Right now I’m in a technical school for my japan study introduction, They overschedule us so there is little to no free time, and almost no computer access (there is 4 computers for the 31 of us, and about 1 hour of time where we can use them!) I left early today because of my cold and decided to do some blogging/emailing.

Today was my first experience of tokyo rush hour trains. Many people on the group could not handle the crowdedness and got really really irritable/nervous. I feel bad for them because everyone will have to commute at least 30 minutes a day, during prime usage hours. Also people got motion sickness. You would not believe how crowded the trains are. it was like being in the front of a concert or something. They pay people to shove other people into the trains so they don’t get behind schedule.

Today we toured the waseda campus! OMFGZ It is soooooooo big. I have pictures that i will show you later. 52,000 people go to waseda, but there are four campuses, there will be around 30,000 people on our campus. It is actually not that big of a space, like maybe 1.5 city blocks so every building is like 10-20 stories or more. Plus the town of waseda is also really crowded. The bad thing is because waseda is having it’s 125 anniversary, they are doing a lot of renovation on their buildings. Our guide said that waseda’s campus was as crowded as any place in tokyo durning breaks between classes, and that sometimes it is really hard to get to your building because there are so many people. The guide we had was really adorable, however it didn’t stop her from scaring the crap out of me. Also waseda is a really big deal here, like it is a really important university. Plus there is a really big baseball game coming up. Keiko vs. Waseda. It’s the biggest game of the year. I’m excited.

Also I have to join a club! There are over 15000 clubs to join! Right I am choosing between orchestra, video, and jogging clubs. I really want to join orchestra because they sounded really good! I guess they do tv apperances all over Japan. However, during the performance the viola section was out of tune for a bit so maybe i have a chance to be in the top group! I hope so! However you can join two groups, so i might join another one on top of orchestra. I don’t know.
Also there are tons of japanese little kids, and all of them are so adorable. Don’t be surprised if i steal one and bring it back to america with me.

I will get a permentant address tomorrow, and move in on sunday. i will let you guys know.