In Japan for 5 days...

Hello Everyone,

This my first attempt at blogging so please don't expect to much. This was recommended to me as a good way to keep in touch while I'm away. Right now I can honestly say that it's everything I expected to be, granted it's only been 5 days but I haven't experienced that let down that I thought was coming. It's a very cool place to visit, but much cooler when you have friends here. Rich and Kana have been great at making me feel at home in Japan. Without them I'm sure I wouldn't be having nearly as much fun as I am now. Here's a picture of their house in Tokyo, very nice and spacious. Around the area many of the neighbors grow different vegetables year round. Its pretty cool. And to help with the harvesting they ask the students from nearby schools to help with the work. You can identify all of the kids because they wear different color hats, depending on their grade. The students in the picture have the blue ones on, today Rich and I nearly ran over three kids wearing yellow hats on our bikes. Reckless driving? I wish. Japan has an interesting phenomenon. Most everyone rides bikes, however very few people know how to navigate through crowds without almost crashing into people. I'll post more on that later and show you my totally cool and awesome bike. That's all I have to say for now, I have a lot of pics and videos to put up...just gotta do it...I'm lazy, but you already knew that.