and see a few cherry blossoms in the rain, although it was still a little too early for them to all be in full bloom.


we headed back to tokyo (once again, on the night bus), and spent our last days doing a little more sight seeing and a lot more shopping. and on our last day, we hit up shinjuku central park, which was incredible (the fact that the weather was perfect helped a lot too).


and now i'm back in seoul with all of my japanese candy eaten and a burning desire to own a japanese bicycle (the ones with the little basket). class has restarted, ben is finally back i