After I had introduced myself on the first day, the staff explained the International Student Study Kyoto Network’s history and about the organization. They also taught me the basic manners of working in Japan, as well as how to exchange business cards, understandings in Japanese business, business Japanese, and so on. They taught me many things that I would not know if I had not participated in this internship.

One of my jobs during this internship was writing magazine articles for the Study Kyoto website. The purpose of these articles is to write about various things in Kyoto so that students who wish to study abroad can get to know Kyoto better. I wrote an article called, “Planned by senior international students! Web Open Campus for International Students,” about the open campus event at Doshisha University, where I attend school.

I often translate sentences in university reports, but the purpose and style of writing are completely different in reports and articles. Working here, I received a lot of advice on how to write interesting sentences for these articles, which was a valuable learning experience.

It is a rare opportunity to get advice from many people for something I wrote. I was also pleased that many people all over the world will be able to read my article, but I was a little nervous, too.