So after a 4 hour flight to Chicago, a 3 hour layover, and another brief 14 hour flight (21 grams + Horton Hears a Who = ^_^, JDrama + Keanu's Street Kings = -_-), I finally made it to Japan.
For those of you who haven't yet left the States, when you arrive in another country you need to go through customs before they let you in. Last time I came to Japan their customs system was just like any other country's (Italy's, Britain's, etc..). This time a robot simultaneously took my picture and fingerprints. Ok, I'm just kidding about the robot part, but I'm sure they'll have them too the next time I come. Anyways, after getting through customs and starting to become accustomed to weird Japanese sound effects, I collected my luggage and walked out into the very same airport terminal I had been in only 2 years ago. Deja vu. Since everything was familiar I quickly exchanged my money, found the booth I was supposed to meet the Waseda group at, and was soon on my way to meet up with everyone else in Tokyo. Of course, by "in Tokyo", I mean a hotel just far enough away from Tokyo to make it useless to leave. This seemed to be a recurring theme with the Waseda Summer Program, as it took nearly two weeks and a half for them to kill the super-structured program and let us roam Tokyo.
Tokyo-less-ness aside, Friday's instructions were pretty basic: meet downstairs at 6 p.m. for a commencement dinner, followed by announcements. Of course, that gave all us early arrivers two spare hours to get to know each other. No better way to do that then over a beer from a vending machine. (of course, Mattias was leading the charge towards the beer). After some talking, some dinner, and a little partying we were off to bed to prepare for the next day's journey to Kamogawa.
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