This is a list of stuff I wanna do in Japan. Any suggestions feel free to add! This list will definitely be growing. When I'm in Japan, I'll update the list about once a month or week, depending on how fast I go through it~
Here it is:
[ ] Go to Tokyo Disneyland
[ ] Tokyo International Film Festival
[ ] Go to Asahiyama Zoo (it's a snow covered zoo cause it's so far north!)
[ ] Go to Osaka (OF COURSE ^^)
[ ] Ride the Shinkansen
[ ] Get lost in Tokyo (i'm sure it'll happen ~.~)
[ ] Camwhore in Tokyo subway
[ ] See Ice Festival in Sapporo
[ ] Find every K-town in proximity
[ ] Visit gay club in Shinjuku
[ ] Visit/climb Mt. Fuji
[ ] Find a vending machine that sells condoms by blood type
[ ] See Kabuki theater in Ginza
[ ] Go to Kyoto
[ ] Go to Okinawa
[ ] Go to Nara
[ ] Go to a hotspring
[ ] Visit a maid cafe
[ ] Meet a yakuza
[ ] Shop in Harajuku
[ ] Do something nerdy in Akihabara (any suggestions?)
[ ] Ride the ferris wheel in Yokohama
[ ] Visit a middle/high school
[ ] All night Karaoke!! (gotta do it~)
[ ] Purikura
[ ] Japanese concert
[ ] See a celebrity
[ ] Go inside a regular family house/apartment
[ ] Do cosplay
[ ] Drink a SAKEbomb (yeah, you know what i mean~)
[ ] Get a tattoo of a dragon that covers my entire back (i doubt the possibility of this, I'd have to be really trashed, but this would be awesome)
Here's all the stuff that needs to be done generally to get to Japan...+ Apply for and get accepted to TUJ. (although there's all semester for this, the sooner the better. Also, since there's more paperwork in the future, you don't have to squish it all into the last minute)
+ Send in FAFSA. (Well, since the deadline was March 1st, I'd be suicidal to not have it done by now)
_ Certificate of Eligibility
_ Scholarship applications (if applying for any of these, keep an eye out for deadlines)
- Temple Japan Scholarship (almost done, just have to write the essay ><) {max $5,000}
- Bridging Scholarship (also, just have to get the essay done) {max $4000}
- Freeman Asia Scholarship (I have to get the names of a financial aid advisor and an international studies advisor before i can proceed with this) {max $7000}
- Benjamin Gilman Scholarship (can't apply since I didn't receive a Pell Grant this year) {max $5000}
- NSEP Scholarship (not applying for it because I want to get it for Grad School, although I realized too late that you can qualify for both) {max $20,000}
_ Student Visa
_ Plane Ticket_ Pay Tuition (already paid the $200 deposit)_ Housing (can do in May)_ Pick Classes (can do in May)_ Risk and Release form (can do in May)_ Health Information and Emergency Contact Info form (can do in May)_ Get Textbooks (can do after picking classes)_ Life insurance (you have to get a Japanese one to go to TUJ)_ Find cheap cellphone_ Get supplies you can't get in Japan (such as a stock of perscription contacts, stronger medicine cause in Asia the doses are weaker, and deodorant because someone told me they don't sell under-arm deodorant in Japan because they don't sweat as much)_ Get cheapest local transportation deals_ Pack Luggage
