Welcome to the  1st Episode of the  Travel  Japan with Wes Mathur Podcast, Here I will cover preparing for my first  trip to Japan in detail. This should be helpful for anyone hoping to travel to Japan as a tourist, student, or employee, but has the student path covered in full.  I went as an  exchange student so I will go from the conception of my plan to study abroad, through my application process and program orientation, Packing, all the way to taking off on a plain to Osaka.  In this podcast I will cover all elements of traveling japan, studying Japanese language and culture, and living and working in Japan based on my  experiences doing all of those things over the corse of 4 plus years.  Thanks for listening.