キターーーーーー

So I guess I'm alive. Also, in Japan. An admirable combination.

It took a while to click in my head that I was actually here. I think it happened while I was in the bathroom at Narita airport. Can't really explain why.

Anyways, here's a non-comprehensive list of things I saw today:
-Enter the Dragon, Enchanted, and Robots, all dubbed into Japanese. That made the 10.5-hour flight a bit more manageable.
-High school girls in uniform reading manga on the train.
-Full grown men in business suits reading manga on the train.
-A shirt that said:
NYC
International Something
The Positive Medical Zone
-Three young guys, wearing business suits and ties, holding identical Winnie the Pooh handbags.

In short, Japan is more or less exactly what I expected it to be.

The Crisis-o-Meter has been reading moderately low so far. I'm currently writing this in a Starbucks in Hanno while I wait for my friend to get off work. I only nearly got lost twice on the way here, once in a train station that I didn't understand the machinations of and once on the dense, confusing streets of Hanno. I only got here an hour later than I was expecting!

A noticeable, though hardly surprising, phenomenon I've noticed is that the amount of English I see is directly proportional to proximity to the airport. Now that I'm way the hell out 3 train routes away from it, I'm pushing my Japanese and not-panicking skills to their limits. I've been culture shocking a bit, I think.

No pictures today. I've been awake and traveling for nearly 24 hours straight, and I don't have the energy to take photos and then figure out how to use my SD Card Reader. So, expect some of that hopefully next time I post, which should be about 2 days from now.