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Hurray, it’s Brett’s Blog! Yaaaaay! Umm, yeah, I have been procrastinating writing this, which is why it’s 3 weeks overdue. The objective of my blog: to chronicle my many misadventures on my exciting expedition to Japan.

For those of you who are unawares, I am travelling to Japan on a 10 month internship at J. Morita Corp. Many of you may think I am insane for taking on such an interesting and challenging… challenge… but I am here to tell you, you’re probably right. But… this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and overall it’s very much worth it.

My company is located in Kyoto, Japan. It’s about 2h by bullet train from Tokyo. Kyoto was spared from bombing during World War II, so there are a lot of historical and cultural buildings, temples, gardens, etc, so I feel very fortunate that I get the opportunity to live there. I feel a little less fortunate that my accommodation is a company dormitory… which means a room that’s about 120 square feet, communal kitchen and bathrooms… and apparently I have a curfew as well.

Though I haven’t been given very specific information about the job I will be doing, I know that it involves designing circuits for intra oral cameras (J. Morita manufactures medical and dental equipment.)

I will try to update my blog as much as I can. I don’t know how my Internet is going to work over there yet. I know it takes a month to get my own set up, but apparently it’s possible to use other (people’s) connections, and I’m sure there’ll be other places I can access the net.

I leave for Japan on May 28th, and arrive on my birthday, May 29th. For those of you I’m leaving behind in Calgary, so long suckers!!! And to my fellow Co-op Japan students, I look forward to seeing you all again in Japan!