1st day in Tokyo!

So sorry to be late everyone :/ by the time I got back to my room on Sunday night I was too tired to bathe let alone update my blog, and this hotel has unusable internet unfortunately, but thankfully someone had a pocket Wifi I could use. So here we go! Sunday I woke up rather late (8:50) because I didn't have to go to church until 11:30. I unpacked a bit, made my first breakfast, and rather enjoyed the morning. Then I went to church at the Chapel of Adoration, which is the OMF affiliated Japanese church which is part of the compund. There I met Fumie and Megumi who are both part of the Ichikawa staff. Afterwards I ate lunch with Fumie and her friend Rei and the rest of the church members. Since I was a newcomer my obento was free :D Next came my first lone Japanese adventure: buying a prepaid card for my cellphone. So I grabbed a bike (which by the way, is the best way ever to travel in Tokyo. It's so fast and much easier to maneuver in the tiny streets than a car) and headed off towards Softbank to purchase a card. Unfortunately I was too excited about seeing everything for the first time that I forgot to take pictures, but that will be remedied as soon as I get back to Tokyo. Anywho, I got to Softbank where i successfully (in Japanese!)requested and signed a 3000yen contract. I was extremely proud of myself, so I bought myself a ice cold bottle of green tea from a vending machine. nums. After that I went for a bit of a bicycle ride around Ichigawa, found a nice little park, and witnessed and extremely zealous high school boys' soccer team. After getting a back I napped for a bit and then went down to Fredy and Anuk's for dinner. After this we walked up to Shapo, which is basically a gigantic underground shopping mall. We took a ride up the high rise building (where the pictures are from) to take a look see at Tokyo. On the way home Fredy bought me Taiyaki which is basically a waffle with red bean filling cooked in the shape of a fish. Delicious. After this I was well and truly pooped, and now I am nearly well and truly out of time, so I'll have to leave it at that until I have more time to update. For now, pictures!

When I update again I have more to say on the topic of toilets, so stay tuned!