Sado Experience and the Club experience

Sado Experience and the Club experience

(By Xian-meng and Sharon) Once a student finishes their classes, finish all their homework, and done with any chores, all they do is sit in their house and think of nothing, waiting for the next day to come… Of course that doesn’t happen, a person has interests and any activity relating to it, they treat it as their time...

Entertainment

Entertainment

こんにちは皆さん!Good to see you guys again. Today we will talk about something that might interests you the most: entertainment. Japan is popular with its entertainment industry, for example music, anime and all the amazing arcades that you can go to and are available pretty much anywhere around Tokyo, Japan. Entertainment is something you cannot avoid in everyday life...

Sports + Club Showcase

Sports + Club Showcase

こんにちは皆さん! There are over 200 clubs in Senshu University, such as 茶道(さどう), 弓道(きゅうどう), and 書道(しょどう). This week's entry will have a focus on sports and their associated サークル (known more as 部活 (ぶかつ). 部活(ぶかつ)and  サークル is slightly different, with 部活 bringing more of a focus to sports or physical activity.  Baseball and soccer are a huge sports in Japan,...

Daily Budget and Food

Daily Budget and Food

久しぶりだね!After a week or so of living in an international dorm with several Japanese living with us, as we sit there on the tables of the commons, we experience the daily lives of a Japanese university student as  they walk by us everyday. They cook, eat, bathe, do homework, the usual things that an everyday normal university student...

Our Dormitory

Our Dormitory

After arriving at Senshu University, we were given the opportunity to live in an international student house where we met many Japanese students, as well as students from other places. Life in the dormitory is very vivid, and it almost feels as if you are “home”. When you go out, you have to say いってきます (I’m leaving), and...

First Impressions of Campus Life

First Impressions of Campus Life

こんにちは皆さん!We meet again after three days of jetlag-fighting and tiring trips around Tokyo. All fun is done and now we are back to business. For the past two days, we spent some time to walk around the campus (especially during the campus tour) and we got to see some 課外活動 in action. We also got to talk to...

Project Discussion & Introduction

Project Discussion & Introduction

ようこそ!Welcome! ^-^ Our blog focuses and explores the life of university students in Japan. As simple as it sounds, there are many aspects of university students including their social life, academic life, and their relationship with one another. Our main focuses 1. Clubs (サークル—“circle”): There are many cultural and sports clubs in Senshu University in which we don’t...