End of a fantastic Trip

It is exactly a week from the time that we came back from Japan. I had a fantastic 11 days there. First, I want to thank all of our hosts there, Kobe University, faculty, and students for making all of those amazing moments for us during our trip. Also, thanks to Osaka university for hosting us and again organizing all those wonderful experiences and moments. I also want to thank University of Arizona College of Pharmacy for making this trip happen, Dr. Katz, Dr. Tomami, Akiko, and IPSF Organization for all they did. They had been organizing this trip for almost 9 months and everything about this trip from the first moment in the plane to Japan until the time we came back to the states was so organized and flawless.

I learned a lot of great things and important life lessons during our Japan trip from everyone; from the Japanese people, their manners, their behaviors, their efficiency, their hospitality, their politeness, intelligence and their technology, and also how clean they are and each individual cares so much to have a better society for not only themselves but also for all the country. I learned so many valuable things from our visits to different pharmacy settings in Japan, about their pharmacy practice and their health system in general. And, I'm not surprised why they are considered the 1st country having the longest life expectancy, and no wonder that they are one of the first top 5 countries in the whole world regarding their best health system.

I also learned a lot from the patience and hospitality of our hosts there. Spending 11 days with my classmates was also so precious for me. I had the chance to be with each one of them and know them more. My Japan trip was one of the memories that I will never ever forget in my life and I will always talk about all those good memories that I experience there to my families and my friends.

I enjoyed every second of that trip and I cannot express my thanks enough to Dr. Katz and others that made this trip happen.  I will for sure go back to Japan at least one more time in my life.

Until then... bye Japan, the country of respect and cleanness!

With love,


Atefeh