The Area

Well, today has been rather relaxing. I think my body is finally adjusted. I spent most of the day relaxing and actually trying to familiarize myself more with the surrounding area. I am very lucky that everything is so close. The hospital, more like a clinic, is 50 ft away. There are also two department store and two grocery stores within this area with a bunch of specialty shops. One of them just sells clocks and I did not even notice it. I guess I really did not need to go to Akihabara after all. What I think is funny is I have counted about 5 seven-elevens. But there is such a high concentration of people I am sure they do very well.

I think Erin felt much better knowing that there was a “hospital” so close. What I did not tell her is that there is a pachinko parlor right around the corner. There are some more in the area as well. Actually, I do not find pachinko very interesting. Growing up my dad had a pachinko machine so I have always just known what they were. If you do not know what pachinko is here is the wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachinko

There is also a KFC nearby and a Denny’s, but no McDonalds. I found that rather odd.

My Dorm, I think there are about 30 or 40 of us. Half of us are exchange students

In front of the dorm facing West

Do they do chicken right?




FYI these were shot in the morning so here are not a lot of people like there normally is. Also I am setting up a flickr account so you can see all the pictures.