Okay so last week I went to a conservatory with my host mom and took 474 pictures.
And Tuesday I had a class trip to Shinjuku. The class is urban society of Tokyo and so we were looking at how in such a short distance you can go from a crowded place with a ton of high rise buildings like kabukicho to only low rise buildings and less people like the mini korea town that is just an alley way away. Well maybe it's not an alley way...all Japanese streets look like alley ways... :-\ Also we considered how there is like no zoning in Japan. You can have love hotels right near video game arcades and pachinko parlors (gambling) right near respectable office businesses.
I tried to withdraw money from my card today but it didn't work. This is especially annoying because my train card expires on the 30th and I need money to buy a new one (I want a 3 month one but it's close to 70$ a month). Not to mention I will be going places during golden week and then would want to buy things. I have about 100 dollars. I also have money on my train pass but since I can't get a new one, I'll take that money off for travel.
Oh, and the IES center is closed during golden week so I will have no internet access.
Oh yeah, so there are different train lines, and a lot of people (not me) have to take the musashino. And the train is awful, runs irregularly and well, frankly, it seems to be the train of choice to jump in front of. And so half of our class is late at least once a week.
That is a beautiful curvy building. And pretty flowers. "love hotel" is a very interesting name for it. Hope the money situation gets straightened out. Maybe the ATM ran out of cash? Let me know what I can do to help.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested in your observations too. We don't live near many train lines but I have heard too that whenever a train is late in Tokyo, you know that someone has jumped in front of it.
ReplyDeletethe curvy building is the conservatory. Love hotels are more sketchy.
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