Hey everyone out there! After some long and horribly long flight Chris and I made it to Japan! We left at 6am on Monday the 7th of September 2009. We went off to San Fransisco so that we could wait for a flight to Japan. I got Burger King for breakfast. It was a bit greasy. I’ll miss America just for that. So as we went to our plane we realized that we were surrounded by Japanese people. That’s when it hit me that I was going to a Japan. It was an odd sensation. So we were off to Japan! We rode on a Boeing 777.

This was a huge plane. Luckily, Chris and I were next to one another. We tried to sleep but that failed miserably. I was up for the entire time. I DID try to sleep but didn’t. We had some good movies to watch such as Star Trek and The Hangover. This was quite a nice surprise. Then they showed them in Japanese. That was quite awesome. They did feed us despite my mother’s fears. Even more so, the food was good. I had a chicken curry and a noodle thing.

After a long 12 hours, we landed at Kansai International Airport. Customs was very easy. It only took us about ten minutes total from going to the customs counter to getting out with our bags. Neither Chris or I were fined or imprisoned. So that was good.

Once we were out of customs, we were greeted by a sign with our names on it. A older looking man led us to the place where we would wait for our shuttle. This shuttle service then loaded up our bags and shuttled us to our various places of residence. This took quite a long time. Kyoto and Kansai International are no where near each other. So it was about two hours before I was lead up to my room at my dorm.

My Lovely Wall

Once I got into my dorm (after much knocking,) I was shown around the place. It is quite nice and I will be putting up pictures later. I met some of the students. There are two from Michigan and some from Korea. The funniest part about this is that no one speaks any Japanese (except the Americans) so everything I was told about the place was more of a vague idea to me. So I think by the end of this year, I’ll be very well off when it comes to Japanese.

After a good nights rest, I decided to go for a walk around my new surroundings. It was quite amazing to say the least. Everything is so cramped and there were people everywhere. I looked around for awhile then I found this lovely bakery. Since it was the only thing open at 7:30am I decided to get some food from it. I then preceded to a 7-11 for some refreshment. Then I was off to my dorm to eat. I got very lost for thirty minutes but luckily I found my way home.

So for now that is it. I’m going to be registaring for my foreigner status today. So hopefully that goes well.

-Kyle