Tokyo: day one
Morning was survival Japanese classes and getting cell phones that work in Japan. They are fucking rad and I love them to bits. I have more emotions on this sucker than I could ever hope to use.

In the afternoon we went to shijo shrine in the center of Tokyo in the company of Mike (our head professor). Shinjo is basically the equivalent of  central park, but much smaller, older and has a shrine in the center of it. It was a beautiful day and we saw one of the national baseball teams being blessed for good luck at the temple.

Also just saying, this park is really really old. an old growth forest right in the center of Tokyo. 

we creeped on so many cut couples on dates :)

Then we were turned lose on Tokyo and told to meet back for dinner. It was an adventure. 

first stop Harujuku: home of crazy otaku people who dress up as bo-peep and stores with names like "candy stripper" and "store my ducks"

we have quite a collection on photos like these

I struggled for about ten minutes to open a mik carton and for some reason everyone found this funny and took pictures of me. 

then we found a park and some cherry blossoms which were lovely. 

at night I and two other students when on an adventure to see in person, the building that looked like a cheese grater. We had no map, and no idea where we were going except that we could see the giant cheese grater in the distance. It was an expedition in the best sort of getting lost way. 

It was totally worth the walk because we found out, only when standing next to the tower, there is actually a small swiss cheese ball next to it that seems to only contain coffee shops and stairs. 

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