I have arrived! That was a killer flight, 12 hours of closely confined spaces, food that does nothing to satisfy the pallet and everything bumpy on the ride here was a promotion to my gag reflexes. If the flight to Japan left much to be desired, actually being in Japan, walking around Tokyo by myself was invigorating.
After we received our welcome bags with stacks of information, carted upstairs with the luggage we weren’t sending on and exchanged money it was well past 8 PM and though exhausted, I was impatient to buy my first meal in Japan. Jasmine tea, a tiny choco, 1 curry and 1 kimchee onigiri, the excursion was influenced by Laurel my Tokyo tourist expert. On the way to finding the 7-11, I was helped by Shu, my first conversation with someone from Japan in Japan! Whew.. thankfully, he spoke really good English and could direct me to a closer 7-11 than was on my map and he even gave me the name to a restaurant in my prefecture of his friend who entertains the ambassadors from Australia and America!
Unfortunately, I have begun to express excitement with, "How cool is that?" and I think he caught on to this expression after only 5 minutes of a conversation. Dun dun dun! I think I have begun to influence this country, already.
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