The DePaul University KAKEHASHI TOMODACHI Inouye Scholars Reflections

8/11/2019 The DePaul University KAKEHASHI TOMODACHI Inouye Scholars Reflections

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THIS PROGRAMS SUCCESS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE

PRESENCE OF TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WENT ABOVE AND

BEYOND TO CREATE AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR

THE SCHOLARS. EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS AND

INCREDIBLE EDUCATORS, HERE ARE OUR DEPAUL

PROFESSORS.


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THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST PHOTOS THAT I TOOK IN

TOKYO, AND YOU CAN SEE A FEW KTI SCHOLARS

WALKING AHEAD OF ME. WHAT AT FIRST SEEMED SO

STRANGE AND DIFFERENT TO US SLOWLY BECAME MORE

FAMILIAR. IT WAS THAT PROCESS OF VENTURING OUT

AND EXPLORING THAT ALLOWED US TO SLOWLY ADAPT

TO JAPANS CULTURE.


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THE EXPERIENCE I HAD ON THIS TRAIN WAS RELAXING

AND BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS SIGNIFICANT TO OUR TRIP

BECAUSE IT SHOWED US THAT JAPAN CONTAINS

WONDERFUL NATURAL ELEMENTS IN ADDITION TO ITS

HIGH SCALE URBAN CITIES.


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TAKING IN THE SCENERY AT THE KINKAKU-JI TEMPLE IN

KYOTO, JAPAN WITH MY FELLOW TOMODACHI SCHOLAR

ANDERS CONROY, AND OUR NEW FRIEND EMA, A

STUDENT AT RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY.


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THIS PHOTO, TAKEN AT KYO-YUZEN STUDIO STOOD OUT

TO ME AS SOMETHING UNLIKE ANYTHING IN THE UNITED

STATES. THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND DETAIL THAT GOES

INTO EACH ONE OF THESE IS NOTHING LIKE ANYTHING

MADE IN THE U.S. IT IS TRULY A TRADITION PASSED

DOWN FROM THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.


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THIS TOWER, IN SUCH AN ANCIENT CITY, INITIALLY

SEEMED ODD AND OUT OF PLACE; HOWEVER, AFTER

WALKING AROUND KYOTO AND GETTING A FEEL FOR THE

CITY, IT HAS COME TO REPRESENT THE ANCIENT VS

MODERN BATTLE THAT THE CITY IS FIGHTING (A BATTLE

THAT MOST OF JAPAN IS DEALING WITH AS WELL).


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I COULD NOT FIND A REASON TO NOT LOVE JAPAN. THE

BREATH-TAKING WELL PROTECTED NATURAL

LANDSCAPES, THE DELICATE FINE FOOD, THEPROTECTION AND PURSUIT OF TRADITION, AND THE

VALUE OF THE SENSE OF SEASONS; ALMOST ALL THE

ELEMENTS THAT MADE UP JAPAN MADE ME

OBSESSED WITH IT.


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MEIJI SHRINE IN TOKYO EXISTS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF

A CITY. AN ASPECT OF HOW JAPAN KEEPS HISTORICAL AND

MODERN LOCATIONS RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, EXCEPT

MEIJI SHRINE FEELS LIKE ONE IS NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE CITY. WITH ALL THE TREES SURROUNDING THE AREA,

THE CITY IS NOT VIEWABLE.


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THIS WAS TAKEN AT THE FUTURE MUSEUM IN TOKYO,

WHERE WE SAW FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF JAPAN-

MADE ROBOTS. THIS EXHIBIT OF A SUSPENDED GLOBE

WAS MY FAVORITE. THE IMAGE OF THE EARTH WAS

CONSTANTLY ROTATING AND CHANGING.


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THIS IS A MINI STATUE OF LIBERTY BY THE BEACH. IT

HELPED REMIND US OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF U.S.

AND JAPAN RELATIONS AND HOW WE AS AMERICANS

CAN HAVE SUCH AN INFLUENCE ON OTHER CULTURES.


