Flower arrangement, dance, green tea... among other things.

Photos!!

I've been lazy so far, so here's some photos to prove that, yes, I really am in Japan!

The dorm I'm in is near Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, so of course I've wandered over there a couple of times... I've also taken the trek to the Meiji jinguu shrine near Harajuku with Angelique on one of the first times we met up.

Last Saturday it was pretty chilly and Ayumi, the Jap girl I was out with (David's friend's friend), brought me into a sushi train... Where the ladies next to us ordered some fresh, and it was still alive!! The head was twitching on the plate as we watched it... So cruel...
Ayumi also predicted the next day of snow...
I went to Tokyo Baptist Church on that snowy Sunday, and think I will be back there again until the time I leave Tokyo in mid-April... It's such a massive church that there are 5 services a weekend, so you can get a little lost... But there's a college bible study group just after the 1:30 Sunday service so it works well for me...

Thursdays at the Tokyo Volenteer centre there are some Japanese natives that hang out near Iidabashi... Willing victims on which I can practice my Japanese... It was there that I saw a flyer for the fun I had today,but getting home from there at 11pm at night I was super surprised at the train station... I wonder what it's like at peak?
Today I attended a Japanese culture day, got to wear a yukata, saw lots of others wearing yukatas/kimonos with beautiful obis;

Watched and tried Japanese dancing..
And had a tea ceremony and an attempt at flower arrangement... I got to take the flowers home too! But unfortunately I'm away this week at the snow so I won't get to watch them open up!

Anyway, more when I get back from the Alps!