Stellar Melon

An account of Michael's thoughts in Japan.

Monday, July 30, 2007

Tokyo travels

I came back to Tokyo today and am currently in the room that i'll be staying in for the next month and a half or so. Apparently there is a 5 hour placement test that starts tomorrow at ten so i probably won't do too much tonight.
I guess there was a big storm in Osaka today that made the shinkansen late, so my host family chillaxed for a while in the train station before i left. But really, it ended up only being ten or fifteen minutes late so i ended up having to dash to the train and get on the wrong car as the doors were closing. Close call!
Anyway, i didn't mind, and though my back hurts a bit from lugging around way too much... baggage.. i've become more proficient at dual wielding suitcases since my first day, so it wasn't such a problem.

here's some pictures of saga arashiyama station, Raul was mecha sleepychan and claimed to be unable to correctly open his eyes.
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The train ride up was really nice. the air was very clear outside. I listened to music and wrote some things. I found the train ride to be more enjoyable than driving for a few reasons, but especially because getting lost in thought was not dangerous.

When I started making my way through the various tokyo stations, normal music was no longer enjoyable to listen to. Only melt banana's cell-scape could match the atmosphere.



ha, raul at work.