2018年5月11日金曜日 - 
Anna Moric - Travel
Although I
don't talk about it very much, when I first came to Japan, I decided to make a
“mission” for myself to make my experience here even more fun. It will
probably take a very long time to complete, but I decided that I want to visit
all forty-eight prefectures at least once. I've now lived in Japan almost five
years, and so far I've been to ten different prefectures. Hopefully, by the end
of the year, that number will increase to twelve.
When I was
living in America, I rarely traveled anywhere within my own country,
since my family mostly only traveled to places where our other family members
were living, or places that they knew well. Since my hometown is in the
countryside, the only way to travel was by car, and to travel somewhere far
away could take over one day to drive. Now that I live in Japan, transportation is much more
convenient, and even without a car it's very easy to go wherever you want compared
to
where I lived before. That's one of the points I like best about living here.
When I travel
in Japan, I usually take the bus if I have time. It's usually the cheapest option, and
traveling by bus feels much more fun to me since it's like an adventure. I
don't like flying very much, and I've never taken the bullet train before, so
I'm glad there are so many places I can go by bus in Japan, even
if
they're far away from Osaka. Riding the bus really lets you feel the distance
you're traveling, since it's much slower than a plane or the
bullet train, so you can understand and see the places you go much better. I
really like driving through Shizuoka because the mountains and ocean are so
beautiful.
After this
year, the part of Japan I want to go to the most is Shikoku! I've never been
there before, and all the pictures I see look so nice and calm. If I have a
chance, I want to be able to experience the Japanese countryside for a while.
Mission：使命
Increase：増加する
Rarely：めったに～しない
Transportation：交通機関
Compared to：～に比べ
option：選択肢
even if：たとえ～だとしても
the bullet train：新幹線