Day 1 (Tuesday in Tokyo, Monday in USA)

CLICK ON THE VIDEOS ABOVE TO SEE OUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF TOKYO! Good morning! I think it is just now hitting me that we are on the other side of the world. We got into Tokyo airport at 5pm local time yesterday, took the train and subway to Asakusa (a small district outside of central Tokyo) to find a hostel for our first night of stay. My first impressions upon exiting the subway station... looks a lot like NYC... expensive and bustling.

We wandered for a little while and came upon the Sakura Hostel, a place recommended by a person back home that is pricey for a "hostel" but safe and legitimate. After checking in, we walked a few blocks to a local sushi bar and were laughed at by a couple of older Japanese men for accidentally putting green tea powder in the soy sauce (thinking it was dry wasabe) oops!

Woke up at about 5am local time this morning and came downstairs to have some breakfast in the hostel. For 315 yen you get toast, soup and coffee/tea. The money exchange is tricky. I am carrying around close to 30,000 yen which is a little less than USD300. Everything here is quite expensive which means I will probably be spending more here in the 3 day stayover, than I will during the month we spend in Thailand.

The part of town we are in right now is densely populated and everyone rides beach cruisers around with little baskets in front. I feel like I'm in some sort of "anime toon town" because there is so much cartooned writing and characters on buildings and signs. People are friendly and I'm excited to spend the whole day exploring! We will post some video from last night!! -A