The essential reason was that I wanted to get out of the environment where I grew up and experience a wider society.
I have traveled to Japan several times when I was a student, and I was interested in the linguistic relationship between Korean and Japanese.
When I was a high school student, my friend prepared to study in Japan, and she is currently living in Japan, so I could decide without thinking for a long time because the story of studying in Japan didn't feel far away.
Also, from the perspective of my major now, I decided to study abroad in consideration of the current international trend that focuses on global exchanges between Korea and Japan.

While living in Japan as an exchange student, I would like to learn something useful for local friends by not relying solely on my Korean friends, even if I have difficulties due to poor conversational skills at first.

As a student of International Commercial Economics at Hyogo Prefectural University from October, I want to compare the major knowledge I learned at Korean universities with the contents of lectures I take in Japan, and learn all the different values of both countries and economic problems of each country.

when I compare the beginning and end of studying abroad, there are so many things that you have gained from living there directly that there is a clear difference.
I think you can learn not only natural conversation, but also polite behavior and tone between culture and people, not only by meeting people in person.
Unlike when I first came here without much concern, I felt quite lonely because I didn't have any friends with my family for a long time, but thanks to my Japanese friends, teachers and school officials who approached me casually, I was able to endure it.I think I was able to improve my conversation skills by meeting with local friends several times.I was most worried about the financial burden, but I was able to finish my flexible study abroad life by being awarded a HUMAP scholarship with a good opportunity.When I was talking with my friends about a subject that I was interested in in a foreign language instead of my native language, or studying my major, I felt relieved that my efforts so far had not been wasted, and the fact that even if the language and nationality were even different, I could convey my intentions.
The relationships and abstract memories I gained during my study abroad period will be an engine for me to breathe energy into my future life, and based on my experience here, I was able to broaden my perspective on the world.

At the time when I spent a year studying abroad, I thought it was very long, but now that I'm about to return home, I feel like it's gone by so quickly. When I deleted the name of studying abroad for a while, it was really meaningful when I thought it was only a year for one person to live, and I am grateful that I could enjoy a small and special experience that everyone could not easily enjoy. A year is certainly a short time to achieve the dramatic linguistic growth I expected before studying abroad. However, it was enough to share new relationships and hearts, and it was a good time to learn about cultural differences.
While studying abroad, I realized the joy of communicating with various people, so I am still thinking about getting a job in the global department, although it is still abstract. However, I also have a desire to study Japanese deeply once again, and I have heard a lot about employment in Japan from school teachers and people involved, so I will decide on a more specific career path while worrying about the remaining two years of my university life in my home country.
I think memories with various people built in a new environment over the past year, cultural experiences, differences in language expressions, and occasional anxiety about the future will eventually become indicators of life.