![]() ![]() They laughed and told me that if I wanted to see for myself, I should work on a farm. ![]() I spent time with the old men of my neighborhood in the onsen, or hot spring, questioning them about the Japan of their youth. Instead, I took Japanese language, judo, and karate classes and explored the confusing sprawl of the largest city in the world. I arrived just as the swine flu panic gripped the world, so I was not allowed to attend high school with my host brother, Yamato. In the summer of my freshman year, I received the Kikkoman National Scholarship, which allowed me to travel to Japan to stay with a host family in Tokyo for ten weeks. Seeing the images of destruction wrought by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, I felt as if something within myself was also being shaken, for I had just spent two of the happiest summers of my life there. An immense wall of water was destroying everything in its wake, picking up fishing boats to smash them against buildings. Minutes before there had not even been a river. ![]() I had never seen houses floating down a river. Learn more at and schedule an introductory call with an AcceptU advisor today. More than 90% of our past students are admitted to at least one of their top three choices and AcceptU clients achieve 4x higher rates of admission to highly selective colleges. With a team composed entirely of former college admissions officers, AcceptU advises families on all aspects of the college planning process, from early profile-building to strategy and essay editing. AcceptU is the #1 rated college admissions consulting group. ![]()
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