Ok, as this is the first post since arriving in Japan I feel I should kick off with...
Japan is f#£%ing crazy.
Way more so than any bat droppings or boxes of frogs you could care to compare to. I've only been here a few days but I've already seen enuff seriously weird / surreal stuff (a lot of which food related) to fill a dozen posts...
For example, how would you like some crisps? Whale flavour!
Maybe you'd like to wash them down with a nice bottle of cider flavoured water?
Or how about some fruit juice?
I've also run into a suprisingly tasty sports drink called "Pocari Sweat", tins of "Sea Chicken" (from what I can work out... tuna, i think) and normal watermelons selling for over £50. Fruit in general is actually crazily expensive, atleast the stuff that isnt native to Japan is anyway. Bunch of grapes, £9. Single peach, £4... That said to be honest everything you can imagine follows a similar trend of obscene prices, such is life in Tokyo!
With that out of the way, IM IN JAPAN! WOOOOO
I'm pretty chuffed with the apartment to be honest, the shared areas are abit nicer than they look in the pics i reckon, and the bedroom's more than good enough - NB: now a lot tidier than in this vid.
The place has mostly Japanese residents, while most speak only a little English some are actually very good. Had a pretty in depth conversation about local sports with a guy called Yoshi last night over dinner, including a current gangland corruption scandal going on in Sumo at the moment lol. There are a few westerners here too, met a fellow Englishman and a Canadian so far and I think I've heard an american accent drifting around. Only just started meeting people in the flat though since 99% of my time at the minute is either spent exploring Tokyo or passed out asleep in my room. I'll have a much better idea after a week or so.
To sum up though, all is well. With luck, this will all work out smoothly...
Next up: My first trips to Shinjuku, Akihabara and Ueno Kouen (Park)!
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James. Where are you. Did you go through a wormhole? How did the whale crisps taste? What's the gong! Can't wait. We knocked on next door last night they were horrible, I was a bit drunk and hyper so thought fuck it i'll knock on and he shut the door in my face!!! My mate john is gonna take our flat and our landladys cutting out the estate agent! Wooop. Keep posting dude.
BIG IN ENGLAND!
Heya..looks ace,loving the whale crisps too!!..one question. why is Barry in the cupboard?
Room does look small, then again probably very spacious for Japan :P
whats a pod bath? JJ said she was having one the other day..photo?
Miss you both. Glad your having fun.
Love Stacey, Dan, Alex and Lyndsay xxx
Ah Barry was just sleeping off the night before, said the sunlight was making his head worse... dont worry though, hes back in full view now :P