I saw that some of my YFU friends have started up blogs of their Japan adventures, so I decided that I'd might as well start one too. I have to go out soon, so in this first post I'll recount my 2-day-3-night stay in Tokyo.

The flight from San Francisco was long (veery long), but we did finally make it to Narita. When we got off the plane and passed through customs, we were immediately separated into our departure groups. Also, I tried my first "toilet shower" in the airport...very "shokkingu". Then, the JUSSE kids got onto our bus and headed off for the hotel in Tokyo.

Our hotel was right next to the Tokyo Tower. Here's the view from our window:

Tokyo was pretty awesome. It's gigantic!! The streets are not aligned to a grid at all, so the city is a big mess. But what a great mess!
While we were there we met some Japanese government officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and we also spent some time at the YFU Japan headquarters where we met the former Japanese ambassador to the US.

After those meetings we got to explore on our own, so I went around the Minato-ku area with some of my friends. We saw Keio University, visted lots of convenience stores (they're EVERYWHERE in Japan), and stopped in a cool little shop where I captured a prime example of Engrish language. More pics coming!