The End of April
After Hanami I settled into the arduous task of studying Japanese in preparation for my placement test. . . I did horrid, I wasn't able to read a simple sentence. The speaking test went so bad I wanted to die. The end result, Japanese Level 1 class. I should note that I was the only student that placed that low, thus I have been enjoying one on one instruction 5 days a week. May 6th marked the beginning of the Spring semester. As far as school goes, I'm pretty sure I don't need to talk about my everyday school life.
May
I found a friend here who enjoys hiking on the weekends and we have gone on several trips together. Our first trip was to the Mt. Tanzawa Ridge Trail.
From there I was able to see Mount Fuji (富士山） for the first time. Unfortunately It is hard to make out in this image. Our next trip was to Ooyama (大山）.
大山 offered a better view of 富士山. There was less snow on the summit since it was later in the spring season by this point. The snow typically doesn't melt until late June/early July.
June
I went to Yokohama for a day to check it out. Yokohama is so far my favorite city in Japan. The city is extremely clean, even though Japan in general is very clean, and there is a very laid back atmosphere there. I visited the International Dock there and enjoyed the sunset from there.
In the middle of June, I made another trip to a mountain. This time we went to Mt. Takao (高尾山）. We climbed Takao, then went on to several other summits along the ridge line.
I had to add this picture of the Moth since it was pretty big.
At the end June, the school held a International camp for 40 Japanese and 40 international students to attend. The entire weekend was done in Japanese, so it was pretty difficult for me to understand most things, but regardless I was able to make many new friends. I made a lot of memories there that I will never forget!
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