We’re working on practicing some regular greeting words and how to ask directions in Japanese as there’s only two days left before we leave! There are a lot of different ways to say what to us would be the same thing. We say Hi, Hey, and Hello to people throughout the day, but in Japan […]
Only three days until we head to a completely different country. While we’ve done our packing, planning, and preparing, part of the process has included researching the customs and cultural taboos in Japan. It’s been more than 6 months of researching for us, and we’ve learned that Japan has far more customs than just taking […]
Four days remain before we’ll get onto a plane and head for the Haneda Airport in Tokyo. It’ll be an 11 hour flight to our destination from Los Angeles, and while Caitlyn is lucky enough to live there, Mrs. Muncy will have to fly over from Indiana first, making it a very long day of […]
With only 5 days remaining before we fly to Japan, we’re busy figuring out how to pack 6 weeks worth of clothing into a suitcase and carry-on! It’s going to be very hot while we’re in Japan, so we want to make sure we pack light clothing! Since we’ll be traveling all over Japan however, we’re […]
Caitlyn here! Last week I spent some time in Indiana with Mrs. Muncy (who goes by mom to me) to get some final details done for booking travel and working on the puppets. It was a lot more work than we could’ve imagined to make puppets from scratch, which is the case for any new […]
Mrs. Muncy has secured yet another teaching grant, and this time it’s to go and study Japanese folk music in Japan! She and her daughter Caitlyn Muncy will be heading to Japan on June 7th, and will be staying there for six weeks until July 13th. It’s definitely an exciting time, and we want […]