My experiences in Japan have been life changing and I will continue to cherish them forever. Spending time with my host family is an amazing opportunity to learn and I have been having so much fun. My host family has become like a real family to me and I feel as if I can rely on them the same way I do with my real family. I am learning so much more about Japanese culture and language then I ever could have just traveling around.Even Just staying in on a rainy Sunday, doing laundry and watching Japanese variety shows provides an amazing learning environment for me. Everyday I look forward to talking with my host family. Yesterday, I told my host family that I wrote a project on Sado, or Japanese tea ceremony, and she told me she used to study Sado. She brought out all the tools for Sado and taught me how it works in real life! I feel so fortunate to be fulfilling my dream of traveling to Japan. I want to continue to study Japanese as much as I can and return to live here in the future!