Kamimaezu and Osu are awesome. I love them so much. ^____^ Another fun place that people forget about is Hoshigaoka Terrace. It was nice to stroll around there on sunny days.

Glad to hear the typhoon didn't hurt you! I wasn't sure with that small stream being very close to the apartments.

Wow, you're starting in September? May I ask what program you're on? I was on ISEP and we started in April, so that's why I ask. I found the classes to be really simple because nobody at Chukyo expected me to know any Japanese. (A common theme for all Japanese people, really.) So if you just acted like you were paying attention, you got a good grade. Maybe it's changed since then, but I was the geek who put furigana in my history book and translated some of the text, and when the teacher saw that I was making an effort and trying to take notes, she cut me a lot of slack. ^_~