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皆さん、お久しぶりです！ ・・・と言っても誰も私のこと覚えていないよね:sweat: ずっと前に（一年ぶりかな？）このスレに書き込みしていたJewelrayです。改めて自己紹介させていただきます:3nod: 23歳のアメリカ人です。趣味はカラオケ、音楽、お酒、と昼寝です。:wink: 日本語の勉強を始め� ...
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Alot of people recommend Nara, but to be honest I was not particularly impressed with it (like everyone from new jersey, I have an intense hatred of deer.) If you are in Kyoto and want to do a side trip, I recommend Arashiyama and Uji. Arashiyama is especially good in the fall and spring, but it's beautiful there all the time. And there's a monkey park! In Uji, the main attraction is Byodoin (th ...
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That's pretty close to where I used to live in Kyoto :3nod: The address should read Kyoto-shi, Nakagyou-ku, Shimomyoukakuji-chou　(-shi is the city, -ku is the ward, and -chou is a smaller subdivision within the ward fyi) in kanji , if it helps:　京都市中京区下妙覚寺町
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ん is a game killer so I'll use the last 2 letters instead... 冠 かんむり crown
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The image I got when I was in Japan is that kids learn nothing in school and everything in juku (cram school for entrance exams) I had a conversation with some friends in Japan where the mother was commenting on how her daughter's middle school textbooks are much smaller than textbooks were when she was young and how they seem to keep getting thinner and thinner and increasingly frivolous. The ...
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I'm studying in Kyoto now :mrgreen: I don't know much about gaidai, but everything I've heard about it seems to be good. I'm sure you'll have a great time in Japan.
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