My boss told me to write a blog in English, so I just follow the order. 

As I wrote in the beginning of this blog, it's first time to be the Gakujo-supporter and write the blog. Before being the staff, I had experienced studying abroad in U.S. The first story I want to tell you is 'the studying abroad.'

First of all, I've been in Bowling Green State University(BGSU) in Ohio for 1 year, then I came back in Japan 2 months ago. I got so many experiences that I had never done like living in a dormitory with a roommate and, other neighbor residents, and learning foreign cultures. Not only American but also Asian friends like Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Saudi Arabian and Japanese helped me and hung out with me a lot so we spent great time and had a bunch of parties like for birthday, and after events. I played guitar, and we sang songs together, such as 'My heart will go on' which is famous as the theme song of 'Titanic', birthday song, some Japanese music, and so on.

I like to eat foods, by the way, especially とんこつらーめん(tonkotsu ramen). However, it's expensive in U.S. I was starving for it so much while studying abroad. I took a trip around New York during spring break, then found a Japanese ramen restaurant there. The name is 'ずんどう屋(zundou-ya).' The price for a bowl of ramen is "15 dollar", plus "5 dollar" as a tip  because you normally need to give waiter a tip in U.S. The taste was as good as Japanese one, but the price is two or three times different between America and Japan. 

 

Finally, I want you to see how BGSU looks like a little bit. A picture below is a part of it. The university is really huge. There are many buildings to take classes, a lot of dormitories, a variety of food places, a stadium for foot ball, outside basket courts, etc... on campus. Snow covering the ground is beautiful, isn't it? You can meet a bunch of squirrels(りすちゃん) and rabbits(うさちゃん) on campus. They are so cute! I miss BGSU and friends of mine! 

This building in this picture is Student Union (SU) which has a convenience store, a restaurant, a food court, 'Starbacks Coffee', and a BGSU goods shop inside. I used to get Americanized Chinese foods from 'Panda Express.'