Samuel Comfort Wanjala from Kenya -2013 admission

I can barely start describing the events of the past twelve months. However I can vividly recall the last 2 months of my winter break from school. Since I came to Japan, I have enjoyed everything it has to offer from the cuisine, to the culture and the people themselves.

My winter vacation was for two months and during that time I traveled to places all over Japan with my classmates. Having classmates of over six nationalities really gives you a lot to talk about, and during those trips we did exactly that, albeit having loads of fun of course!
On the last month of the winter break, I was invited to the Kyoto Prefectural Office as one of the representatives of international students to oversee a ticket presentation ceremony for a sumo tournament in Kyoto and was lucky enough to have been awarded a ticket. I had never attended a sumo match before, only merely seen it on the sports news so I was delighted by the opportunity I attended the ceremony with a few of my classmates and was at the venue from 8:00am till 3:00pm. I later found out that the ceremony included many other activities like children’s sumo and warming up of the participants on the stage. The wrestlers were very huge and robust yet respectful at the same time. Although in the end the player I was rooting for never won, I was glad I attended the event and got to keep the cushion I sat on as a souvenir.
In conclusion, every semester outdoes the one before, so I can’t wait to see what this semester holds in store. I guarantee this course as a great opportunity for any student who wants to study in Japan whilst still in an international environment because of the wide variety of students.

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