Exploring Japan!

Hello everyone! It is the end of our sixth day in Japan and we have been BUSY. Between the lectures, pharmacy site visits, and sightseeing I have an impressive step count and fall asleep immediately each night.  I've enjoyed my time in Japan and want to thank the students and professors at KGU for being so welcoming.  It was great to have met my pen pal and connected with other students as I'm already sad to leave in a few days since I consider them great friends! My favorite city thus far is Nara as I thought the town and temple was beautiful, and the deer were lovely!  I loved how friendly they were and that they came up to us immediately.  I'm looking forward to visiting Kyoto and Hiroshima in the upcoming days as I have researched those cities online and found there are so many things to do there. I really enjoyed the pharmacy site visit to the hospital as I currently work in a hospital in the United States and wanted to compare the environments.  I found many similarities and differences, but the most surprising part so far is the nonexistence of pharmacy technicians.  This role is crucial to pharmacies in the states and it is hard for me to think of a pharmacy functioning without this role.  To make up for the position, there are many pharmacists on staff and from my observations I believe they split up the work well.  The next few days will be a little slower so I will have more time to share my experiences in Japan!