Ok, so now I'm in Japan and I have internet in my room! Let me start off by saying...wow, Japan is..something else. The first day here it felt like a dream and I was surprised when I woke up in my new dorm room. Anyways, let me recap what I have done since I left America!
First, the flights here were alright, I left from Dallas in the morning and had a 13 hour flight to Tokyo. The flight was interesting because the sun never actually set on us, so halfway through the flight everyone put their shades down and the crew turned off all the lights. I also got to watch Star Trek on the flight, which was pretty sweet. Anyways, so I landed in Narita and I met up with some people from Tsukuba who were waiting for us there. They herded us around and then there was an hour bus ride through the countryside of Japan, which was pretty intense. All through the countryside there were huge fields and then about a hundred square yards where you would see as many houses as possible crammed into the space, which I thought was a little strange. It was a little dirtier than I expected, there is actually no litter anywhere but a lot of stuff was just old and rusted. After I got to Tsukuba they herded us around a little more and then I got to meet my tutor whom is my guide to Japan for the next little while. He is nice and his name is Nakata. He also has a friend named Yamashita who wants to learn English so comes with us everywhere. Luckily Yamashita has a car so it has been very easy to get all the stuff I need to get done finished quickly. My first night we went to the mall where I went into an electronic shop, which is just as bright and pink as you would expect one in Japan to be. Then we went and got sushi at this place where they you sat down at a table around a track and they put the sushi on a track and you picked up whatever you wanted. Then we went to an arcade (super sweet) and played Tekken. It was the most Asian I have ever felt. The next day we got my alien registration stuff and a bank account, and the best part so far, my phone. GOOD GOD MY PHONE. It has an 8 megapixel camera!!!! It is the nicest thing I have ever seen, and my tutor told me that it is even nice for a Japanese phone. Sweet. I have learned a lot of Japanese in the last couple of days and tomorrow I am going to Tokyo! Anyways when I take more pictures with my camera (8mg!!!!) I will post them, so probably tomorrow or Sunday!

Okay, so I'm leaving for Tokyo this Tuesday at 6:40 a.m. I'm pretty excited at this point, but also really nervous because I'm not very good at Japanese :(. Anyways, there will be more blogs to come, my next one will be after I get internet in my dorm at Tsukuba!