This is our last day in Taiwan and everyone is feeling a bit of sadness that we have to leave. Before we head off to the airport we head over to the Chiang Kai-Shek memorial plaza so we can see the changing of the gaurds at teh C.K.S memorial Hall. We were also treated to a visit by WanChun from NTPU who wanted to come by and hang out with us one more time. The memorial plaza is quite a grand structure and the changing of the gaurds was fun to watch. After this was done we all headed back to the hostel to get our things and board the bus to the airport. Before we left Wan Chun gave each one of us a personalized note based on a conversation that she had with us at some point during our trip. I am constantly amazed at how friendly everyone was to us and I will never forget the fun we had hanging out with our new friends.
The trip to Japan was uneventful for the most part but there is definitely a difference in culture between Japan and Taiwan. It only took about five minutes in the airport in Japan to realize that, for better or worse, everything has a procedure in Japan. We took the 3 hour train ride to Hikone City and the Japan Center for Michigan Universities, our home for the next week. Once we arrived it was almost comical because Japanese taxis are not very big and we had a group of about 15 with complete luggage trying to make arrangements to travel. It was quite a spectacle to see passengers and bags juggled between cars to make everything fit. In the end our guide, Suchia-san, pulled everything off and we arrived at JCMU tired and ready to sleep.
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