In the Land of My Students!

I have been here a week and many things have happened (although officially teaching isn't one of them). I am happily cruising around Tokyo, spending way too much money and trying to cram everything in while I have the time. When I travel, I am always more exuberant about my experiences in the beginning, so we'll see how "interesting" this blog will remain as the months role by!

I saw a shrine at Asakusa, went to karaoke and have been indulging in Izakaya (Japanese delicious and cheep bar food) See pictures below for more details! The weather has also been crazy, it's sunny and windy today while last night we had a typhoon warning!

Here's my buddy Yiphan and I at the Asakusa Temple in Tokyo. Yiphan is from China but learned English in Philadelphia. He teaches at Rikkyo with me. 

Here's me pretending to wear a Kimono. Can you tell I'm just pretending?? This was in a crazy foreigner friendly shopping center at Asakusa.

Some pretty coy at the temple. 

Yiphan and Francois. Fancois is French Canadian and teaches with us as well. There are MANY Canadians on staff, I often have to watch who I'm talking to lest I offend them with my Canadian mockery. The same goes for using my fake British accents(s) when I'm near our British staff : )

Here's my "team" at an Izakaya restaurant. Izakaya is a restaurant that has  cheap Japanese tapas. You sit around and eat and drink for long periods of time. There are four teams of teachers who basically support each other and work in the same office throughout the year. We're the "red team".  

Kampai (cheers)! At least I've found BIG beers, even if I have yet to find dark ones : (

A pretty view at my school. Rikkyo is a university and all freshman HAVE to take our English conversation classes. So, I am like a real professor at a university here... .muahaha!

I hope everyone is doing well back home and elsewhere! I am slowly getting adapted to life here. Next steps: obtaining a cell phone, gym membership, and Japanese classes.

To be continued....