Trip to Japan Before Enlistment

In July 2023, just a week before I was set to enlist, I took a solo trip to Japan.

I flew from Seoul to Incheon,
and with a JR Pass in hand, rode the Shinkansen through Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka.
From Fukuoka, I boarded a ferry bound for Busan,
and on my last day, I stopped by at a post office there to send all my luggage home.
After that, I caught a bus to Jinhae, home of the Navy Recruit Training Center,
stepped off at the main gate, and walked straight inside.
😄🍡🍥🗾

In Osaka, I caught COVID-19 and almost didn’t make it—
yet somehow, that week still turned out to be the most fun of my life.
Even visiting a Japanese hospital became a unique memory in its own way.