Tokyo Sucks

Last night I got the first good sleep I have had in a long time. I don't know if it was because I stayed up till 3 in the morning organizing pictures, or if the bed is just better than my Niigata one. It is most certainly softer, but not to the extend of my American bed. Maybe it was the fact that my room was not freezing cold the entire night. Tokyo is at least 5 degrees warmer than Niigata.

Today I met up with Vaso for lunch. At this time I spoke the first words of English since I left Tokyo in early February. It was really weird being able my native language at last. We went to the local Japanese Curry place on Waseda-dori. There we spent a couple hours reminiscing about our spring breaks. I didn't keep in contact with anyone. We then walked around campus for a while tyeing up some loose ends. Hopefully I will be able to get more involved on campus this semester. We ran into Kyle and Michael in front of Okuma statue and proceeded to talk for another hour or so about our experiences. We eventually decided to head home.

So after being in the country for almost 2 months, it is really weird being back in Tokyo. At this point I have pretty much decided that if I ever live in Japan, it will not be Tokyo. Why you might ask. Well it is actually pretty simple. Tokyo is just like every other big city in the world and has the same problems. Sure it has the most efficient transportation system in the world. Sure anything you want to do you can. Sure there are tons of sweet places to explore. This is all just on the surface though. When I first got to Japan, just like everyone else, there was this big curtain over my eyes covering up the real deal. "Everything is so new and pretty and better than America!!" I originally thought. I look around now and see millions of people cramming onto trains with not one person talking. There are probably 200+ people standing around me and the car is dead quiet. I try to talk to the person standing next to me and get no response. Every day someone kills themselves by jumping in front of a train. I walk down the street and see trash everywhere. All these people with no one smiling. It is like everyone is a robot. I also don't ever see anybody under the age of 10. Ugh so much to think about.

I wanna go back to Niigata!