Up and somewhat awake this morning. ohayou gozaimasu (or good morning in Japanese)
After getting into Tokyo at 4:30pm local time (3:30am at home), we hopped a bus and headed for the hotel. The ride was nice and traffic was light, but by the time we got to the hotel at 7pm all of the trip participants were feeling the strain of a 12.5 hour flight.
We dropped our stuff in the hotel ad sought out sustenance. We found it in the form of a ramen noodle shop!! 1000 yen (about 14 dollars) got a freshly made bowl filled with assorted broths, freshly cooked noodles, pork belly and a hard boiled egg. It was quite a meal!
While the students then headed out to see some of Tokyo, I headed straight back to my bed. I got back, unpacked my suit for today and next thing I new it was 5:30am local time.
This morning I went to Starbucks with Paul and Keiko and had a solid breakfast before we headed to JETRO (the Japanese external trade organization) to hear what it is they do and how the recent earthquake/tsunami have affected their mission. The briefing was wonderful and we had a chance to ask a lot of good questions of our presenters.
Time to go see some of Tokyo. Sayounara.
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