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KYOTO TOWER WAS OFTEN USED AS A POINT OF

ORIENTATION IN AN UNKNOWN PLACE.


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LOOKING OVER TOKYO AT NIGHT. THIS REALLY PUT IT

INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR ME HOW SMALL WE ARE IN THE

WORLD AND HOW BIG TOKYO IS COMPARED TO ANY CITY

IN THE U.S. IT IS TRULY ONE OF THE GREATEST CULTURAL

REGIONS THE WORLD.


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SEPARATE PEOPLE

STARING AT ONE WORLD TOGETHER.


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NOT ONLY IS THE CITY OF KYOTO AN URBAN POCKET

SURROUNDED BY NATURAL SCENIC WALLS, BUT THE

VIEW FROM ABOVE HAD ME NEARLY FORGET ABOUT THE

SAFETY HEIGHT LIMITATIONS OF THE STRUCTURES I

GAZED UPON. THINGS ARENT ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM,

AND CITIES WITHOUT THE SKYSCRAPERS OF NEW YORK

OR CHICAGO CAN EVOKE JUST AS BIG OF AN AWE.


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THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE TRADITIONAL TEA CEREMONY

BEING CONDUCTED. IT IS A VENERATED AND RESPECTED

ART FORM IN JAPANESE CULTURE THAT IS DERIVED

FROM GENERATIONS UPON GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE

PASSING THIS TRADITIONAL CEREMONY DOWN TO THEIR

OFFSPRING. ONCE AGAIN A POWERFUL HISTORICAL

NARRATIVE IS AT WORK SHAPING MODERN JAPANESE

CULTURE.


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I FEEL A SENSE OF WABI-SABI. THE SENSE OF SOLITUDE

AND CALM BEAUTY IS AN AESTHETIC I WAS NOT

EXPOSED TO MUCH IN AMERICA. BY BEING IMMERSED IN

A WABI SABI ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY IN KYOTO, I

DISCOVERED A NEW SENSE OF CONSCIOUSNESS THAT I

WISH TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY FRIENDS IN CHICAGO.


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THANKS TO THE JAPAN FOUNDATION FOR SHOWING US

SUCH A GREAT WEBSITE! STARTED MY CRASH COURSE IN

JAPANESE THE FIRST DAY BACK!


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THIS IS A PHOTO TAKEN OF A COUPLE IN KIMONOS IN

TENRYU-JI TEMPLE IN KYOTO. IT WAS FASCINATING TO

SEE HOW THE CITY OF KYOTO HAS STRONGLY HELD ON

TO ITS TRADITIONS, WHILE ALSO TRYING TO KEEP UP

WITH MODERN TIMES. I ALSO CHOSE THIS PHOTO

BECAUSE KYOTO WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES THAT

I HOPE TO VISIT AGAIN SOON


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THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN DURING OUR DAY AT

RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY. MEETING SO MANY

INCREDIBLE STUDENTS WAS THE HIGHLIGHT

OF MY STAY IN JAPAN.


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SMELL OF DAMP ATMOSPHERE, SPLASH OF MOIST

WIND, FUNGUS OF ROTTING TREE AND SHRUBS,

CURIOUS SOUNDS WITH TOURISTS AND NATIVES

SNAPPING AWAY THE PICTURE OF THE SERENE BAMBOOGROVES, INTERRUPTING WITH EVEN MORE CAMERA

FLASHES. THIS PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT - WAS QUITE

ALLURING.


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THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN AT THE TOP OF THE

KYOTO TOWER, FROM WHICH YOU CAN SEE THE

CONTEMPORARY BUILDINGS OF KYOTO AS WELL AS ITS

MANY TEMPLES AND SHRINES. THIS OBSERVATION OF

THE CITY HIGHLIGHTS THE STRONG CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.


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THIS IS A SMALL PIECE OF CLOTH I DYED IN THE KYOTO

YUZEN STYLE. THROUGH THIS SMALL EXAMPLE, I CAME

TO APPRECIATE HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO MAKING A

KIMONO AND WHY THEY ARE SO HIGHLY TREASURED.


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