In Tokyo!

HELLO! I finally have Internet connection! I brought sooo much stuff with me and even so I forgot the power adapter and the ethernet cable adapter for my computer. I have to admit I panicked there for a while with the battery running low on my mobile phone and no way to recharge it. Also, without my phone I would have had no one to turn to. Thankfully I got to know my awesome flatmate! Her name is Mayumi. We share bathroom and kitchen together. When I arrived she had left me a present as for becoming her new "roommate". I actually really like it here so far.

First day here I checked out the neighbourhood and every department store. Quite happy to have a 7-Eleven around the corner, because it has an ATM that accept foreign cards, like very other 7-Eleven here. Thank god for that, since in Japan they mostly use cash for everything. It doesn't take long to remember what coin is which though, since you use them everyday to buy train tickets and so on. I have only been here a couple of days but I think that I'll get a Suica card soon. It reminds me of the transportation system we have at home in Sweden, where you just charge a card with money and use it until the money runs out. Atleast that's how I think it works here too. I'll let you know.

Second day I visited Shinjuku and bought a japanese mobile phone battery charger as well as a real futon and a pillow. Now I can sleep! The staff at the store was so helpful! Altough it was quite difficult to carry everything back to my apartment, mainly because it was heavy and because it was super HOT outside.

Third day here I pretty much stayed in all day, because of the typhoon, which means that it constantly rains. Just rain and rain and rain..... I only went out to buy some necessary stuff, and to eat food.

 

Fouth day (today) I went to the Minato-Ku Ward Office and registered my residence. I also got a National Health Insurance. After that I visited a park close by the office. It was very beautiful! Beware of the extreme photo bomb that follows!

 

  

A while ago I went to Akihabara. I forgot to take pictures though... But hey, we already got too many pictures in this post.

Talk to you soon! Tomorrow I have orientation at my school - wish me luck!