Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Rain, rain

It rained the past two days... for the entire day today (even now). Don't know how winds can be so strong here (many of us nearly got blown off our feet), even at Ikebukuro. Several tattered and broken umbrellas lined a corner of the street.

Continued with our orientation today (more rules, regulations and information on how to register for modules) in school after spending the morning trying to find out as much as we could about cellphone plans, having a ramen lunch before buying my cellphone at Bic Camera. Since the process was so frustrating (with so many terms and different charges for different plans), I got one along with two of my Korean dorm mates who could speak better Japanese.

Some pics from Asakusa and the Imperial Palace Gardens taken the other day with my dorm mates, Chika and her friend:

Photobucket
picnic and performances along sumida river, asakusa


Photobucket
kaminarimon

Photobucket
imperial palace garden
Photobucket

Photobucket
shibuya

Photobucket
in front of the well-known loyal shibuya dog

Photobucket
an extremely crowded shibuya
Photobucket

Photobucket
chun's birthday at the shokudo

The cherry blossoms have started to fall, signalling an end to the very short-lived sakura viewing period. Wish it lasted longer.