While others are braving the hellish traffic to get to class on time, I’m taking a slight detour.
I’ll be in Japan until Jan. 16 on a week-long exchange called the Kakehashi Project.
This is my first time ever leaving the country, and the first time ever going to Japan. I’m extremely excited to represent Hawaii along with two others as we explore Japanese pop culture at the source.
Otaku Ohana 
Sweet, Lancen! Is Hokkaido (for food in general) or Kyoto (variety of good restaurants apparently: http://regex.info/blog/index.php?s=kyoto+restaurant) on your stops?
We’ll be in Kyoto for part of the trip! If we get free time from the Project, I’ll be checking out the town.