Getting settled

09 April 2012


I just started my second week in Matsumoto, and we finally have internet :D ever since I left Tokyo my internet has been kinda gone, but today we got everything settled and have an internet conncection at the apartment I live in with 2 others. So from now on I try to update regurlarly.

Umm where to start.... Well, I guess I can start on the Saturday before I left Tokyo. Me, Janneke and Jolene went to Ginza to buy Takarazuka related stuff, and after buying quite a few postcards and photo books we headed over to Shinjuku to buy the buss ticket to Matsumoto. We also met up with Manon, and after buying the ticket we went back to Ginza so that she could buy a photo book of Ouki Kaname. After that she had to get back to her host family for dinner, and we went back to the Takarazuka Theater (also located in Ginza) so that we could wait for the Demachi of Tsukigumi. A Demachi is when the actresses leave the theater after a show to go home. We waited for two hours in the cold wind, but it was so worth it. We got to see all the Tsukigumi actresses including Kiriya and Masao <3 I even filmed it XD

On Sunday we left Tokyo to go to Matsumoto where we'll be spending the remaining 5 months. The weather was perfect and the closer we got to Matsumoto, the more mountains (with snow!!) we could see. The temperature is a lot colder in Matsumoto than it is in Tokyo, but it is so pretty here ^_^

On Tuesday we had our first guidance and the placement test. We also met our tutors. Each exchange student has their own tutor, and my tutor is named Sugiyama Moe, family name first, (kanji: 杉山萌) and she is very nice. The result of the placement was announced on Friday, and I'm placed in the C class, which is the second highest class possible. I'm really happy with the result :D

On that same Friday I went to buy a keitai denwa, a mobile phone, together with Janneke, Manon, Jolene and 2 of the tutors. After searching far and wide we managed to get a prepaid one from Softbank, because prepaid is cheaper for half a year.

Saturday we chose which classes we want to take for the next semester together with the tutors, and I chose the same classes as Manon and Janneke.

The classes start from tomorrow on, and I'm excited to see how it goes ^_^

Until next time, またね！

~Marlies / マーリス