Our first Japanese language classes were today, starting with the core language class. It was mostly review and it was a little easy really, just reviewing positional words, introducing yourself and asking questions, and adjective tenses. We're making little posters to introduce ourselves to hang in the Logos lab where the KIT students who want to learn English go.

After that class, we had Japanese for Science and Technology, and we went over some basic computer terms, because the computers they gave us to use for classes are in Japanese. We set up a network printer and then practiced typing in Japanese, and then tested printing. One of the funny things about campus is that in the building where most of our classes are, there's an escalator:

Building 7 Escalator

It's funny because there's sensors that turn it on and off, and if you try to go in the wrong way, it beeps really loud at you to tell you you're an idiot.

After classes, we went to the Tonton Ramen restaurant that is popular because not only is it cheap and good food, but it has a vending machine that you buy your ticket for your food at, which is pretty convenient.

Food Selection

The school cafeteria also has these, it must make the people's jobs a lot easier not having to deal with the money or communication issues. I picked something on the top row of this machine, which is apparently the very spicy section, and it was pretty tasty.

I didn't do too much after that because I wanted to make sure I did the homework I needed to and that I studied a decent amount of Japanese.