Afternoon Tea at The Lounge by Aman

What is one of my favourite things to do? For anyone who knows me they know that I love to go to afternoon tea. Currently I only have one friend in Japan who enjoys afternoon tea, this means I have a long list of places where I will drag her too. 

First on the list is the tea at the Aman hotel. It can be a little hard to find so my suggestion is once you are close to the location make sure you keep an eye on the signs or you might end up walking past it. It is in Otemachi tower, though it doesn't look like it from where I walked past. My friend also walked past it so luckily it wasn't just me. 

Halfway done! And why I'm surprised I'm here.

   As I write this I am around 2 1/2 weeks into my vacation. That means I have officially finished 2 years at Meiji University! Sometimes it feels like I started only a few months ago, and other times I feel like I've been here for 5 years and it's time to get on with a new chapter of my life. So I decided a little trip down memory lane is in order.

Spring Update *Pic Heavy*

So guess who is FINALLY finishing a blog post? That's right, it's me!!! I have a ridiculous number half written that should eventually be posted but decided to do a quick update post.

Let's start with what's new, well I started my second year here. Can you believe I've already been here a year? I feel like I've done so much and yet nothing at all. So what did I do this past year? Well I did a ton of classes, school here is very different from school at home so I take way more classes than I used to. I've made so many new friends from around the world, and I even showed some around Tokyo. I've slowly been improving my Japanese, and when I say slowly I mean very slowly. I've participated in an English play day with little Japanese children and I've done so many other things. A few will be having their own blog post but I'll do a mini overview here.

Month 1 part 1

Never take a selfie with me, this will be the result!

So it wasn't very long ago that I looked at the calendar and realized I've been here over a month, so to celebrate I'm going to give a quick rundown on some of the things I've done. While more in depth posts on these activities will follow, I am not sure when... I'm drowning in homework.

Odaiba Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari

Week 1

So I survived my arrival to Japan! Luckily for me it was nowhere near as traumatic as last time, and though it was slow... at least I didn't end up covered in maple syrup. I actually knew that I could have my luggage delivered to my share house, I knew the train lines and I still had my Suica from last time.

This isn't to say I didn't get lost trying to find the office for my share house. Luckily I managed to phone them 3 minutes before they closed, I must have sounded pretty pathetic because they actually came and got me. After all the documents were signed I was on my way to my new house... where I could not open the door. They gave me a key card saying it was for the house, and a key for the room. I kept flashing the card at what I soon realized was a doorbell. Luckily someone came and opened the door for me, apparently I was at the door for deliveries. I went to the combini to grab something to eat, and had forgotten to ask the person how to open the door. LUCKILY I accidentally pressed a button and opened it.

Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome

Hey there, so I guess I'm going to make this my introductory post. My name is Sarah, I'm female and I'm from Canada. The reason for this blog is simple, I'm going to live in Japan for at least a year and trouble seems to find me wherever I go. You can potentially learn from my mistakes...

This blog will have posts about historical costuming, my favourite is 18th century at the moment so be prepared, and life in Japan.

I'm going to make another post about my previous experiences in Japan at a later date. For now let me tell you the current info.

I am going to Tokyo to start school at a Japanese university. I found a place to live, a flight, etc... Everything was planned, but as usual.... disaster strikes! Friday before I leave my certificate of eligibility arrives, now I previously contacted the consulate in Calgary with questions about how to get my visa once this comes. They said to scan and email the documents and it would be fine. On friday afternoon they tell me I have to come IN PERSON to the consulate! I was supposed to fly to Calgary on tuesday, now I have to fly there on monday... why do things like this always happen to me?

Anyhow as it is late at night and I have to get on a plane tomorrow I shall bid adieu.

Sarah