After a long–very long–plane ride we arrived in Japan and met Lily’s family. We’re all staying in a prime area of the Tokyo at a hotel for alumni of several important universities. The Japanese do many considerate things really well. Although we’re in one of the oldest buildings in the city, it has all the amenities. Most importantly, it isn’t touristy; in fact, most of our neighbors are older Japanese men. Things are very quiet. My sons, Alex and Luke, have their own room fairly far from ours which is great. They’re enjoying their independence and are learning things like when you leave, remember the key and the number of the room!
We’re still jet-lagged so we walked around a little bit and grabbed some food at the local market. It was 9 pm on a Tuesday night, but the streets were active with restaurants, stores, and people milling about.
Tomorrow we’re taking a tour and then walking around the city. I found several used CD shops which will hopefully have some Japanese noise and Electroacoustic artists.
Too tired to continue. It’s already tomorrow here. Sayonara.
