{"id":139,"date":"2018-01-07T19:59:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T00:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/?p=139"},"modified":"2018-01-07T23:29:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T04:29:16","slug":"packing-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/kyoto-2018\/packing-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Packing Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to pack! Or well&#8230; time to make a list, at the very least. In fact, I&#8217;m still unpacking from winter vacation, so I need to start evicting things from my suitcase! Kagaya-sensei allowed us one large check-in suitcase, as well as a small carry-on suitcase and a backpack. Unfortunately, I had to leave my small carry-on at home, so I&#8217;ll only be bringing a large check-in and backpack. We&#8217;ll be leaving on 1\/10 and coming back 1\/22!<\/p>\n<p>I have a bit of experience, having traveled abroad before and gone to Japan a couple times, but I think the most important thing I learned was to leave a lot of empty space so you can bring home souvenirs. (In study abroad advice, a lot of students even recommend to leave at LEAST half of your large suitcase empty!)<\/p>\n<p>Ideally, I&#8217;ll upload some photos later, but if not, at least this will provide a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>My carry-on backpack:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laptop and charger<\/li>\n<li>Phone and charger<\/li>\n<li>Wallet<\/li>\n<li>Passport<\/li>\n<li>E-ticket, insurance, and address printouts<\/li>\n<li>2 external batteries<\/li>\n<li>Headphones and earbuds<\/li>\n<li>Nikon D3300 (still deciding on whether I should bring this, as it&#8217;s quite bulky and I&#8217;d prefer to use my phone for photos this trip since it&#8217;s much lighter and easier)<\/li>\n<li>Gum<\/li>\n<li>2 pairs of underwear and socks (just in case my check-in luggage is lost)<\/li>\n<li>Dramamine (I can get quite plane sick)<\/li>\n<li>Pencil case with writing utensils<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As to my check-in luggage, I&#8217;m going to be pretty specific, so forgive me. I&#8217;d like to put it here just in case anybody (in future years or other) wants to use it as a reference point. They do have laundry facilities at the hostel, and a bath towel and linens are included. Additionally, I do have a tendency to make more clothing than most, though I like to be prepared, this is probably more than anyone needs! For a general list, it pretty much goes: clothes, toiletries, medications, and classwork.<\/p>\n<p>My check-in luggage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12 pairs of underwear and socks (just in case I don&#8217;t get the chance to do laundry)<\/li>\n<li>2 pairs of pants<\/li>\n<li>1-2 long skirts<\/li>\n<li>2 pairs of leggings<\/li>\n<li>3 pairs of heat-tech shirts (they tend to absorb sweat so I don&#8217;t like to rewear these too often without washing them, but they don&#8217;t take up lots of luggage space and are incredible for layering)<\/li>\n<li>3 sweaters\/blouses (including one nicer piece for more formal occasions)<\/li>\n<li>Black ankle boots (which are fairly easy to take on and off!)<\/li>\n<li>2 tide pods wrapped in 2 dryer sheets (in case there is no detergent)<\/li>\n<li>Travel size shampoo, conditioner, body wash, face wash<\/li>\n<li>Toothbrush and toothpaste<\/li>\n<li>Contacts and solution<\/li>\n<li>Medication (certain medications are not allowed in Japan or require clearance or a doctor&#8217;s note so definitely check this; in my case, Claravis is clear)<\/li>\n<li>An umbrella<\/li>\n<li>Extra readings for the class<\/li>\n<li>Small notebook<\/li>\n<li>Folder with syllabus and other print-outs<\/li>\n<li>Pads and tampons<\/li>\n<li>A small backpack that I&#8217;ll be using as an everyday bag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I might update with more things I find relevant as I go! See you soon, Kyoto!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to pack! Or well&#8230; time to make a list, at the very least. In fact, I&#8217;m still unpacking from winter vacation, so I need to start evicting things from my suitcase! Kagaya-sensei allowed us one large check-in suitcase, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/kyoto-2018\/packing-lists\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1855,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kyoto-2018"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1855"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/18w-japn-025-kyoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}