My story starts in 2004. I was finishing up classes related to my major in Computer Science, but I still needed a semesters worth of general credit before I could graduate. I initially attended a 2-year university to save money, so once I transferred to the 4-year university I only focused on my major classes as I had no minor requirements to fill. I missed out on the standard college life by the path I had chosen, so I wanted to do something special to end my time in college. Starting from the first year of college, I had attended a Japanese animation club, which had seriously cultivated my interest in Japanese culture as a whole. Once I put the desire to visit Japan with my current lack of credit, I decided to check with my study abroad office to see what they offered. I kept a log of the whole study abroad process from start to finish, so you can enjoy the process as it happened.