My first stamp on my passport was to japan. i was so happy about it. it was a dream since i was 9 and it came true. i was invited to visit japan for 2 weeks only. the first few days were lectures at tokyo. then, we rode on a plane to yamaguchi were we visited the Mazda factory and interviewed local telecom workers at their homes. We also visited some of the parks and musuem there. We went to hiroshima to visit the memorial park and rode a bullet train back to Tokyo. i love it there. i wish i could go back again someday.