Today was my first day of classes! I only had one class today, which was American Politics and Society. You're probably thinking, "You're and American! You should know this stuff already!" On the contrary, this class is very different. Yes, we are covering much material that was taught in K-12, but this class takes on a different viewpoint that many Americans aren't taught; how did America evolve through the eyes of the minorities? More specifically via the Japanese Americans (because I am in Japan). So this is something I've never learned before and I am eagerly waiting to see what this class is like further in to the semester.
I'll update more about my classes as I'm taking them throughout the week and I'll update in general about how my classes are going. :)
Other than that, I got my denshi jisho yesterday from Yodobashi in Umeda. A denshi jisho is an electronic dictionary that come in many different languages. Of course I bought a Japanese to English and vise versa one. However, there isn't an English language setting, so it's all in Japanese! That's ok, because I've figured out the main functions already. And what makes this denshi jisho awesome is the fact that I can write out kanji and it'll tell me what kanji it is. This will be very helpful when I need to decipher kanji I don't know.
My denshi jisho!!
I also took some pictures of Kobe College. Check them out!! :D
Picture from my dorm room balcony.
Water feature from the Shakespeare Garden. It's the symbol of the school.
The Emily Brown building.
The court yard between the Science and Literature buildings.
The Science building.
Part of Nishinomiya from Kobe College. KC is on top of Okadayama, and tiny mountain.
This is a jinja or a shrine. Kobe College is a Christian school, so it's quite odd that there is a shrine.
Court yard in between the Science and Literature buildings.
Close up of the fountain.
I'll post later. Sayonara for now!
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