09/12/09, Saturday

The first day with nothing on my schedule actually turned out to be a rather busy one (though fun, of course). Although only a third of our original group was able to make it, we still had plenty of fun exploring Shinjuku. Along with me today were Linda, Joongeun, Megumi and Hikaru.

Shinjuku is an amazing place overall.

One interesting thing I learned today was that the shoe sizes in Japan weren't as large as those in America- I wear size 11 sneakers (US), and had to settle for 10.5 in the end... and even finding that particular pair took some time for the assistants.

Awkwardly quiet.

On the way back home, the silence of the Japanese passengers threw us off a bit; other than punching in messages/checking information on cell phones, nobody looked up or spoke aloud to anybody else... except our group.