Who am I and Where am I Going?

For a first post I guess it makes sense I introduce myself.

For this here blog, Sora or Sora-kun (I'm aware that for my gender "-kun" is inaccurate. Long story.) will suffice. I'm originally from sunny Southern California but attend school in Indiana majoring in Japanese Studies and minoring in Sociology/Anthropology, which apparently puts me one peg above "weeaboo" and in the league of deniers who are "not in it for the anime, honest."

Earlier this year I applied to intern in Tokyo. After countless e-mails, approximately five Skype calls, two patient souls at the internship company, and one bungled "mouichido?" ("one more time, please?") interview later, I managed to land a job in Shinjuku, a very business-centric part of Tokyo.

However, I will be trading my big city monochrome business blazer for rural teacher flats after two months. I will be moving up north to Iwate prefecture to do a study abroad with my college.

I left Sendai there on purpose to show where Iwate is in relation to the main earthquake damage. That's an FAQ with the family, lemme tell you.

This blog will detail what goes on in Tokyo and Iwate, my job, my life, and how an American student fares in Japan. This is gonna be good. The odyssey starts June 11th. Technically June 12th when I land but eh. Who's counting?