Hello, from Tokyo!

Hi there everyone, I'm writing this from my workplace in Tokyo. I have several entries that I've written between the end of school and now, but they are all on my laptop and I haven't found a wireless hotspot yet. So please wait for those. ^^

Japan right now is quite warm. It's the start of the rainy season, so it was pouring when I first came here. Hasn't rained since, although today is quite cloudy. This place is really funny because every place has an umbrella stand, and people leave their umbrellas in the umbrella stands when they enter a shop, a restaurant, the workplace, etc. Clear umbrellas are really popular here because one can ride a bike and hold an umbrella and still see through it. I want one so I can doodle on the inside... I think it'd be cool.

Tokyo is huge and sprawling, but everything is small. The houses, the shops, the people. I'm average height back home, but I feel pretty tall here. The power lines dominate everything. They are everywhere, and the poles they are on can be huge. Old is mixed with new - the houses near my modern dorm have sliding doors and there's a little temple nearby. Lots of vegetable gardens with vegetable stands set up at the entrance. Flowers. Lots of flowers. Lots of strange flowers that I've never seen before, as well as plenty of beautiful roses.

The crows here are very large. And they sound completely different from American crows. I saw some pigeons on a roof the other day, and they too looked huge, but I think it just might be that the roof was small. Dogs are quite popular here, especially small ones. I passed by a woman walking a chihuahua yesterday. I found a pet store while walking around the other day, and they were selling a huge duck. Chickens and parakeets too. Go figure.

Work is keeping me busy. As in, I'm here all day. But I haven't done too much yet. Met some people, did some email... I have a lot of papers to read though, so I should go do that. Woot. I hope I'm going to be okay here - my supervisor has high expectations of me, and I don't feel particularly intelligent at the moment. The jetlag and the fact that I'm sick do not help.

Apologies if the text comes out weird. The international keyboard that I'm using is... special.

- Flykyr Skysong

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