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When I first arrived in Japan I taught lessons about traveling since it is my passion in life. I told my students about all the incredible places I had been and intended to go, including places like living on a boat for a week in the countryside of England, eating the best baguettes in the world in the south of France, hiking the Swiss Alps, scuba diving in Mexico, drinking Czech beer in Prague, riding a camel in Tunisia, and wandering the canals and red light district of Amsterdam (now I am just bragging!). As the year went on I boasted about hiking Fuji-san, riding a bicycle to Shikoku, and my desire to harvest rice. All these amazing things did nothing for my students. I soon realized that a) leaving Japan was not high on their priority lists and b) the temples of Kyoto were about as exciting to them as riding a cable car in San Francisco was to me.
The Happiest Place On Earth
Casey Lary2007-04-27 21:49:04
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When I first arrived in Japan I taught lessons about traveling since it is my passion in life. I told my students about all the incredible places I had been and intended to go, including places like living on a boat for a week in the countryside of England, eating the best baguettes in the world in the south of France, hiking the Swiss Alps, scuba diving in Mexico, drinking Czech beer in Prague, riding a camel in Tunisia, and wandering the canals and red light district of Amsterdam (now I am just bragging!). As the year went on I boasted about hiking Fuji-san, riding a bicycle to Shikoku, and my desire to harvest rice. All these amazing things did nothing for my students. I soon realized that a) leaving Japan was not high on their priority lists and b) the temples of Kyoto were about as exciting to them as riding a cable car in San Francisco was to me.
It didn't take long to figure that the only worthwhile place to visit in Japan for Japanese, no matter what age, that EVERY Japanese person knows, loves, and wants to go to at least once in their lifetime is TOKYO DISNEYLAND. Because of the enormous popularity of Tokyo Disneyland and the Japanese obsessions with the characters, it is one of the most visited places in the world. Since I had been to Disneyland in California, Florida, and Paris, at first Tokyo Disneyland was not on my Japanese Destinations List. In addition, I am 24! Aren't I a little old to be going to Disneyland unless I had a younger companion in attendance? I guess I am turning more Japanese than I thought. And well, been to the rest, mind as well go to this one as well. When Nikki, Larissa and I decided to go to the JET Leavers' conference in Yokohama at the end of February, we planned to go to Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea. I told my teachers and students that I was going to Disneyland and they were so interested! " They would reply "sugooooiiiii!" I finally found out what I needed to talk about for them to listen.
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