Japan Trip 2018 (April – July)
This was my first time ever going to Japan. I spent two weeks studying Japanese at GenkiJACS in Fukuoka, and three months in Sendai on a short-term mission trip.
This page (and post titles) will be updated frequently.
- Study in Japan 2018! My Goal – I decided that I was finally going to do this thing. If I failed, fine. If I didn’t, great!
- Going to Japan!! – A little over a year later, I stepped out in faith and bought plane tickets.
- Why It’s Good When God Says No – My fundraising plans were demolished, and it was a wonderful thing.
- As the path turns... – As the day I would leave approached, I reflected on the journey up to then.
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 1: What Was I Thinking!?
- Japan Trip 2018 Days 2 & 3: Baby Steps in Kawasaki
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 4: Kawasaki Cultural Museum
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 5: Shinkansen from Tokyo to Fukuoka
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 6: First Day at GenkiJACS
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 7: Class and Aeon Max Value Supermarket
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 8: Class and a Photo Walk
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 9: Pocket Wi-fi and First Look at Daiso
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 10: Better Than Daiso?
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 11: God’s Blessings in Hiroshima
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 12: Beach Volleyball and Laundry
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 13: Day Trip to Dazaifu
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 14: Sushi and Shipping a Package in Japan
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 15: My Awkward Graduation from Language School
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 16: Iki Island Trip! Seasickness and Electric Bikes
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 17: Iki Island Trip! Island Shrine Tour
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 18: Packing and Housecleaning
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 19: Taking the JR Beetle Ferry from Fukuoka to Busan, South Korea
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 20: Relaxing Day in Korean Hotel
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 21: Back in Japan! From Busan to Sendai
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 22: Rifu Aeon Mall Shopping and Meeting Raven and Eli
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 23: Orientation and First English Class
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 24: First Edo Youth
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 25: Tea Ceremony
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 26: First Day at Tsubamesawa Church and Kids’ Club
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 27: Neighborhood Kids’ English
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 28: Interrogated at English Meet Up
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 29: English Circle
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 30: Meeting the Leader
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 31: Concert at Tsubamesawa
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 32: Aoba Festival
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 33: Overwhelmed
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 34: Walking and Brownies
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 35: Costco in Sendai, Japan
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 36: Day Trip to Iwate Prefecture
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 37: Duck Duck Goose
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 38: HANDS Japanese Tutoring
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 39: Sports Day
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 40: Youth-Kids’ Club
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 41: MEBIG
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 42: A Productive Day
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 43: Christian Bookstore in Japan
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 44: Spochan
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 45: Worldviews
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 46: Day Trip to Matsushima
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 47: Visiting Shiogama Bible Baptist Church
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 48: Monkey in the Middle
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 49: Missionary Bento Dinner
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 50: Travel Woes Become a Blessing?
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 51: Silence and Simplicity
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 52: Edo Youth, Digital Drawing
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 53: Shall We Dance?
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 54: A Wonderful Day
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 55: Tai’s Testimony
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 56: A Day Off
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 57: Stepping Out and Starting to Grow
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 58: Ninja Obstacle Course
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 59: The Principle of the Path
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 60: House Party in Shiogama
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 61: Father’s Day Baptism and Shopping at GU
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 62: Corn Hole
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 63: Trip to Ishinomaki and Onagawa (Nozomi Project, Megumi Project)
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 64: Visiting Humble Oshikahanto
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 65: New Faces at JJE
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 66: Dangerous Mom Stripes Party
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 67: Volunteering at a Vegetable Farm, My Sento (Onsen) Experience, and Catching a Japanese Cold
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 68: Sharing My Testimony in God’s Strength
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 69: Special MEBIG
- Japan Trip 2018 Days 70-73: Being Sick in Japan
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 74: Riding the Sendai Loople Line (Date Mausoleum, Sendai “Aoba” Castle, Christian bookstore, Donquihote)
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 75: Trip to Mt. Zao
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 76: Okama Crater
- Japan Trip 2018 Days 77-79: SEND Conference at Okutama Bible Chalet
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 80: Meeting Japanese Christians
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 81: From Ome to Ueno and Asakusa
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 82: Kurume Bible Fellowship at Christian Academy of Japan
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 83: Harajuku and Shibuya
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 84: SEND Center, Okachimachi, Ameyoko, and Akihabara
- Japan Trip 2018 Days 85-86: Return to Tohoku – Pokemon Center, JUMP Shop, and Saying Goodbye to Ayumi
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 87: Final Edo Youth, the Beginning of Goodbyes
- Japan Trip 2018 Days 88-89: Free Day and Shiogama Summer Festival
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 90 – Marine Day, English Scavenger Hunt, and more
- Japan Trip 2018 Days 91-92: Drawing Jesus, Cat Cafe, Karaoke, and Purikura
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 93: Preparing for English Day Camp and a Surprise Guest
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 94: The Busiest Day of July
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 95: Summer Festival at a Daycare
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 96: Last Youth-Kids’ Club and a Memorable Sunset
- Japan Trip 2018 Days 97-98: Raven’s Acquaintances
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 99: Rakuten Eagles Home Game (My First Major League Baseball Game)
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 100: English Day Camp – Summer in America
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 101: Luggage Forwarding and Last-Minute Shopping
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 102: Drawing Day with Middle School Girls
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 103: Last Day at Tsubamesawa Church
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 104: Final MEBIG
- Japan Trip 2018 Day 105: Goodbye and Hello
- Japan Trip 2018 Reflection: Jet Lag and Culture Shock