{"id":39,"date":"2003-08-02T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-02T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bryan.fredricks.net\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2003-08-02T14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2003-08-02T14:19:00","slug":"day-2-of-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bryan.fredricks.net\/blog\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 of Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was the second day of orientation, and all the participants from countries other than the United States were invited to their respective embassies for a reception and general advice. The United States embassy does not observe “embassy night”, and so we had no obligations. <\/p>\n

The orientation itself was very well done today, much better than yesterday. The most interesting session was the meeting with our prefecture – they gave us information about how we were getting to our homes the following day. They passed out a ton of information, which joined the other information we’ve been gathering for the past two days. I hope that sometime soon I’ll be able to sit down and do some information digestion. <\/p>\n

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We’re going to take the bullet train to Osaka, by way of Nagoya and Kyoto. From Osaka station, we’re to head by bus to a town called Yashiro, where we’ll meet a representative from our school. I had already heard from Andrew, my predecessor, that he would meet me sometime on Wednesday, so it sounds like it will be in Yashiro.<\/p>\n

After the orientation completed, I did a quick repack of all my stuff and dropped off my luggage to be shipped on to Hyogo. With my remaining clothing selection extremely limited, I went back to my room and watched a little Japanese baseball – the Hanshin Tigers lost to Yokohama. Tomorrow I’m getting up early to get some breakfast and then head to the Shinkansen station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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