…and I am in Japan! Despite the fact that I left my apartment at about this time 2 days ago, this is my first real morning here (the last one presumably was spent in an airplane chair, but given that it was bright daylight the entire 11 hours of the flight, you wouldn’t know it).
Even after ~ 8 hrs of sleep, I still feel pretty disoriented (woke up at 5:30 AM, which translates into 2:30 PM CO time, so the disorientation is not entirely surprising), so this will just be a hodgepodge of random thoughts/observations:
When I finally saw land out of the airplane window (flying over the pacific the entire time, so nothing at all to see), the first thought that crossed my mind was, “Wow, it really does exist” – Japan, that is. Hard to see it now, but somehow that thought qualified as profound after 16+ hours of sitting in a chair.
1st crazy Japanese thing – right next door is the Santa Chapel Christmas hotel. Yes, for real:
Despite the lack of Santas hanging from the walls, our hotel is quite nice and even comes with a yukata (a cotton kimono) – gotta go try one on!
4 comments:
Awesome! What do they have there for men?
I have one observation, if you permit. It seems that by going to Japan you become even more integrated into the American society.
Wow, I want to stay at the Christmas hotel, are there presents everyday?
Kursiv -- same thing for men. why, are the colors not manly enough ? :)
As for your observation, are you sure you are not conflating it with my choice to blog in English? :) Although, you are right, seeing American here is much more heartwarming than I originally anticipated; so, you may be right. I haven't met any Russian here yet; so can't do a proper experiment yet.
Ausaroo -- I was later told it was a "Love Hotel" , so I guess, yes, there could be presents every day if that's what you mean :)
P.S. Just noticed that I typed "American" and "Russian" instead of "Americans" and "Russians" -- the lack of plural marker in the Japanese language must be rubbing of on me :)
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