And so the journey has begun!

Earlier today I arrived in Japan, I will be here for the next 72 days for a study abroad! Originally I was supposed to arrive yesterday in Nagoya and then take a bus with my friends to Tokyo; however, mother nature did not seem to think that was a good idea and delayed my first flight so much that I missed my connecting flight and had to try again the next morning. Also, a change of plans was necessary since I missed my bus and needed to find a way to Tokyo myself. So I planned to fly into Tokyo and then navigate my way through the subway system to the other side of town to meet up with my friends (Katie , Ashley, Rory and a new friend Tory), drop off my bags and go straight to a concert.

After a long plane which sadly did not have very good in-flight movies and so instead consisted of pokemon, Agatha Christie, and J-pop, I arrived ready to face the trains, but I had a message from Rory telling me that he would meet me at the airport. However, that didn’t exactly happen and he asked me to go to Narita Station to meet him instead. The one thing he did not realize-there are two Narita stations. Hence much confusion ensued.

Eventually we made our way to our hostel, dropped my bags off, changed and headed to the concert, slightly late but making decent time.  Shortly after this I realized that Rory did not know where the concert was actually, so quite some time and several wrong turns later we finally arrived to one of the most bizarre concerts I think I will have go to. I really can’t even begin to describe it, but here are very tidbits-LOTS of crowd surfing (the singer, guitarist, and a woman who had lost her son to suicide-random yes but very touching), a woman with a baby….yes at a rock concert, she at least put headphones in his ears tho….., dismantling the drum set (while the drummer is playing still) and moving it into the audience then moving the audience on stage (while Rory and I participated in), the lead singer being much too close to me….., etc etc. Overall, unforgettable. AWESOME first day!!! (errr night?) ;)

So let me start by introducing myself, my name is Jenny, I’m a double major for Japanese and mechanical? Engineering-I’m currently trying to figure exactly what I want to do with my future, but I’m sure you’ll hear all about that at some point. I go to Michigan State University and have the coolest friends anyone could ask for.  In fact, three close friends will be with me in Japan, Katie, Ashley, and Rory. I’m so lucky to have them. This is going to be an awesome summer! :D I’m leaving for Japan (Nihon) tomorrow, and am not finished packing at all, but I’m starting to get really excited! I'm an uber nerd and love j-pop and disney music more than almost anything else. Well, aside from books, etc. Anyway, I need to get working so I'll be back in a few days!!!