Welcome to Chiba!

So I guess even though the program says we're in Tokyo, it's more like Chiba...and not Tokyo. But this is a view of Makuhari City which is in Chiba I believe. It's the view from my room at the "training facility." We have private rooms with private bathrooms but I'll only be here til Saturday.

The other picture is something i found amusing in the convenience store.

Today we got cell phones. I tried to get one from this site a friend recommended but they ran out of stock so I got the one the program suggested I get (which was instant and like...free). On paper it's a wonderful deal- like there is no monthly fee, pay as you go free incoming calls free calls between friends with the same phone. It even has a Japanese English dictionary and you can exchange phone numbers via infrared. I know that a lot of people complained about the phone but if I begin to hate it I do know how to get a pre paid phone but right now it doesn't appear to be worth it. If I got the pre paid one then I think I could get 300yen unlimited texts or mms...but I don't plan to use the phone very much and while incoming mms is kind of expensive. Pretty much calling is no big deal because if too many people call me they pay the connection fee, not me. I will just have to set it up so that I don't have to make many calls, and to try to call more than I use mms.

Japan has been cold and rainy. Which is no big deal except we went outside to 'tour' the city. Although I don't know how much it sunk in which the umbrella distractions.

So anyway, all the people seem to be very nice and friendly and I can't wait for better weather so I can go exploring. ^_^