Hey Everyone:
The American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting starts today and runs for over a week. I am presenting a poster of my last summer's research tomorrow, and I didn't have enough time to finish the aikido article I was planning to put up today, so I will postpone one last time until Wednesday. Sorry for the additional delay. It's been a busy summer...
My Experiences Traveling and Living in Japan, Spring/Summer 2008
Purpose for this Blog
This is a secondary blog page I decided to set up to focus exclusively on my trip to Japan, planned for the spring/summer of 2008. I'm spending a semester abroad at Akita International University, located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. The title of this blog, "Narrow Road to the Deep North" is in reference to a collection of poems and travel writings with the same name by Matsuo Basho, the famous Japanese haiku poet.
Links
Albums
- "Shinkansen" To Akita, 4/2/08
- AIU Campus
- Akita Sports Park
- Senshu-kouen
- Senshu-kouen Hanami Matsuri
- Akita Friends
- Akita-shi Excursion 4-12
- Sapporo
- Toya-ko
- Happo-Cho, May 10
- A Walk Through Akita
- Parent's Visit
- June 1 Tea Gathering
- Home Stay Family
- Ohanami Bus Tour
- Towada-ko Bus Tour
- Happo-cho, June 21
- Yukata Workshop
- Fujisan
- Aikido Practice
- Aikido - Jim's Visit
- Aikido Dojo
Photo Count
I am back in the US now, which means no more pictures of Japan for the time being. I took a total of 2,048 pictures as well as a few videos. That's a lot of photos, I know, but they will never touch the actual experience of being there. While I hope my pictures will give you a glimpse of Japan and the people I've met, I encourage you to make the trip and see for yourself all that Japan has to offer.
Picture of the Day
Oirase River
Blog Archive
About Me
- Jason
- My name is Jason. I received a BS in Biochemistry at Ithaca College, May 2009. I am attending the University of Pennsylvania to pursue doctoral training in Microbiology/Virology/Parasitology, a program of the Cell and Molecular Biology group within the Biomedical Graduate Studies division of the School of Medicine. This is a blog of my experiences as a PhD student. I am hoping this will be a place for friends and family to keep up to date with my activities, and for any students interested in attending graduate school to get a feel for what one it's like. Enjoy!
Haiku
Furuike ya, kawazu tobikomu, mizu no oto. -Matsuo Basho
Breaking the silence
Of an ancient pond,
A frog jumped into water -
A deep resonance. - transl. Nobuyuki Yuasa
Breaking the silence
Of an ancient pond,
A frog jumped into water -
A deep resonance. - transl. Nobuyuki Yuasa
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