Introduction

It scares me that the trip is almost here. It seemed like just yesterday the idea of Japan was on low heat on the backburner of my mind. And now The trip is a little over a week away. Yikes. But I couldn't be any bit happier. I'm thrilled to have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do something like this.

The name of my blog was inspired by a book I bought called Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa by Karin Muller. It's a great read and has gotten me more than pumped for my trip. Wa as I learned from reading her book, is Japanese for Harmony. How poetic? Yes I know. I realized though that harmony was something that I was looking for as well in my travels. I am praying that I have some magical epiphany or enlightenment that most people expect to have on such trips. Just as in Italy or France your "supposed to" fall in love, Japan is where you are supposed to find wa.

I plan on attacking Japan with a carpe diem attitude and really hope for the best. I just hope that I don't make a fool out of myself while doing so (but we all know that I will). I plan on blogging all about my trip so that you will all know what kind of fun/trouble I'm getting into.

So until next time...