we went into narita last night ---

japan is beautiful. the colors are rich and the signage on the buildings is amazing. everything is remarkably quiet. sooo quiet. the cars the city the people.

i'm already having strange feelings about being a tourist. i've never traveled in a group like this either and it's a little difficult for me: no one seems to understand that you should be quiet where others are quiet.

and it seems most japanese don't speak english.


last night was really nice, but i got super tired. we had sushi japanese beer and such.

packing up and then on to kyoto -- which i am very excited about.



oh - and - the vending machines here are absurd. the diet coke cans are way cooler than ours (the coke are the coolest). you can get hot meals (good hot meals!) out of a vending machine! how amazing is that??