First few days in Tokyo -bz trip

9-30 dinner @Hana daily special bento

9-28 dinner, that was the 2nd order..too good

9-29 lunch the local Udon with Goose meat. very tasty & big

9-28 lunch the katsui plate. the deep fried whole fish didn't have any bones.

9-27 lunch. Local noodle with red miso

It was a bit of rush of planning on the business trip to Tokyo, in between the Chinese Harp lessons (I was behind on the homeworks) and searching for painting lessons. Did not have enought time for planning the trip, but all I know was that I need few extra days for personal travel. Luckly, the collegues in Tokyo (the SH gang) has already planed my visit. So they book the flight & hotel to Hokkaido for me. So look forward to that.

So all it was left for me to worry was to get enough JPY for the trip. With the price tags in Tokyo I was planning with 3k usd equ. JPY. So I took half day off made a trip to Bank of China. After nearly half hr wait (filled about 5 forms) and they told me I can only withdraw/exchange max of $500 per day because I'm a foreigner! eggrrr..... But, lucky, one of the collegue at work didn't mind to do the exchange for me. Save!

9/26, Saturday, The driver came on time and got to the airport on time. (there were accident in the highway, but lucky it was a exit ahead, not much impact) The flight was delayed for 10 minuets. Not so bad at all. As usual I pass out the moment the flight took off. Didn't even had the chance to check out my neighbor. All I know was that it was a him. Woke up once for the food. I have to say, I was very satisfied with the Bento Box. (Wanling & Shu, I'll pretty sure you'll be happy with that) But I forgot to take the picture. Fall back to sleep again. hahaha I'm indeed a Flying Pig! oh, my neighbor helped me with my backpack when we landed. He is a hansom middle age man.

The Japanese Custom is extra conscious with foreigner's health check. It took average of 5 minuet for each passages to go through the health check. I saw at least 4 guests were taken to the clinic for special treatments. But no much noises. It didn't take long to get my luggage and the Limousin bus ticket to Roppongi. The ride was about 1.5 hr. When I was in the bus, I saw a sign with a guy on the left and a lady on the right alone with no smoking sign. I wondered if it means gentlemen sit on left, and ladies sit on right. (but I later found out that it was the direction for the toilet!)

The hotel is very easy to find, only had one set of stairs to work on. The keys for the door are surprisly manual. I would think that when every else is using the card key, Tokyo should have something more advance. But what shot me more, was the size of the room. So tinny, and there are 5 doors! one for the toilet, bath room, makeup room, bedroom, kitchen, and within that tinny space, they still manager to fit in a space where u change ur shoes. The only think I really like about the place is the toilet (heated seat with washing function) & the auto water control to make the bath!

I spent most Sunday on Midtown area. Visted Washi (paper art) museum, only Japanese would spend so much effect on making paper in art forms. The paper flower, clothing, kimono, decoration are quite amazing. (I didn't find any place mentioning that the papermaking technique was from China, but the it did mention that the technique was for making Japanese style paper) The photographing exibition was enjoyable too. If I drink, I would join the free wine tasting too. (there is more on Sunday, but since the journal is getting long, it's better if I skip this time)

Monday, Ayano-san met me up at the front door and show me the way to the office. (feels good when u don't have to fight to get in the eleavator, and hold ur breath while in the eleavator, there is alway line for register) Had good time meeting with new ppls in Tokyo office. I'll continue tomorrow nite to tell u all about the working exprience in Tokyo. Very different working culture. see and learn a lot too.

okay, here are some pic of the food I had in the pass few days.