This blog is the record of the Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition media tour through South Korea and Japan. The nine winners of the award, college journalists from across the country, will be updating this blog from the trip with written reports and photographs as they travel through Seoul, Osaka, Kobe and Tokyo. Stay tuned for up-to-the-minute news and reporting.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Hudson Is My First Roommate

Have any of you been to Japan/S. Korea before? Just curious.

Here are some things I've heard about Japan:

1. In Tokyo, there are no street names. Also, the numbers on buildings don't go in order.
2. No tipping. It's offensive. (Also, that city is in China.)
3. If you don't know how much to pay for something, open your hand and the clerk will pick out the correct amount of change.
4. Everyone loves tourists.

2 comments:

Natalia said...

a. Hudson will be an awesome first roommate to have! (We work in the same newspaper office in Austin.)

b. I've never been to Asia before.

c. If what you say is true, we're in for a strange ride. : )

Natalia said...

a. Hudson will be an awesome first roommate to have! (We work in the same newspaper office in Austin.)

b. I've never been to Asia before.

c. If what you say is true, we're in for a strange ride. : )