Year Abroad Bucket List

I got my exam results the other day... and I passed! That means I'm officially going on the Year Abroad! \(^o^)/ So, in 9 weeks, I'm off to International Christian University （国際基督教大学）in Tokyo. So of course, I've been starting to plan where to go...  and voila! Here’s my work-in-progress Year Abroad Bucket List!

Places that aren’t in Japan

Macau

South Korea

• Seoul
• Daegu
• Busan
• An-dong
• Gyeongju

Places that aren’t in Tokyo

Fushimi Inari Shrine (Kyoto)

Kiyomizudera (Kyoto)

Great Buddha (Kamakura)

Peace Park (Hiroshima)

Sapporo

Osaka

Okunoshima

Ramen Museum (Osaka)

Fukuoka

Mount Fuji

Nara

Fuji-Q

Places to go in Tokyo

Tokyo Disney

Hachiko statue

Ghibli Museum

Bunny cafe

Tokyo Tower

Meiji Shrine
Arabian Rock (themed restaurant)

Generic things to do

Go to an onsen

Take some purikura!

Manga cafe overnight

Izakaya

Wear a kimono

Ohanami

Buy something with fantastic Engrish

Pachinko

Go to a matsuri

Food!~

Takoyaki

Okonomiyaki

Go to a kaiten-zushi

Food at a ryoukan 

Gari Gari kun

Kakigoori

Houtou Ramen

Eki-ben from everywhere! 
Korokke

Welcome to 2nd Year Kanji Hell (part 1)

So, as I promised before I'm posting up the mega-list of kanji I had to study for my final exam. This is by NO MEANS all of the kanji we actually had to learn this year, more of a 'highlight list' - we had to learn between 20 and 60 kanji per week to prepare for our weekly test, but for the final exam our sensei was kind and said we'd only be tested on the kanji that had appeared in these tests. However, that was still a mammoth task. Such a mammoth task, in fact, that I'm going to split it up into two parts.

These are the kanji from 'Minna no Nihongo Shokyuu II' lessons 37-50 that appeared in our final exam revision, there's 'Minna no Nihongo Chukyuu 1' still to come! It may be nice for you to look at the skip between what's considered basic and intermediate kanji. ^_^ It definitely starts to go downhill from here! 

旅行(りょこう)	Travel/trip
申(もう)し込(こ)み	Application
待(ま)って	Wait
宿題(しゅくだい)	Homework
作文(さくぶん)	Composition
忘(わす)れる	Forget
拾(ひろ)った	Pick up, find, gather
呼(よ)んで	Call, invite
性格(せいかく)	Character, personality
違(ちが)う	Differ, vary, different
土地(とち)	Plot of land
狭(せま)い	Narrow
建(た)てる	Build
退院(たいいん)する	Discharge from hospital

                                                                                            

電気代(でんきだい)	Electricity bill
金曜日(きんようび)	Friday
必(かなら)ず	Always, without exception
複雑(ふくざつ)	Complex, complicated
確認(かくにん)	Confirmation
試験(しけん)	Exam
合格(ごうかく)	Success, pass (an exam)
通(とお)れません	To go by, to go past
利用(りよう)	Use
台風(たいふう)	Typhoon
残念(ざんねん)	Regret, disappointing, bad luck

夏休(なつやす)み	Summer holiday
案内(あんない)	Information, guide
石油(せきゆ)	Oil
輸入(ゆにゅう)	Import
法律(ほうりつ)	Law
進学説明会(しんがくせつめいかい)	School/uni entrance briefing
楽(たの)しい	Fun
生活(せいかつ)	Life
経済(けいざい)	Economy

妹(いもうと)	Younger sister
中学校(ちゅうがっこう)	Middle school
美術(びじゅつ)	Art
部屋(へや)	Room
適当(てきとう)	Appropriate/suitable
輸出(ゆしゅつ)	Export
増(ふ)え	Increasing
減(へ)り	Decreasing
連絡(れんらく)	Contact
理由(りゆう)	Reason
夜(よる)	Night
短(みじか)い	Short

押(お)す	To press
細(ほそ)くし	Slim
太(ふと)く	Thick/fat
優(やさ)しい	Friendly
結婚(けっこん)	Marriage
階段(かいだん)	Stairs
好(す)き	Like
働(はたら)く	Work
冷(つめ)たい	Cold
論文(ろんぶん)	Thesis, paper
受付(うけつけ)	Receipt, acceptance
飛行機(ひこうき)	Airplane
途中(とちゅう)	En route

両親(りょうしん)	Parents
野菜(やさい)	Vegetables
妻(つま)	Wife
公園(こうえん)	Park
遊(あそ)ぶ	Have fun
暗証番号(あんしょうばんごう)	PIN
吹(ふ)いた	Blow (wind)
落(お)ちて	Fallen
手伝(てつだ)い	Help
声(こえ)	Voice
選(えら)ぶ	Pick
祖父(そふ)	Grandfather
野球(やきゅう)	Baseball

予定表(よていひょう)	Calendar
野菜(やさい)	Vegetables
吸(す)って	Smoke
例文(れいぶん)	Example sentence
東京(とうきょう)	Tokyo
乗(の)り場	Bus stop
貿易(ぼうえき)	Trade
勤(つと)める	Work for, be employed by
日記(にっき)	Diary

We've now finished all of our finals, and had a sweet goodbye meal with our senseis before we all leave for Japan! There was also a party at our Anglo-Japanese Society, where I spoke no Japanese and was far,far too hungover to be on a boat. Here's some photos to get all that kanji out of your head~

(Our teachers are so cute I can't even ;o;)

A fantastic group of people in very silly costumes - I'm chilling with the Recon Corps at the back!