Apparently, I've been in Japan since the 2nd. Although I'm kinda feeling like I'm missing a day, since we left on the 1st, spent forever and a half on planes and in airports and buses-no boats though:(- and somehow ended up here on the 2nd. It felt like FOREVER. The plane was pretty cool though. All the seats had their own touch screens where we could choose whatever we wanted to watch. I played tetris, then watched Monk, The Office, 30 Rock, Simpsons, My Life in Ruins (suprisingly good movie btw), and probably about a thousand other things. Overall, okay flight despite the fact that it was pretty much the longest flight ever. Random JETs were wandering around the plane saying hey to everybody which was pretty cool. MM did some yoga in the airport. And we ate Fuddruckers. mmmm.
All the DC JETs I met at orientation I feel like I've known them for weeks when actually it's only been a few days. It's been fun hanging out with everybody. I'm gonna miss my non-Hyogo peeps. My wifey included. We've spent some time exploring local Tokyo at night...getting lost and following pretty lights:) Mostly, it's been exhausting, as the days consist of endless meetings on top of sleep deprivedness on top of jet lag. Good times.
It's odd as well that it doesn't really feel yet like I'm in Japan. When I studied abroad, the second I got off the plane I had this feeling of being somewhere different. The look and feel of everything was somehow out of the ordinary, and it was a very "out of body experience?". I'm not sure that's the best term to describe the feeling, but it was more or less like I was conscious of every detail of everything and just very aware of my surroundings and myself in them. This time has been different. I think it may be partially because I've been here before, so things feel familiar, and also because I've been traveling with a large group of people that has remained constant throughout the past several days. I almost feel like I might still be in DC, or at any moment I'll be heading home to Charlotte. Very odd feeling.
Tomorrow we will be heading to our home prefectures. It's kind of funny that everyone has already developed a pride in their prefecture. By the way... HYOGO ROCKS. I have to get my bags ready tonight which is dumb. Sooooooo tired of packing. It'll all be over soon though... I get to move into my new place tomorrow and will no longer be living out of a suitcase. yay! We get to take the Shinkansen (bullet train) which is quite exciting. Then a bus. Then my people come pick me up and take me to my apartment. I assume it's an apartment ::shrugs:: I'll find out tomorrow.
Another very cool thing. The window in my hotel room overlooks the government building that I went to the top of the last time I was in Tokyo to get a view of the city. On a clear day you can see Fujisan. Kinda weird that I was pretty much in this exact location 3 years ago.
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