Hello everyone
I arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday morning and it has been a total whirlwind experience so far with lots of excitement and very little sleep! Am suffering quite a lot with jet lag so I feel very tired in the day but wide awake when it's sleep time! I haven't had too much of a culture shock yet although Japan is very different and being here has made me realise how important it will be to learn the language - a man came to read my water meter on the first day and we just couldn't communicate which was very frustrating. I have been trying to learn a few key phrases each day and use them as much as possible but most of the signs etc are written in Kanji - the Japanese symbols so I think a lot more studying will be required!
Probably the most exciting event so far was the earthquake this morning at about 4.30am - the whole room was shaking and it was a little (okay a lot) scary! I wasn't sure at which point I should go to the door frame but luckily it stopped and I was just drifting back to sleep when a slight after shock jolted the room again. Apparently it was quite a big one at its epicentre on the west coast - 5.3 on the richter scale - but was only a 3.0 by the time it got to us.
No internet at my apartment yet but will update properly soon including pictures and A-Z of Tokyo info.
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Hello everyone
I arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday morning and it has been a total whirlwind experience so far with lots of excitement and very little sleep! Am suffering quite a lot with jet lag so I feel very tired in the day but wide awake when it's sleep time! I haven't had too much of a culture shock yet although Japan is very different and being here has made me realise how important it will be to learn the language - a man came to read my water meter on the first day and we just couldn't communicate which was very frustrating. I have been trying to learn a few key phrases each day and use them as much as possible but most of the signs etc are written in Kanji - the Japanese symbols so I think a lot more studying will be required!
Probably the most exciting event so far was the earthquake this morning at about 4.30am - the whole room was shaking and it was a little (okay a lot) scary! I wasn't sure at which point I should go to the door frame but luckily it stopped and I was just drifting back to sleep when a slight after shock jolted the room again. Apparently it was quite a big one at its epicentre on the west coast - 5.3 on the richter scale - but was only a 3.0 by the time it got to us.
No internet at my apartment yet but will update properly soon including pictures and A-Z of Tokyo info.
Miss you all
Anna x
Posted by anna on August 16, 2007 3:12 PM
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