Things I'll Miss and . . . Some I Won't

Here is just a list of a few things that I will and will not miss about being in Japan so enjoy! (This may be updated periodically given the fact that I have the world's worst memory).

Miss

• IES e-pals/and other friends of course!!!
• HOA ALOHA GIRLS!!!!
• Book-Off (I can never buy a book wholesale again - even though I will have to here in the US)
• The fries at La Paz
• The Fettuccine chewy candies
• Our little rice field down the street from our dorm (watched it grow from dirt to tall stalks)
• Ease of public transportation
• Clean trains ALWAYS
• Train passes that can be used to get things from stores/vending machines
• LaLaPort Mall and Makuhari Messe Mall
• Aeons (awesome for all my random shopping needs)/Tokyu Hands (great crafty store)
• Value seat Night buses (double decker say wha!)
• All the konbinis!!!
• The Turkish food restuarant in Aeon in Kaihinmakuhari (I LOVED IT!)
• Miso ramen (my fave, must learn to make)
• Baskin Robbins special flavors in Japan (that 4 For U promo was freakin' sweet!)
• Daiso (Japanese dollar stores)
• Yellow couches in the SALC (I never felt more popular meeting so many people, lol)
• The little fork that came with the Dole fruit cans at the konbinis
• The awesomely large cans of flavored beer for very low prices

Not Miss

• Slow opening AUTOMATIC doors
• Being stared at because I am a gaijin
• Commuting to school
• Being so far from any real nightlife
• High prices for clothing EVERYWHERE
• Fish (I'm sorry but they fed it to us too much at the dorm)
• Humidity (mushiatui tenki ga daikirai)