Through my many adventures this past year, I had the opportunity to visit 15 prefectures of Japan. (Prefectures are kind of like states, but are smaller and there is a total of 47.)
In the image below, I lived in Aichi Prefecture (red) and visited the others in yellow.
I like to say that I spent 12 months in Japan, but I was actually doing a lot of international travel, too.
The total is 8 weeks spent outside of Japan:
After combining my 31 airplane trips, I spent over 180 hours in the air.
(That's 7.5 days stuck in an airplane!!)
1 week in China
1 week in Europe
1 week in India
1 week in Singapore
3 weeks in America
Miscellaneous Statistics:
Took over 6,000 pictures with my camera!
(But only 2,000 of these photos showed up on the blog...)
(But only 2,000 of these photos showed up on the blog...)
Purchased 6 umbrellas for immediate use in the rain
Drove 0 cars in Japan (despite my International Driving Permit)
Received 4 sensu (folding fans) as a birthday gift
Wore my yukata (summer kimono) to 3 events
Attended 19 Nihongo (Japanese language) sessions and 2 online learning courses
Watched 4 baseball games in 3 out of 12 stadiums in Japan
Experienced 1 sumo tournament
Had 4 haircuts at 2 different Japanese salons
Work Statistics:
Assigned to 3 desks in 2 different departments
Worked with 2 trainers and 2 bosses
Received Japanese help from 3 training program assistants
Saw 13 people join or leave my department
(We started with 7 people in my department, and ended with 12 people)
Had 2 medical check-ups at work
Worked 545 hours of unpaid overtime, including business travel on weekends
(That's like 68 extra working days!)
After seeing this list, it's no wonder I am tired!!
I have a week off of work between Mitsui and Transfreight, and I may spend the majority of my time sleeping!
