Visiting Shinjuku

I went with Rich on his tour of duty of teaching private English lessons last Wednesday. Two of his classes are in Shinjuku, which is about a 20 minute train ride from home. They have a huge train station there that is about twice the size of the Port Authority in NYC. Its pretty much the transportation hub of Tokyo. Super crowded and super easy to get lost. It's a cool place with lots of shops...super expensive ones. We all know that people in America can be very materialistic but it seems that Japan is desperately trying to catch up. It's all about the benjamins and brand names baby. One of the coolest things I saw was a guy dressed up in traditional Japanese clothing. Why? Dunno. But I was able to use my crappy Japanese to get him to allow me to take a picture. Christmas time is almost here and being in Japan it's rather confusing, simply because it's not a national holiday. Some people celebrate it, some people could care less. People don't usually get a day off for it either. And by celebrating I don't mean they actually go to church. Celebrating Christmans means simply buying a gift and saying "Merry Christmas" with a bad accent. Jesus doesn't even come to anyones mind. Which, when you think about it is a good thing, sense it's all wrong anyway. The lights by the Station were pretty cool, and it was nice to walk around at night. It was a pretty cool experience. In a few days we're heading to Akihabara and Harajuku for some electronic gadgets and some crazy costumes. (That's right Wes, I said costumes!) I brought extra batteries for the camera. Hopefully I'll be able to find Dad's models there as well.