I am currently sitting in an internet cafe in Tokyo, where i had a delightful 3 hours of sleep. I spent most of my night figuring out the next day. Always seems to be the case when traveling.. haha .
 
Ive been in Japan for 2 days and I already feel like im mastering the art of chopsticks as well as charades. My first day was spent in Yokohama where I met up with my lovely friends Misaki, Miki, and Nohara. They were absolutely great and took us to karaoke (which was the time of my life! Rachel decided to get a cold right before the trip so her throat hurt after singing at the top of her lungs..) We sang mostly the classics..like The Beatles. But I also squeezed an Eminem song in there hahahah (which i struggled through, because Eminem is a beast and spits out words so dang fast.) I discovered my secret talent.. Im a great rapper. Anyway, weve had plenty of ramen nooddles (if you know me well, you know im in heaven.) I have been slurping noodles and making a mess of my face for 2 days in order to be polite. haha just kidding. I heard or read somewhere that it was the polite thing to do. But I asked the Miki about it and she said that was a lie. They slurp the noodles because it cools down the noodle and also gives it more taste. Which i found really interesting. Ok so anyway Yokohama. oh!! I had to buy a new battery for my computer because my computer is awesome and decided not to work very well with my old battery. So we spent a good portion of the day going through electronics stores and trying to find one. Which was fine for me because electronics is the greatest export for Japan. There are camera shops and electronics stores everywhere. Its crazy. But very helpful because I did find one! There was only one left in town, and guess who owns it now! ME! Thank goooodness my computer is Sony. haha. Rachel also had to buy a piece for her Canon camera. Thank god she found one, if she hadnt..I probably would have cried with her. ok anyway, we walked all over Yokohama. It was great. The streets are so clean! Which doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me because it takes a year to find a trashcan. anyway, we went on the giant ferris wheel at night time. It was a gorgeous view of the city from the top. We could see the ship at the port and everything. We then went to a restaurant and inhaled a ton of food!! It was a very interesting restaurant.. There is a pot of boiling water or milk sitting right on the table in front of us.. And we had to dip thin slices of raw meat into the water until it was cooked. We could also throw veggies and noodles and anything foood in there. After its cooked you attempt to fish it out with chopsticks and dip it into this amazing sesame seed sauce or soy sauce. It was such an amazing meal! For dessert we had ice cream and Mochi.
I decided I really like Mochi. You can have it in soup..in ice cream.. in crackers.. in pretty much anything.
 
ok unfortunetaly I must go. My time is up here at the internet cafe. I might be able to update more tonight because Im staying with my friend Takahiro at his house. We are headed to the hotsprings today! Its gunna be a crazy hike! Wish me luck!
 

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