Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

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Wow, when I think of this place it brings the very best and worst of memories. I spent a year here as a high school exchange student. I was 17 desperately missing my boyfriend in Australia, wanting an adventure but felt so very alone in a crowd of people who were very polite but never really accepted me for who I was. I learnt to speak Japanese fairly fluently. I went to school in those funny uniforms everyday. I learnt a lot about myself. Obihiro is very rural and very cold in winter. Minus 20 degrees in fact. The town is surrounded by snow capped mountains. I think thats enough about my time in Obihiro for now.

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