I decided to start this blog a week into my internship so let me back up a bit to recap what has been going on so far. So much has occurred in the first week that I need to start recording it so I can keep track of my time here.
It took three planes, two books, and about a day and a half of traveling to arrive to my destination: Sasebo, Japan. The flight over was actually the easiest international flight I have ever experienced. There were hardly any people on the plane so almost everybody had a whole row of seats to themselves. This made it possible for me to sleep a little since I could lay down completely flat.
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"FUK" is for Fukuoka.
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When I went through immigration at the airport, they almost wouldn't let me in. They didn't understand that I was a civilian working for the military and kept insisting that I show them a military ID which I don't have. On top of that, the worker hardly spoke any English so I don't think he understood the concept of an "intern". So they brought me over to a special room and the workers talked about me for a while before issuing me a temporary visa. Luckily I was not pressed for time since my layover in Tokyo was a little longer than 2 hours.
My fellow intern Kelsie and I were put up in a hotel in town where we were able to explore some. We found out we couldn't read a map properly and got a little lost but saw some really neat things along the way.
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| Some Koi we found in the river that runs through town. |
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| The streets are pretty clean overall. Cleaner than most cities I've seen in America. |
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| The seaside park |
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| Japan Coast Guard |
Great blog, keep that memory of a half empty plane, you'll need it in the future!
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