Haha, got lots to write about, so maybe I'll do it every day so I don't forget.

Yesterday we went to Ryogoku, not ryogaku. Ryo as in RYOshin (parents) and Goku as in country. I don't know what it means, but I thought it was interesting. We went to the Edo-Tokyo Museum as saw the history of Japan from 400 years about to post-WW2. We got a free tour in English, so we understood what was going on. It was really interesting to see how the people, common and upper-class, lived 400 years ago. Then we saw how Westernization started. Some buildings had Western-style walls and Japanese roofs. Weird. And they had a hotair balloon bomb thingy that floated over the Pacific Ocean to drop bombs on the West Coast of North America that weren't controlled by anyone. I was trying to figure out how they knew when to drop the bombs. The chick giving the tour was really nice and she showed us things that we wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

Then we decided to go have lunch and look about Shinzuku. It's one of the biggest spots in Tokyo I guess. The Tokyo government is there and a lot of businesses and people. We wandered in these little alleyways looking for somewhere to eat. After we ate, we looked at the guidebook for someplace to go and we realized that we were in the Red-light district. That made sense when I remembered all the guys standing at the entrances to bars and pictures of girls. No wonder it was so hard to find a decent place to eat! haha So we went to the other side of the tracks, literally, to the most wholesome side. We bought things and went to the biggest electronic store I've ever been in. The fridges are crazy and cool. They all have at least 4 doors and come in crazy colors. There were some that could be opened in either direction. Couldn't figure out how they did that... But it was fun and confusing and there were several things that I never figured what they did. Then we came back, but it was time 'cause my feet were hurting a lot. I even went to bed early. And I slept until 8:00, isn't it wonderful!

So that was my first day on the subway. I didn't even get lost. That's a good thing!! Today we're going to see Grace in Shinanomachi. Going to a study meeting in English. Should be interesting. I don't know if it is with English speakers or with Japanese people practicing their English. Either way...hmm. Subway will be more complicated because we have to go from one station and come back to another station. It's all an adventure.

Yup, gotta go!