Hello everybody who are reading my blog.  Today i would like to talk about regular street view of my town, how i activated my cell phone, and the calligraphy class.

 

During the day time, Japanese street view does not have much difference with America.  However, the major difference i felt was that everything shuts down really fast.  Most of stores and malls close around 7PM.  Also most of the restaurants close before 8PM, except for some late night Ramen store.  After sun set, it is hard to see people walking around except for some downtown area.  Which means after 9PM, the town basically turns to ghost town.  Most of the service in the university also close after sun set and hard to see anybody in school.  So on weekdays night, i usually hang out in community room on the first floor of my dorm with my friend.

 

Here are some picture of normal daytime of Japanese street.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is extremely hard to get a decent cell phone in abroad.  Think, in US, Verizon or AT&T requires 2 year contract to have nice smart phone.  And for foreign student, they have to pay about $500 security deposit.  So imagine, study abroading student who are in Japan only for 5 month, and wants to have the Apple iphone.  I really wanted to use my own iphone from America, and had really hard time to find the way to use it.  Because, major Japanese cellphone companies does not sell the sim card seperately.  I searched internet, asked the school and Japanese friends.  Then after 3 weeks i finally find the way to use my American iphone in Japan.  The B-Mobile is the only company that you could buy a sim card seperately.  But there are some negative, since the B-Mobile is a small minor cellphone company.  You have to have at least 6 month contract with some unrefundable deposit.  And compare to others, the 3G internet is really slow.  Eventhough, the contract is longer than my stay in japan, I thought it was worth it.

Here are some pictures of the B-Mobile payment plans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last thing i want to talk about today is the interesting calligraphy class.  Calligraphy is a drawing Chinese character with a Chinese brush.  I feel really lucky to get a chance to learn this traditional asian art craft. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The left below is my name on Japanese ‘Katakana’ character, which is Seunghyun Pyun.  The Chinese Chracter called ‘Kanji’ is the one that i wrote on the actual art class.  The first part mean Moon, and second part means light, so overall it means ‘bright moon.’  I will introduce more about the calligraphy on future, when I learn more and become good at the drawing.

 

Thank you for reading my blog, i will update next story of my life around next tuesday.

please come back, and show your interest.

 

thank you, best regard.

 

 

Location: Nanzan university, Nagoya, Japan