Osaka and Orientation in Tokyo

Eeeek, sorry for the delay. I haven't posted these since I started classes. My bad. Onward march!

Going waaaay back in time to before orientation, here are some pictures from Osaka! Pre-swine flu apocalypse, natch.


































































And then we finally arrive in Tokyo! Herein are some pictures snapped on the way to Yotsuya with the entire exchange program (and a cold that just about knocked me on my ass,) and some shots of the host family when I first met them.

Also, no, I don't know what those two boys in shorts are doing. I took that picture in the hopes of figuring it out someday.































We'll stop here today, if just because I'm lazy. More to come~

We interrupt this program for a pointless clothing post.

So since some of you were asking for this: here are all the clothing items I've obtained here in Tokyo thus far! Don't ask me how. I'm still shocked that I fit into things here.


Here's a shot of everything lined up. You can also see that my bed is giganto-normous.



A dress I bought while outlet-shopping with Michiyo, a poncho that Michiyo bought me (GAHHH so expensive! and yet there she was going "Oh it was so cheap" WTF MICHIYO-SAN) and three pairs of socks that are just long enough to poke out of a high heel or flat.



Bought the blue dress in Shibuya - because it's the only dress in Japan with an empire waistline that's built for someone like me, and because the salesgirl was damn good. And the silvery-black one is from a department store near my house. It's very comfy.



Another dress from the department store. V. SHORT. Will put on jeans if I plan to leave the house.



Sockssss. All knee-highs. Harajuku is a dangerous place. That said, anyone have any good ideas about what colors the navy blue argyle would go with? I liked them too much to pass them up, but I don't really have any skirts with me that work too well.



A scarf (from Harajuku again) and the handbag I got from the Nomuras for my birthday. THAT WAS EXPENSIVE TOO.

Yay pointlessclothingpost! The next picture post will be actual Japan-things, I promise.

First post!

Hey all! Welcome to my photo blog. I will use this to post all the crazy pictures I take while I study abroad in Tokyo.

From the first few days trekking through Tokyo and Kyoto to arrive at our hostel in Gion, some preliminary pictures:























Fushimi Inari Taisha: This shrine traditionally draws in merchants to pray for wealth. Foxes are said to be the messengers of the god Inari, thus the many fox statues around the shrine.




























































Seimei Jinja: A shrine dedicated to Abe no Seimei, an onmyouji from the Heian Period.
















































PHEW, that'll be it for part one. I'll post more later.